Fantasy Football Tips named a Finalist in the Best Books 2010 Awards

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FANTASY FOOTBALL TIPS NAMED A FINALIST IN THE BEST BOOKS 2010 AWARDS

“Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting” Available Online

FOREST, VA. – November 28, 2010 – Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting, written by Sam Hendricks, is a finalist in the Sports category of the Best Books 2010 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News. USABookNews.com, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced the finalists of THE “BEST BOOKS” 2010 AWARDS (BBA) on October 26, 2010.

There are more than 500 finalists in over 140 categories covering print and audio books. Awards are presented for titles published in 2010 and late 2009. Jeff Keen, President and CEO of USABookNews.com, said this year’s contest yielded an unprecedented number of entries, which were then narrowed down to more than 500 finalists. Finalists traversed the publishing landscape: Simon & Schuster, Penguin/Putnam, Rodale, McGraw-Hill, John Wiley & Sons, Moody Publishers, American Cancer Society, and Sourcebooks. In addition, hundreds of independent titles contributed to this year’s outstanding NBBA competition.

Fantasy Football Tips (ISBN 978-0-9824286-6-5, $10.95), is a 166-page tip book on how to win your league every year! It includes chapters on picking the right league, draft strategies, roster management, high stakes leagues and a special foreword from David Gerczak, co-founder of the Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC) and 2008 $100,000 NFFC Champion. Other books by Sam Hendricks include Fantasy Football Guidebook: Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football (ISBN 978-1-60264-020-7), Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate "How-To" Guide for Beginners (ISBN 978-0-9824286-3-4), Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate “How-to” Guide (ISBN 978-0982428696) and the annual publication Fantasy Football Almanac.

Sam’s rankings, projections and “expert” analysis appear in numerous fantasy football magazines this football season, including this year’s Fantasy Football Pro Forecast 2010 and Fantasy Football Index 2010. Sam is also an expert in Fantasy Index’s weekly online “Ask the Expert” column at www.fantasyindex.com.

Sam is a 19-year fantasy football veteran who has teams in the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF), National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC) and Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC). He has a .725 winning percentage at the WCOFF. He is also a member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association (FSWA). In recent years Sam finished 7th and 16th overall (out of 228 players) in the Fantasy Football Players Championship.

Sam Hendricks' books make excellent Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza, or New Year's gifts! Extra Point Press publishes Fantasy Football Guidebook, Fantasy Football Tips, Fantasy Football Basics, Fantasy Baseball for Beginners and the annual Fantasy Football Almanac. Fantasy Football Tips, Sam’s second book, was #1 on Amazon.com’s ranked sales listing during the months of October and November 2010.

Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting (ISBN 978-0-9824286-6-5), Fantasy Football Guidebook: Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football (ISBN 978-1-60264-020-7), Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate "How-To" Guide For Beginners (ISBN 978-0-9824286-3-4), Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate “How-to” Guide (ISBN 978-0982428696) and Fantasy Football Almanac 2011 are available from ExtraPointPress.com, Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble (bn.com). More information can be found at the official websites, www.FFGuidebook.com, www.ffalmanac.com, www.ExtraPointPress.com, www.xppress.com, and www.sam-hendricks.com.