Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA) announce annual awards

Congratulations to all of the recent FSTA 2010 Award winners (bolded and with *** below).

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2010 Fantasy Sports Writers Association award winners

Congratulations to the FSWA award winners announced 25 Jan.
Winners are in bold.

FOOTBALL WRITER of the YEAR
Ladd Biro, The Sporting News
Dave Richard, CBS Sports
Matt Schauf, RapidDraft.com

BEST FOOTBALL SERIES
Ryan Bonini, KFFL
Michael Fabiano, NFL.com
Mike Gilbert, RotoExperts

BEST WEB FOOTBALL ARTICLE
Andy Behrens, Yahoo! Sports
Christopher Harris, ESPN
Tim McCullough, RotoExperts

BEST PRINT FOOTBALL ARTICLE
Andy Behrens, Yahoo! Sports
Cory Bonini, KFFL
Matt Waldman, Football Guys

BEST FOOTBALL MAGAZINE
Football CheatSheets
Football Diehards
Sports Illustrated

BASEBALL WRITER of the YEAR
Tristan Cockcroft, ESPN
David Regan, RotoWire
Derek VanRiper, RotoWire

BEST BASEBALL SERIES
Matt Lutovsky, The Sporting News
David Regan, RotoWire
Chris Ryan, RotoExperts

BEST WEB BASEBALL ARTICLE
Tristan Cockcroft, ESPN
David Regan, RotoWire
Derek VanRiper, RotoWire

BEST PRINT BASEBALL ARTICLE
Brent Hershey, Baseball HQ
Chris Liss, RotoWire
Jeff Stotts, RotoWire

BEST BASEBALL MAGAZINE
RotoWire
Sporting News
Yahoo! Sports

BASKETBALL WRITER of the YEAR
Carson Cistulli, RotoWire
Shannon McKeown, RotoWire
Brian McKitish, ESPN

HOCKEY WRITER of the YEAR
Evan Berofsky, RotoWire
Jan Levine, RotoWire
Janet Eagleson, RotoWire

RACING WRITER of the YEAR
Adam Ansell, RotoExperts
C.J. Radune, RotoWire
Mark Taylor, RotoWire

COLLEGE SPORTS WRITER of the YEAR
Brad Evans, Yahoo! Sports
Chris Morgan, RotoWire
Jesse Siegel, RotoWire

GOLF WRITER of the YEAR
John McNamara, RotoWorld
Scott Pianowski, Yahoo! Sports
Greg Vara, RotoWire

NEWCOMER of the YEAR
Jake Ciely, RotoExperts
Mario Puig, RotoWire
Lane Rizzardini, Bruno Boys Fantasy Football

BEST HUMOR ARTICLE
Andy Behrens, Yahoo! Sports
John Paulsen, Bulls-Eye
Chris Ryan, RotoExperts

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Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate "How to" Guide for Beginners available ($10.95) at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428634

Fantasy Football Guidebook (2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693

Senior Bowl great tool for next years fantasy football scouting

3 PM CST today (4 PM EST), broadcast on NFL Network, the Senior Bowl represents the best showcase for the top 2011 NFL draft picks. This in turn means you can watch those rookies that may be worth drafting. The Senior Bowl features the country’s best senior collegiate football stars and top NFL draft prospects on teams representing the North and South which are coached by the entire coaching staffs from two National Football League teams. The North has the CIN Bengals coaching staff. The South has the BUF Bills coachng staff.




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Fantasy Football Guidebook (2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693

Ask the Expert from FantasyIndex.com: What will happen in Super Bowl XLV, and why?

What will happen in Super Bowl XLV, and why?

GB 27 PIT 24
Rodgers has a big day for GB along with Greg Jennings.
Mendenhall for PIT runs well to keep it close.
GB wins it on a Crosby FG when PIT cannot score with the last possession of the game.



ASK THE EXPERTS appears weekly at http://www.fantasyindex.com/ with answers to a new question posted Thursday morning.

Sam Hendricks is the author of Fantasy Football Guidebook, Fantasy Football Tips, Fantasy Football Basics and Fantasy Football Almanac 2010, all available at his website, http://www.ffguidebook.com/, at all major bookstores, and at http://www.amazon.com/. He is a 20-year fantasy football veteran who regularly participates in the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF), National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC) and finished 7th and 16th overall (out of 228 top players) in the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC).


Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428669

Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate "How to" Guide for Beginners available ($10.95) at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428634

Fantasy Football Guidebook (2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693

Extra Point Press proudly announces latest book release: Fantasy Baseball for Beginners

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: info@ExtraPointPress.com

ANNOUNCING LATEST RELEASE IN THE FANTASY SPORTS SERIES FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR SAM HENDRICKS

“Fantasy Baseball For Beginners: The Ultimate How-To Guide” Now Available Online

FOREST, VA. – January 25, 2011 – Extra Point Press is proud to announce the release of Fantasy Baseball For Beginners: The Ultimate "How-To" Guide. Fantasy Baseball For Beginners (ISBN 978-0-9824286-9-6, $10.95), is a 164-page straightforward and informative "How-To" guide book. Expertly organized, it is an easy way to learn how to play fantasy baseball and includes everything you need to play. This guide is a must for anyone who wants to get involved in fantasy baseball. Fantasy Baseball For Beginners is the single source for beginners preparing for the fantasy baseball season and a book every beginner will enjoy.

Fantasy Baseball For Beginners: The Ultimate "How-To" Guide includes explanations of MLB and fantasy baseball rules, draft tips, vital resources, and much more! It answers the age old questions of why play fantasy baseball? Where do I start? How do I pick the right league? And most important, how do I score points and who do I start each week?

Other books by Sam Hendricks include Fantasy Football Guidebook: Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football (ISBN 978-0-9824286-0-3), Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting (ISBN 978-0-9824286-6-5), Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate "How-To" Guide For Beginners (978-0-9824286-3-4) and Fantasy Football Almanac 2010 (ISBN 978-0-9824286-1-0). Sam is currently working on his next book, Financial Planning For Graduates, which is scheduled for publication in July 2011.

Sam’s rankings, projections and “expert” analysis appear in numerous fantasy sports magazines including this year’s Fantasy Football Pro Forecast 2011, Fantasy Football Index 2011 and Fantasy Baseball Index 2011. Sam is a 20-year fantasy sports veteran who has teams in the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF), National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC) and Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC). He also participates in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship (NFBC). He is an expert at the “Ask the Expert” column at www.fantasyindex.com and 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.

Fantasy Football Guidebook: Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football (ISBN 978-0-9824286-0-3), Fantasy Football Tips (ISBN 978-0-9824286-6-5), Fantasy Football Almanac 2010 (ISBN 978-0-9824286-1-0), Fantasy Football Basics (ISBN 978-0-9824286-3-4), and Fantasy Baseball For Beginners: The Ultimate "How-To" Guide (ISBN 978-0-982486-9-6) are available from Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble (bn.com). More information can be found at the official websites:
www.ExtraPointPress.com, www.FFGuidebook.com, and www.xppress.com.


The Kindle edition is available for just $8.75.

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Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate "How to" Guide for Beginners available ($10.95) at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428634

Fantasy Football Guidebook (2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide is #1 Best Selling book at Amazon

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners is currently the #1 Best Seller in Fantasy Sports at Amazon.com.

The Kindle edition is available for just $8.75.

Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428669

Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate "How to" Guide for Beginners available ($10.95) at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428634

Fantasy Football Guidebook (2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693

Fantasy Sports Writers Association Awards

Congratulations to my fellow Fantasy Sports Writer Association (FSWA) members who are the finalists in the following categories. Winners will be announced the night of Jan. 25 as part of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association winter conference.

Football Writer of the Year
Ladd Biro, The Sporting News
Dave Richard, CBS Sports
Matt Schauf, RapidDraft.com

Best Football Series
Ryan Bonini, KFFL
Michael Fabiano, NFL.com
Mike Gilbert, RotoExperts

Best Football Article on the Web
Andy Behrens, Yahoo! Sports
Christopher Harris, ESPN
Tim McCullough, RotoExperts

Best Football Article in Print
Andy Behrens, Yahoo! Sports
Cory Bonini, KFFL
Matt Waldman, Football Guys

Best Football Print Publication
Football CheatSheets
Football Diehards
Sports Illustrated

Baseball Writer of the Year
Tristan Cockcroft, ESPN
David Regan, RotoWire
Derek VanRiper, RotoWire

Best Baseball Series
Matt Lutovsky, The Sporting News
David Regan, RotoWire
Chris Ryan, RotoExperts

Best Baseball Article on the Web
Tristan Cockcroft, ESPN
David Regan, RotoWire
Derek VanRiper, RotoWire

Best Baseball Article in Print
Brent Hershey, Baseball HQ
Chris Liss, RotoWire
Jeff Stotts, RotoWire

Best Baseball Print Publication
RotoWire
The Sporting News
Yahoo! Sports

Basketball Writer of the Year
Carson Cistulli, RotoWire
Shannon McKeown, RotoWire
Brian McKitish, ESPN

Hockey Writer of the Year
Evan Berofsky, RotoWire
Jan Levine, RotoWire
Janet Eagleson, RotoWire

Racing Writer of the Year
Adam Ansell, RotoExperts
C.J. Radune, RotoWire
Mark Taylor, RotoWire

College Sports Writer of the Year
Brad Evans, Yahoo! Sports
Chris Morgan, RotoWire
Jesse Siegel, RotoWire

Golf Writer of the Year
John McNamara, RotoWorld
Scott Pianowski, Yahoo! Sports
Greg Vara, RotoWire

Newcomer of the Year
Jake Ciely, RotoExperts
Mario Puig, RotoWire
Lane Rizzardini, Bruno Boys Fantasy Football

Best Humor Article
Andy Behrens, Yahoo! Sports
John Paulsen, Bulls-Eye
Chris Ryan, RotoExperts

Ask the Expert Question:How much stock do you place in playoff performances when developing your player rankings for the following season?

How much stock do you place in playoff performances (good or bad) when developing your player rankings for the following season?

The answer, as in many things in life, is it “depends”. It depends on if he has a chance of unseating the primary player in front on the depth chart. If a RB has a great performance but he is the backup to someone like AP or Matt Forte, then his statistics are memorable but will not dethrone the starter. However, if he will be a free agent next year, that increases his value (or if he is subsequently traded). Both performances (good and bad) must also be evaluated based on who it was against, although usually the quality of opponents in the playoffs warrants respect. In general I place a stronger emphasis on the second half of the season and do account for playoff performances in that equation



ASK THE EXPERTS appears weekly at http://www.fantasyindex.com/ with answers to a new question posted Thursday morning.

Sam Hendricks is the author of Fantasy Football Guidebook, Fantasy Football Tips, Fantasy Football Basics and Fantasy Football Almanac 2010, all available at his website, http://www.ffguidebook.com/, at all major bookstores, and at http://www.amazon.com/. He is a 20-year fantasy football veteran who regularly participates in the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF), National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC) and finished 7th and 16th overall (out of 228 top players) in the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC).


Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428669

Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate "How to" Guide for Beginners available ($10.95) at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428634

Fantasy Football Guidebook (2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693

Sirius XM Fantasy Sports Channel Fantasy Football Awards announced

Sirius XM Fantasy Sports Channel (147) awarded many of the same top categories to the same players as the Fantasy Sports Writers Association did a week ago. Quick review: Mike Williams TB WR ROY, Arian Foster as MVP and Jerod Mayo (NE LB) as IDP of the year.

However, some more awards were announced on 11 Jan by the Fantasy Sports Channel (147).
And I agree with all of them.

Biggest Bust: Randy Moss, WR, three teams
Out of Nowhere: Peyton Hillis, RB, Cleveland
Don’t Believe the Hype: Tie — Shonn Greene, RB, N.Y. Jets and Ryan Matthews, RB, San Diego
Most Impactful Injury: Tie — Ryan Grant, RB, Green Bay and Kevin Kolb, QB, Philadelphia
Best Single Game Performance: Vick — Week 10 vs. Washington
Worst Single-Game Performance: Chris Johnson — Week 12 vs. Houston
Most Valuable Pickup: Vick
Worst Screwing: Calvin Johnson non-TD in Week 1
Biggest (touchdown) Vulture: Mike Tolbert, RB, San Diego
Handcuff of the Year: Tolbert
Sunday Morning Stress: Gates
Playoff Hero: Vick
Wait ‘Til Next Year: Mathews

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Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate "How to" Guide for Beginners available ($10.95) at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428634

Fantasy Football Guidebook (2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693

2010 Fantasy Sports Writers Association (FSWA) Fantasy Football MVP is ...

Recently I blogged about my FSWA Fantasy Football ballot. Well the results are here:

Most Valuable Player:

1 Arian Foster, RB, Texans
2 Michael Vick, QB, Eagles (I had Vick #1)
3 Tom Brady, QB, Patriots
4 Peyton Hillis, RB, Browns
5 Calvin Johnson, WR, Lions

Rookie of the Year:

1 Mike Williams, WR, Buccaneers
2 LeGarrette Blount, RB, Buccaneers
3 Sam Bradford, QB, Rams
4 Jahvid Best, RB, Lions
5 Chris Ivory, RB, Saints

Best Value Pick:

1 Michael Vick, QB, Eagles
2 Peyton Hillis, RB, Browns
3 Arian Foster, RB, Texans ( I had Foster #1 in value)
4 Brandon Lloyd, WR, Broncos
5 Darren McFadden, RB, Raiders

The All-Fantasy Team:

QB Michael Vick
RB1 Arian Foster
RB2 Peyton Hillis
WR1 Roddy White
WR2 Dwayne Bowe (I voted for Brandon Lloyd)
TE Jason Witten
PK Sebastian Janikowski
Team D Pittsburgh (I had NE DEF since they scored a ton of FF points)
IDP Jerod Mayo


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Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate "How to" Guide for Beginners available ($10.95) at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428634

Fantasy Football Guidebook (2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693

Fantasy Football Tip #212 Fantasy Football NFL Playoff Contests

I know the moment has passed for those NFL Playoff FF Contests that lock in a roster for the entire playoffs, but if you are in a league that lets you change your roster from week to week, here is a quick tip.

It is obvious but in these playoff leagues you want to have the most players advance and have players who will score the most points. In most leagues with traditional scoring (4 pts per pass TD, 6 for rush/rec TDs, 1 pt per 20 pass yds and 1 per 10 rush/rec), QBs score more on average than other positions. So you want to have the QB that will score the most and advance to the Super Bowl. That should be priority one. Pick the QB that you think will make it all the way to the SB first. If he does make it, you should be in the driver seat.

Of course, in leagues that allow roster changes every week, you need to focus on who will score the most in the week ahead.

My picks for this week are:

QB
Aaron Rodgers GB
Tom Brady NE

RB
Matt Forte, CHI
Ray Rice, BAL (PPR leagues definitely, yardage only he drops)
Michael Turner, ATL
(although there are really not that many good RB choices-instead most face tough defenses)

WR
Roddy White, ATL
Greg Jennings, GB
Santonio Holmes, NYJ
Wes Welker, NE (PPR leagues)

TE
Tony Gonzalez, ATL
Rob Gronkowski, NE

K
Robbie Gould, CHI
Shayne Graham, NE

DEF
CHI
PIT





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Fantasy Football Guidebook (2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693

Ask the Expert: Which coaching hire, either recent or still pending, do you see as having the most fantasy impact on next season?

Which coaching hire, either recent or still pending, do you see as having the most fantasy impact on next season?

For those not following along at home, our choices in the category of new coaches are: Ron Rivera (CAR), Jim Harbaugh (SF), Leslie Frazier (MIN) and Jason Garrett (DAL). Those teams looking for a coach (DEN, CLE and OAK) are considering Jon Gruden, John Fox, Mike Mularkey (ATL OC) and Marty Mornhinweg (PHI OC) among others.
Final answer: the next DEN coach will have to make decision about Tim Tebow. That could prove to be very important for 2011.



ASK THE EXPERTS appears weekly at http://www.fantasyindex.com/ with answers to a new question posted Thursday morning.

Sam Hendricks is the author of Fantasy Football Guidebook, Fantasy Football Tips, Fantasy Football Basics and Fantasy Football Almanac 2010, all available at his website, http://www.ffguidebook.com/, at all major bookstores, and at http://www.amazon.com/. He is a 20-year fantasy football veteran who regularly participates in the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF), National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC) and finished 7th and 16th overall (out of 228 top players) in the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC).


Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428669

Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate "How to" Guide for Beginners available ($10.95) at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428634

Fantasy Football Guidebook (2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693

Here is my 2010 FSWA Fantasy Football Player Ballot

As a member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association (FSWA) I am asked each year to complete a ballot, here is how I filled in an all-fantasy team lineup and ranked ALL FIVE finalists for each of the following categories …

Most Valuable Player:

1 Michael Vick, QB, Eagles
2 Arian Foster, RB, Texans
3 Peyton Hillis, RB, Browns
4 Tom Brady, QB, Patriots
5 Calvin Johnson, WR, Lions

Rookie of the Year:

1 Mike Williams, WR, Buccaneers
2 Jahvid Best, RB, Lions
3 Sam Bradford, QB, Rams
4 LeGarrette Blount, RB, Buccaneers
5 Chris Ivory, RB, Saints

Best Value Pick:
1 Arian Foster, RB, Texans
2 Brandon Lloyd, WR, Broncos
3 Peyton Hillis, RB, Browns
4 Darren McFadden, RB, Raiders
5 Michael Vick, QB, Eagles


2010 All-Fantasy Team,
QB Michael Vick
RB Arian Foster
RB Peyton Hillis
WR Roddy White
WR Brandon Lloyd
TE Jason Witten
K Sebastian Janikowski
DEF NE Patriots
IDP Jerod Mayo NE

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Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate "How to" Guide for Beginners available ($10.95) at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428634

Fantasy Football Guidebook (2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693

Ask the Expert: In a fantasy playoff league (let's assume 10-team league, 4-point TD passes, no PPR, and one draft for the entire playoffs), who 1st?

In a fantasy playoff league (let's assume 10-team league, 4-point TD passes, no PPR, and one draft for the entire playoffs), who would you make the No. 1 overall pick?

The first step in this type of playoff contest is to determine how many games each team will play. Do this by picking the winners of each game week by week till the Super Bowl.

I use Vegas odds for the first week and as a guide for who might advance in later games.

I predict single games for SEA, KC, NYJ, GB, ATL and CHI; 2 games for IND , BAL and PIT; 3 games for PHI and NE and 4 games for NO as the wildcard team advances to try and repeat as SB champion (NE vs. NO). Drew Brees gets the nod as he will play one more game than any other and he is the big play guy in a format such as this non PPR league.


ASK THE EXPERTS appears weekly at http://www.fantasyindex.com/ with answers to a new question posted Thursday morning.

Sam Hendricks is the author of Fantasy Football Guidebook, Fantasy Football Tips, Fantasy Football Basics and Fantasy Football Almanac 2010, all available at his website, http://www.ffguidebook.com/, at all major bookstores, and at http://www.amazon.com/. He is a 20-year fantasy football veteran who regularly participates in the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF), National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC) and finished 7th and 16th overall (out of 228 top players) in the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC).


Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428669

Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate "How to" Guide for Beginners available ($10.95) at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428634

Fantasy Football Guidebook (2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693

Tip #211: Watch the NCAA Bowl Games to check on NFL draft prospects

Watch the college bowl games with an eye to the top draft picks in the upcoming NFL draft. This year some of the networks went so far as telling you on the 2 minute ticker at the bottom of the TV screen where the players in each game were expected to go in the NFL draft. Example, Andrew Luck Stanford QB expected to go overall #1 and is the #1 QB, where as Tyrod Tayor Va Tech QB was expected to be the #25 WR in the draft.

Use these games to watch the talent before you have to draft them in April!




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Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate "How to" Guide for Beginners available ($10.95) at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428634

Fantasy Football Guidebook (2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95, now 10% off at $17.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650

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Congratulations to Les Sandlin, winner of 2010 FFPC Pros vs Joes Challenge

While a Joe (Les Sandlin) took the overall title, the individual division championships were split at 4 leagues a piece. The league winners were as follows:

League #1 - Rudy Ruettiger's Underdogs - SteeltownD
League #2 - Rod Tidwell's Money Makers - Sandman's Time
League #3 - Forrest Gump's All-Americans - Day Drinker Josh
League #4 - Paul Crewe's Mean Machine - The Fantasy Consultant.com
League #5 - Uncle Rico's Sweet Mechanics - Northside Day Drinkers
League #6 - Bobby Boucher's Foosballers - FantasyFreakinFootball.com
League #7 - Charles Jefferson's Z-28's - RotoExperts.com
League #8 - Steve Lattimer's Juice Crew - BFDFANTASYfootball.com

I finished 5th in League #7
Remember this is a Draft Masters-No transaction league-draft and forget. No lineups, no trades no adds /drops





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Congratulations to David Dodds, winner of 2010 Fantasy Index Auction League

2010 Fantasy Index magazine Mock Auction League drafted May 16, 2010

1 David Dodds, FootballGuys.com
2 Cory Bonini KFFL.com
3 Scott Pianowski YAHOO SPORTSTeam

10th FFGuidebook.com

But to be fair injuries to Ryan Grant, DeAngelo Williams and Anthony Gonzalez doomed this team from the start.



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Fantasy Football Guidebook (2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650

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Time to vote for the 2010 Fantasy Sports Writers Association awards

Who would you vote for?

Most Valuable Player (listed in alphabetical order):
Tom Brady, QB, Patriots
Arian Foster, RB, Texans
Peyton Hillis, RB, Browns
Calvin Johnson, WR, Lions
Michael Vick, QB, Eagles

Rookie of the Year (listed in alphabetical order):
Jahvid Best, RB, Lions
LeGarrette Blount, RB, Buccaneers
Sam Bradford, QB, Rams
Chris Ivory, RB, Saints
Mike Williams, WR, Buccaneers

Best Value Pick (listed in alphabetical order):
Arian Foster, RB, Texans
Peyton Hillis, RB, Browns
Brandon Lloyd, WR, Broncos
Darren McFadden, RB, Raiders
Michael Vick, QB, Eagles

The 2010 All-Fantasy Team, top performing:
QB,
RB
RB
WR
WR
TE
K
DEF
IDP (Individual Defensive Player)

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Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate "How to" Guide for Beginners available ($10.95) at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428634

Fantasy Football Guidebook (2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693