Fantasy Football Articles

Yahoo Sports Launches New Fantasy App With Mobile Drafting

By Chris Crum July 25, 2013 | 1 Comment

Yahoo announced that it has launched its new 2013 Fantasy Sports app today, which brings a new design, and new features to the experience. One of the big new improvements is that it now features mobile drafting, which many will …

Robot Writers Are Taking Over Your Fantasy Football Recaps
By Josh Wolford · September 11, 2012
The next time that your flex player makes a last second reception to clinch the victory over your fantasy football nemesis, there’s a good chance that you’ll be able to read a write-up of the game constructed by a robot. …
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MTV Turning 2012 Election into a Fantasy Game

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NFL.com And Bloomberg Launch Fantasy Football App
By Mike Sachoff · September 13, 2010

The NFL has partnered with Bloomberg to introduce “Decision Maker,” an online fantasy football application that uses Bloomberg’s analytic tool to help NFL fantasy football players pick their best starting line up each week.

“Our goal in re-launching the NFL.com Fantasy game was to provide our fans the best possible fantasy football experience,” said Hans Schroeder, Vice President of Media Strategy and Development for the NFL.

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Yahoo Settles Lawsuit With NFL
By Mike Sachoff · July 8, 2009 · 2 Comments

Yahoo and the NFL Players Association have reached a settlement over the use of players’ statistics, images and other information in Yahoo’s fantasy football games.

Yahoo sued the NFLPA last month arguing it should not have to pay additional royalties to use players’ data in its fantasy football games because the information is publicly available.

CBS Says It Will Pass On NFL Licensing Fees
By Mike Sachoff · September 8, 2008 · 1 Comment

CBS Sports has filed a lawsuit against the NFL Players Association in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis over the use of NFL players statistics for fantasy football league.

The lawsuit says that CBS Interactive, a division of CBSSports.com, is seeking a declaratory judgment that it has the rights to fantasy football statistics that are publicly available.

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Search Focuses On Fantasy Football
By Doug Caverly · August 15, 2007

First off, my title may have unintentionally tricked you; this article revolves around what the Brits call “football,” but what we Americans identify as “soccer.” Sorry, NFL fans. But followers of the English Premier League have come to the right place, and it’s actually their search activity that has caused all the buzz.

Yahoo Sports Kicks Off Fantasy Football
By Mike Sachoff · August 1, 2007

Yahoo Sports is starting off the 2007 fantasy football season with a user generated contest searching for the most inventive touchdown celebration.

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Fantasy Games Online
By Rohit Bhargava · November 21, 2006

On Friday last week, there was a great piece by Julia Beizer in the Washington Post Express about a different category of fantasy games that offer an alternative to Fantasy Football.

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Yahoo Sports Launches New Fantasy App With Mobile Drafting

Robot Writers Are Taking Over Your Fantasy Football Recaps

Fantasy Football: Check Out These New Features From Yahoo

NFL.com Fantasy Football Gets Google+ Hangouts Integration

MTV Turning 2012 Election into a Fantasy Game

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