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The NFL has long prided itself on parity and competitiveness, so much so that "any given Sunday" has become a large enough part of the cultural lexicon that it makes us believe Al Pacino could be a football coach.

There is no avoiding the fact that Fantasy sports are subject to luck. No one can predict, with any certainty, the health of athletes. Did anyone guess Jacoby Ellsbury would fracture his ribs in a collision with his own teammate, and miss the majority of the year? Of course not. Do I need to remind anyone about Tom Brady and the first game of 2008? Not a chance.

Fantasy football means real business for restaurants, and some big chains have launched promotional drives to score with dedicated players of the growing pastime.

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Fantasy football is almost here. Can you feel it?

We are in the last weekend before the 2010 NFL season begins. Who has Fantasy Football drafts to complete yet? I have always envied those that can put the draft off until just days before the first game of the season. Because there are drafts to be done yet, we have compiled one more listing of Fantasy Football Rankings. This batch here covers Wide Receiver. Included with the Rankings we have ...

I'd argue that Fantasy Sports, in it's most basic form, needs to include these 6 features: ...

No shortage of two-start pitching options for owners to sift through in critical Fantasy Week 23. Our Eric Mack runs through all 30 rotations and shares his recommendations in his latest Pitching Planner. Sports - Shopping - Baseball - Fantasy - Equipment

A Q&A with Jeff Ma, the former leader of the infamous MIT Blackjack Team that took Vegas for millions in the mid-'90s. Now a successful entrepreneur and author, Ma talks about his love of fantasy sports, selling his company Citizen Sports to Yahoo (and why he didn't join them), and how young statgeeks can make their way in a sports industry dominated by traditionalists.

A former UMSL golf coach, who runs a multimillion-dollar fantasysports organization, has landed the school on probation for twoyears from the NCAA for major violations regarding sports wageringand unethical conduct.

Every week the Main Line Media News Sports Team of Bruce Adams and Mike Beirne will address issues around the sporting world in what we like to call Speaking of Sports. Feel free give your thoughts. This edition, the guys talk Phillies and Eagles.

Roger Rotter has been covering fantasy sports for the past decade and a half, serving as a lead fantasy editor and lead fantasy writer for several global media organizations (AOL, ESPN and FOX). He’s also worked as a sports producer for worldwide games developer and publisher (THQ Wireless).

Every week the Main Line Media News Sports Team of Bruce Adams and Mike Beirne will address issues around the sporting world in what we like to call Speaking of Sports. Feel free give your thoughts. This edition, the guys talk football and Phillies.

Fantasy football means real business for restaurants, and some big chains have launched promotional drives to score with dedicated players of the growing pastime. Free appetizers, draft kits, meal discounts, gift cards and contests featuring sports celebrities are among lures for "draft parties" in which fantasy players select rosters of NFL players whose talents on the field equal...

The kickoff of the NFL regular season is the high point of every fantasy sports enthusiast's year. In 2010, FanDuel is pushing the excitement to a fever pitch with its first-ever FanDuel Fantasy Football Championship, which will pay out more than $50,000 in total prize money and send 10 weekly winners to Las Vegas to vie for a $25,000 top prize.

In this installment of Cecil Lammey's fantasy spotlight, the guest columnist and senior writer for Footballguys.com says that the Cowboys' John Kitna is the best backup quarterback on the fantasy market.

When Glen Coffee suddenly retired, it looked like the 49ers would be left with little behind star running back Frank Gore .  Less then three weeks later, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Not only did they bring Brian Westbrook into the mix, but sixth-round pick Anthony Dixon has emerged from obscurity.  While a lot of his impressive preseason statistics came against marginal NFL players ...

At TimesDispatch.com R&R RACING: Coming Tuesday, Chris and George preview the Sprint Cup Series race coming to Richmond on

Ladies and gentlemen, you are all currently looking at the projected No. 1 draft pick in many a fantasy league. Also, you are looking at the best-looking man with gold instead of teeth. Somehow, he pulls it off. For many years, Chris Johnson would have been the automatic first pick. But as fantasy football has evolved, many avid players have deviated from the usual snake draft format, but have ...

The NCAA slapped the University of Missouri-St. Louis with two years of probation Friday, saying the former golf coach at the Division II school violated anti-gambling rules by running a "multimillion-dollar" fantasy sports league and playing in others. The NCAA Division II Committee on Infractions also publicly reprimanded and censured the university and issued a three-year show-cause...