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Committed: Confessions of a Fantasy Football Junkie
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For one man, football is more than just a fantasy...As seen on ESPN's Cold PizzaFantasy football -- one of America's most popular, and profitable, virtual pastimes -- became a way of life for sports humorist and author Mark St. Amant. Utterly fed up with never having won his league championship, St. Amant abandoned a successful advertising career to make fantasy football his full-time job, embarking on a sprawling reconnaissance mission to discover what really makes this game, and its 20 million players, tick. Committed is the result of St. Amant's ranting, relentless, and strategic pursuit of his own obsession.In this... [Read More]
Fantasy Football Almanac 2011: The Essential Fantasy Football Refererence Guide
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A handy, concise and informative source book. Expertly organized and full of statistics, schedules, rankings and projections. This reference book is a must for anyone involved in fantasy football. Your single source for preparing for the fantasy football season. Includes: * Past draft data * Free agent and coaching changes * Offensive line and strength-of-schedule (SOS) analysis * Team predictions * Team evaluations * Depth charts * 250+ player projections * Cheat Sheets for 5 different leagues; auction values for 3 leagues * Rankings for TD-only, performance and performance plus leagues * 2010 player and team statistics *... [Read More]
Why Fantasy Football Matters: (And Our Lives Do Not)
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Talking Trash, Trading Studs, and Drafting Sleepers -- an Insider's Guide to the World's Greatest Obsession U.S. businesses lose $200 million in productivity each football season because employees are managing their fantasy squads instead of working. In Why Fantasy Football Matters (And Our Lives Do Not), two grizzled veterans revel in the addiction that is fantasy football. From pre-draft hijinx to post-draft trash talk, from tumultuous trades to the perils of free agency, it celebrates the eccentric personalities, absurd rituals, and hilarious superstitions of one of the most fanatical fantasy leagues on earth. ... [Read More]
Fantasy Football and Mathematics: A Resource Guide for Teachers and Parents, Grades 5 and Up (Fantasy Sports and Mathematics Series)
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A great new way to getall kids excited about math! Fantasy sports are a hit worldwide, and now teachers and parents can take advantage of this phenomenon to give students a reason to look forward to doing math. The games and activities in Fantasy Football and Mathematics will get kids excited about learning and practicing math, even if they're not big sports fans. With this fun-filled educational resource you can teach one math concept or many, and plan lessons that can last for a week or a whole season.Here's how it works. Students create fantasy teams by picking real-life professional... [Read More]

Fantasy Basketball: A Winning Playbook

Fantasy Basketball: A Winning Playbook
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In this guide, Keith Meinelt clearly describes the techniques he used to win all of his fantasy basketball leagues during the 2008-09 NBA season. Keith begins with basic discussions about league participation. Next he walks us through his draft preparations as he prepares us for opening day. During his discussion of locating valuable free agents in our fantasy leagues, he provides a fine analysis of a cutting edge website. Keith also offers us his unique spreadsheet that he developed during the season. He ultimately leads us through his in depth analysis of fantasy sports categories and how our strategies can... [Read More]
Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate
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How to play, enjoy and win Fantasy Football. Finally, an easy and straightforward way to learn how to play fantasy football. Learn the easy way. Everything you need to play. A book every beginner will enjoy! Answers these questions: • Why play fantasy football? • Where do I start? • How do I pick the right league? • How do I score points? • Who do I start each week? Includes: • Explanation of NFL and fantasy football rules ... [Read More]
Short Takes:Fast-Break Basketball Poetry: Fast-Break Poetry
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In a basketball game, the mind flows. Later, memory serves up moments-short takes. Here are twelve poems delivered in short, quick lines that press and twist and streak their way downcourt toward their goal with practiced, impressive dexterity. The feeling is of the inner eye and ear, alert and awake, storing up memories. Competition is everywhere. Voices taunt, swagger, defend. Bodies dare and challenge. And yet, amid the heart-pounding action, the athletic stop-starts, come moments of quiet, even odd reflection-the sound of sneakers on a wood floor, for instance.Small photographs capture suspended moments and pattern their way across colorful backgrounds... [Read More]
Open Ice: Reflections and Confessions of a Hockey Lifer
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OPEN ICEIn this new collection of exquisitely crafted essays, veteran sports writer Jack Falla writes about hockey as he has seen and experienced it over the past fifty years. Reflections on the game, its personalities and arenas, and twenty-five years of commitment to creating his backyard rink are woven into family memories and other fond remembrances.A heartwarming and amusing collection, Open Ice is sure to touch every hockey fan and all those who have grown up loving the game.Praise for Jack Falla's Previous Collection of Essays, Home Ice"literary hot chocolate that will warm your heart."—The New York Times"While Home Ice... [Read More]
Fantasyland: A Sportswriter's Obsessive Bid to Win the World's Most Ruthless Fantasy Baseball
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Every spring, millions of Americans prepare to take part in one of the oddest, most obsessive, and most engrossing rituals in the sports pantheon: Rotisserie baseball, a fantasy game where armchair fans match wits by building their own teams. In 2004, Sam Walker, a sports columnist for the Wall Street Journal, decided to explore this phenomenon by talking his way into Tout Wars, a league reserved for the nation’s top experts. The result is one of the most sheerly entertaining sports books in years and a matchless look into the heart and soul of our national pastime.

Hockey Prospectus 2011-12

Hockey Prospectus 2011-12
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In the winning tradition of the New York Times bestselling Baseball Prospectus comes the world’s greatest guide to the NHL. The authors of Hockey Prospectus combine cutting-edge NHL statistical analysis and sharp wit to explain what happened last season, and look ahead to what you can expect in 2011-12 with the help of the exclusive VUKOTA projection system. Includes projections on teams and over 1000 players.

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