Fantasy Football Site Employee Fired After Cheating Scandal Involving $150k Grand Prize
An employee at a popular sports gambling site is no longer employed after it was determined he had cheated in a fantasy football contest on his company’s site.
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WATCH: OJ Simpson Upset that Antonio Brown Suspension Could Ruin His Fantasy Team
The impact of the possible suspension of Antonio Brown for threatening to punch his general manager, has been felt far and wide. However, no one has felt the possible consequences of such a move more than OJ Simpson.
OJ Simpson Seeks Fantasy Football Advice on Twitter
OJ Simpson has stirred the Twittersphere once again, this time with a tweet asking for advice filling out his fantasy football roster.
WATCH: Fantasy Football Loser Had to Cover Himself in Peanut Butter, Walk in Dog Park
A Dallas man who came in dead last in his fantasy football league, suffered one final humiliation after having to cover himself in peanut butter and run through a dog park.
Fantasy Football: Week 2 Tight End Rankings
Sept. 12 (UPI) — Green Bay Packers star Jimmy Graham is my No. 1 tight end for Week 2 of the fantasy football season.
Trump-Themed Fantasy Football Trophies Become Top Seller
President Donald Trump may have been at odds with professional football over the last six months or so, but football fans don’t seem to mind. At least that’s what the sales numbers for a new line of Trump-themed fantasy football trophies seem to suggest.
Fantasy Football: Best Week 12 Add/Drops from Waiver Wire
Nov. 21 (UPI) — The bye weeks are over and Week 12 is here. In most leagues, you are fighting for your playoff life with two games left in the fantasy football season.
Fantasy Football: Week 11 Wide Receiver Rankings
Nov. 14 (UPI) — After a terrific performance in Week 10, New Orleans Saintsstar Michael Thomas tops my Week 11 fantasy football wide receiver rankings.
Odell Beckham: New York Giants WR ‘Could Care Less’ About Your Fantasy Team
Sept. 16 (UPI) — You might be glued to your computer screen, trying to figure out if Odell Beckham Jr. will be in your Week 2 fantasy lineup, but Beckham doesn’t care.
Fantasy Football: Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook, Joe Mixon Provide Preseason Sparks
Aug. 20 (UPI) — Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey was one of several rookies to showoff his skills in Saturday’s preseason slate.
Insanity: ESPN Apologizes for Their Fantasy Football Auction, Which Resembled a Slave Auction, to Some
ESPN aired a segment on Tuesday in which they held a fantasy football auction, using staged images of real NFL players. Many of the staged images were of black players, and nearly all those bidding on the players were white. Leading some to say the scene resembled a slave auction. The network has since apologized for the segment, saying they understand how some could believe that the scene too closely resembled a slave auction.
Five College Baseball Players Suspended for Participating in Fantasy Football League
The Richmond Times Dispatch reports that the University of Richmond suspended five baseball players indefinitely for playing fantasy football.
I’m Benching My Fantasy Football Team over National Anthem Protest
I’m following John Tortorells’s lead, and benching my entire fantasy football team to protest the national anthem protest. Or I would, if I actually had a fantasy football team.
Chris Christie Trashes Jeb! over Debate Answer on Fantasy Football
After CNBC posed a question about government regulating fan sites promoting wagers on fantasy football, Jeb Bush took the opportunity to remind the crowd that he was winning his fantasy football league.
NY AG Launches Inquiry Into FanDuel, DraftKings Fantasy Football Scandal
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman wants to know if employees of the two largest fantasy football betting sites used privileged information to make money on NFL games.
Fantasy Football Sites Hit with Charges of Insider Trading
Fantasy football competitors have been rocked by a major scandal after news leaked that an employee of one of the websites prematurely leaked player data that could affect millions of dollars in bets, sparking charges of “insider trading.”
