August 1st, 2009

FSB Daily 8/1: CBS Sports, FSV, Okrent

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

A roundup of recent posts on the FSB News page.

- CBS Sports launched this week a system of Twitter-like news updates from writers dedicated to each NFL team. The reports appear at the top of the CBSSports.com homepage and the delivery can be customized by users.

- The Times recently profiled Fantasy Sports Ventures and its collection of smaller fantasy sites known as the Fantasy Players Network.

- Did you know that Rotisserie baseball founding father Daniel Okrent is also responsible for the existence of the baseball stat WHIP (walks+hits/innings pitched)? Not many do.

- Baltimore-based MASNsports.com is hosting a salary-cap fantasy game, which opens on Monday, centering on the second half of the Major League Baseball season.

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