Before we get to the glorious winner of the first annual “Next Great Fantasy Football Writer” contest, please indulge me in a little semi-ancient St. Amant history. (I suggest printing this out to read in the bathroom, or on your next transatlantic flight in lieu of Ambien.) . . . More than a decade ago, […]
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Author: Mark St. Amant
Mark is the author of two sports books, Committed: Confessions of a Fantasy Football Junkie -- the top-selling fantasy football book of all-time -- and Just Kick It: Tales of an Underdog, Over-Age, Out-of-Place Semi-Pro Football Player, chronicling his unforgettable season as placekicker for an inner-city Boston semi-pro football team. Mark was also the first fantasy writer brought aboard the New York Times.coms “Fifth Down” NFL blog and wrote the popular “Man-Crush Index” column for Rotoworld football and baseball. He has appeared on ESPN, ESPN Classic, in ESPN the Magazine, and on NPRs "Only a Game" with Bill Littlefield, and his writing has also appeared in the Boston Globe Magazine, Salon.com and the Sunday New York Times. He lives in Boulder, CO, with his wife and the two human children he heroically and almost singlehandedly spawned.
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This one will be short and sweet. (Relatively. I can ramble with the best of ‘em.) After all, we’ve reached the Darwinian stage of the event. The herd has been thinned (fewer entries this week). The Strong, presumably, are surviving and perhaps even getting stronger by feeding on the flesh of the Weak and guzzling […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?First, a huge thanks to everyone who submitted. We had more than fifty entries, so the competition was stiff. But, in the end, we felt there were two runners-up and a winner who stood out in Round 1. Here’s the official topic for Round 2: Who is your number one sleeper in all of fantasy […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?You don’t know how to dance. You don’t know how to sing. You don’t know how to make espresso shrimp flambéed with Sambuca, roasted hazelnut and peanut paste, especially under the pressure of a Quickfire challenge with Padma breathing down your neck. But you do know one thing: fantasy football. Which is great because now, […]
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