Fantasy football

Free Fantasy Football Returns; Free Live Scoring, New Auction Draft Option,
Mobile Alerts and Management; Emmy-Winning Live Online Sunday Show Fantasy Football Now; Unprecedented Multimedia Initiative: TV, Radio, Digital Video, Podcasts, Magazine

July 21, 2008 -- ESPN kicks off the 2008 Fantasy Football season with an unprecedented multimedia initiative, highlighted by the return of free ESPN Fantasy Football presented by GEICO and GMC on ESPN.com.    » read more »

ESPN.com Launches Free ESPN Fantasy Stock Car Racing

January 30, 2008 -- The new ESPN Fantasy Stock Car Racing game launches as ESPN.com has seen its best year ever for fantasy sports, led by the growth of ESPN Fantasy Football (+30% vs. 2006), ESPN Fantasy Baseball (+900% growth in first season available for free) and Stock Car Challenge.    » read more »

Fantasy Football Site Encourages Fantasy Leaguers to Sign-up Now for Next Year

ATLANTA, Jan. 17, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the completion of a groundbreaking NFL season and an equally exciting season for Fantasy Football League players, DimeSports.net today announced the top prize winners from its inaugural season. Its top prize winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd Place winners) took home $175,000 in total prize money. Following just its inaugural year DimeSports.net is now recognized as the most lucrative site for FFL players.    » read more »

September 20, 2007 -- Sunday NFL Countdown Presented by IBM with Chris Berman and analysts Mike Ditka, Tom Jackson, Keyshawn Johnson and Emmitt Smith will preview the day’s NFL matchups Sunday at 11 a.m. ET. Chris Mortensen will also provide headlines and league news, and Steve Young will contribute his weekly Sunday segment – “Young is Restless” – featuring his opinion on the week's hottest topics.    » read more »

- Countdown Daily Online Football Show Hosted by Trey Wingo;
- Fantasy Football Now Live, Interactive Show Sundays Pre-Kickoff

September 6, 2007 -- ESPN announced today the launch of two original programs for its digital media platforms, ESPN.com and ESPN Mobile TV. Countdown Daily presented by IBM and Fantasy Football Now both debut this week and are produced exclusively for fans to find online and on cell phones.

Countdown Daily - ESPN.com, ESPN Mobile TV – Weekdays and Sunday    » read more »

September 6, 2007 -- ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown Presented by IBM will preview the first weekend of the 2007 NFL season Sunday at 11 a.m. ET with Chris Berman and analysts Mike Ditka, Tom Jackson, Keyshawn Johnson and Emmitt Smith. Chris Mortensen will also provide the day’s headlines and league news, and Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young will contribute his weekly Sunday segment – “Young is Restless” – featuring his opinion on the week's hottest topics.    » read more »

EXTENSIVE NEWS, INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS ACROSS TELEVISION, INTERNET, MOBILE PRODUCTS, RADIO, MAGAZINE, DEPORTES AND INTERNATIONAL

September 6, 2007 -- ESPN will offer the season’s most comprehensive NFL coverage with programming across television, radio, Internet, cell phones, broadband and magazines. Led by its dynamic presentation of Monday Night Football, sports television’s most storied series, ESPN’s season-long coverage through Super Bowl XLII in Phoenix, Ariz., will also include coverage on ESPN Deportes and ESPN International.

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ESPN's Trey Wingo Gives Users the Tools to Succeed in Their First Fantasy Football League

- Weekly ESPNEWS Fantasy Insider Provides Sunday Pre-Kickoff Insights; 3rd Annual SportsCenter Draft Special
- ESPNEWS Fantasy Insider – 11 a.m. ET Sundays

August 20, 2007 -- The cornerstone to ESPN's fantasy football television programming is the new weekly, hour-long ESPNEWS Fantasy Insider show on Sunday mornings (11 a.m.), hosted by ESPN’s Merrill Hoge and featuring ESPN’s Howie Schwab and ESPN.com’s Matthew Berry. Each week, Hoge and crew will provide fans a full hour of injury and weather updates, matchups to watch, the morning’s latest news, analysis and more.    » read more »