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Star QB Made History, Still May Lose $2.5M

Josh Allen sets record for fantasy-league points, but team's loss might cost him a bonus

(Newser) - Statisticians are still catching up with the monster game that Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills had over the weekend. Yahoo Sports reports that the quarterback's six-touchdown performance (three on the ground and three in the air) ranks as the best ever in fantasy leagues. Allen racked up 51....

Fantasy Football Dispute Results in Federal Charges

Philadelphia man accused of attempting to frame rival on 2 continents

(Newser) - The Justice Department doesn't typically get involved in disputes between players in a fantasy football league, but this case out of Philadelphia is an exception. Federal authorities say Matthew Gabriel, 25, got ticked off at a rival in his league for unspecified reasons and attempted to get even by...

Guy Finds Meaning, Pain Overnight in a Waffle House
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Guy Finds Meaning, Pain Overnight in a Waffle House

Man who lost fantasy football had to spend 24 hours, with time off for each waffle

(Newser) - A Mississippi man’s mouth wrote a check his body very much did not want to cash. He promised to spend 24 hours straight in a Waffle House, with a one-hour credit given for each waffle eaten. If your first question is, "did he lose a bet?” then you’...

Fans Freak at ESPN Fantasy Football Outage

Network apologizes for glitch during highly trafficked Week 1 game

(Newser) - Last night's game between the Denver Broncos and Indianapolis Colts was anything but an ESPN fantasy: Rather, it turned into a social media nightmare after the network's fantasy football website and app went down—somewhat inconveniently during what USA Today Sports says was the "most trafficked fantasy...

Guy's Actual Job: Playing Fantasy Football

Drew Dinkmeyer likens game to day-trading

(Newser) - His job is literally a fantasy: Drew Dinkmeyer makes his money by betting on fantasy games, and he's not exactly struggling. The 31-year-old quit his work as an investment analyst in June so he could concentrate on fantasy sports, and he's making comparable money. "After a few...

ESPN Yanks Anti-Jewish Fantasy Football Names

Site pulls leagues with anti-Semitic names

(Newser) - ESPN is cracking down on anti-Semitism. Of late, a gaggle of bigoted fantasy football enthusiasts have been creating league names like "Jews are Immoral" and "Jews are terrible". In response, ESPN expelled from the online community all such anti-Semitic designations, USA Today reports.

Fantasy Football Loser Forced to Get Unicorn Tattoo

A bet's a bet, says Spud Mann

(Newser) - Talk about a hardcore fantasy football league. Ten buddies in Omaha came up with a very, umm, permanent way of branding their league's loser: with a tattoo, to be designed by the league's champion. The unlucky fellow was Evan "Spud" Mann, who on Jan. 7 got a reminder of...

Fidelity Fires Four Workers —Over Fantasy Football

Employees get the boot, argue policy is totally lame

(Newser) - Fidelity Investment has fired four of its employees after discovering they were heading up dangerous gambling rings, also known as fantasy football leagues. In a nightmare scenario for guys everywhere, the commissioners of four office leagues were sacked recently, the Fort-Worth Star Telegram reports, after company officials intercepted some nefarious...

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