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Internet, Media Giants Fuel Growth of Fantasy Football into Big Industry.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2002
By Jonathan B. Cox, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 18--Most Sunday afternoons during football season, Bryan Stewart is perched in front of two television sets at his Winston-Salem home: one to watch his beloved New York Jets, the other to monitor individual players on teams he really doesn't care much about.
When there's a break in the action, he steps to his computer to get real-time scores for the other National Football League games.
Information is crucial as Stewart tries to manage his own football roster of select players from across the NFL. A bad decision could cause his "fantasy" teams to stumble, opening him to ribbing from friends, co-workers or total strangers who all are out to...
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