2016 Best News & Analysis Site: Multiple-Sports

By Will Mossa,    Awards

Yahoo Fantasy Sports

Yahoo

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
For over 16 years, Yahoo Sports has been a leader and innovator in fantasy sports.  Every year, Commissioners and managers turn to Yahoo Sports looking for the best fantasy experience, award-winning content, a diverse fantasy video offering, and the tools to dominate your fantasy league.  For fantasy players who seek the glory, competition, and camaraderie with their buddies, Yahoo Fantasy creates the campfire to gather around all year long.

WHAT MAKES THIS PRODUCT WORTHY OF WINNING
Yahoo Fantasy Sports provides users with the best content available anywhere. Whether it’s reading stories from authoritative voices like Brandon Funston, Brad Evans, Andy Behrens, Liz Loza, Dalton Del Don and Scott Pianowski, catching up on the latest news on RotoArcade, getting waiver wire advice across the four major sports, watching video predictions on 100 football players each week, or seeing how you should set your lineup on Fantasy Football Live (celebrating it’s 11th anniversary), Yahoo Sports award-winning content gives fantasy players the edge they need to dominate their leagues, no matter the sport. Our experts also go above and beyond to help owners prepare to win each and every week all year long by answering individual questions and providing advice on our fantasy handles on Facebook and Twitter on wide-reaching Q&As.

PRODUCT URL
https://sports.yahoo.com/fantasy/


ESPN Fantasy

ESPN

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
ESPN Fantasy provides news and analysis in fantasy football, baseball, basketball and hockey. Our mission is to serve the fantasy sports fan, no matter where they play. The ESPN fantasy team is comprised of leading names in the fantasy industry, headlined by Matthew Berry, Eric Karabell, Tristan H. Cockcroft, Mike Clay, Stephania Bell and supported by dozens of contributors, editors and the full power of NFL Nation, ESPN’s Insiders such as Keith Law, Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShy, Craig Custance, Brad Doolittle, Kevin Pelton and others. At ESPN, the motto is “Everything is Fantasy,” and the whole company has bought in, as evidenced by the Programming’ department’s unprecedented 28 hour Fantasy Football Marathon in August. Our editorial philosophyis that fantasy content needs to be relevant, actionable and fun. Beause of the sheer volume we produce, we have invested in personalization, with shorter, more focused content which can be surfaced to users at the clubhouse level in our fantasy games, while also hitting the big tentpoles such as Matthew Berry’s weekly “Love/Hate” column, read by more than a million people weekly, our suite of rankings and advice columns, utility content such as bullpen, running back committee and goaltender depth charts, proprietary data such as the fantasy football consistency rankings, the WR/CB shadow chart and Opportunity-Adjusted Touchdowns, thousands of fantasy advice video clips across mutliple sports, and the most award-winning p The fact is, ESPN has invested heavily into fantasy because fantasy players are our most valuable reader, period. Fantasy content is the No. 1 driver of Insider subscriptions, and during the football season, fantasy readers consume 50 percent of all ESPN digital content, and they are here not only because we offer specific, fantasy-tailored advice, but because ESPN is the No. 1 destination for sports, and at ESPN, Everything is

WHAT MAKES THIS PRODUCT WORTHY OF WINNING
It is the No. 1 digital destination for sports fans, of which fantasy fans are our most valuable and serviced demographic. Fantasy fans have made our products the most popular in their class, are willing to pay for premium service and consume our content by the millions of page views. Working with the most decorated staff in the industry and accentuated by top partners such as Rotowire, numberFire and Mastersball, it is the one-stop-shop for fantasy news and analysis in written, video or podcast form.

PRODUCT URL
https://www.espn.com/fantasy/


FantasyPros News & Analysis

FantasyPros

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
We feature a team of over 200 correspondents that provide timely coverage of the fantasy impact of news. The team covers breaking stories in the form of injury alerts, practice reports, in-game updates, and post-game analysis. 

WHAT MAKES THIS PRODUCT WORTHY OF WINNING
Our network of team-specific correspondents ensures that our coverage is timely, accurate and insightful. This season, we have provided fantasy analysis for over 32,000 news stories across NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL, all presented in brand new, freshly designed site. This content has been trusted by over 18 million unique visitors at FantasyPros.com in 2016.

PRODUCT URL
https://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/player-news.php


Multiple sports news

RotoWire.com

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
RotoWire is the web’s premier fantasy news and information resource with 24/7 coverage of baseball, football, hockey, basketball, college football, college basketball, auto racing, soccer, MMA, cricket, esports and golf. RotoWire also features extensive coverage and tools for daily fantasy sports in all 12 sports. A RotoWire.com subscription includes access to all areas with draft kits, in-season tools, feature stories and columns for each sport.

WHAT MAKES THIS PRODUCT WORTHY OF WINNING
RotoWire provides the most extensive collection of fantasy sports news and information producing more player notes for more sports than any other resource. In addition, a subscription to RotoWire includes industry leading and innovative tools such as draft software (for both Mac and PC) for the major sports (https://www.rotowire.com/football/draftsoftware.htm), extensive DFS tools such as our market leading optimizers (https://www.rotowire.com/daily/nfl/optimizer.php), season-long draft prep tools (https://www.rotowire.com/football/projstats.htm) and multiple ways to get notified of player news such as email, text messages and mobile apps.

PRODUCT URL
RotoWire.com


FantasyAlarm.com

Fantasy Alarm

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Fantasy Alarm (fantasyalarm.com) is a one-stop-shop for everything you need to manage your seasonal and daily fantasy sports leagues.

WHAT MAKES THIS PRODUCT WORTHY OF WINNING
Fantasy Alarm (fantasyalarm.com) is a one-stop-shop for everything you need to manage your seasonal and daily fantasy sports leagues. It includes; current seasonal and daily rankings, live scoreboards, custom scoring, multi-format projections, advanced statistics, interactive comparisons, salaries, breakdowns, full weather center, lineup help, live chats and much more. We also offer knowledgeable articles from some of the best seasonal analysts in the industry including “The Oracle” Ray Flowers, Jeff Mans, Howard Bender, Ted Schuster and FSTA Hall-Of-Famers Glenn Colton & Rick Wolf.  These analysts not only give accurate insight but also include articles that educate our readers on how to play the game properly to achieve success. This year alone, Fantasy Alarm is responsible for 3,000+ articles which are 20% more than our nearest competitor. We are committed to our products as we are updating our tools to be the most accurate and helpful in the industry on a day-to-day basis. FantasyAlarm.com currently produces more content than any other company in the industry. Overall, our products have vastly grown in popularity over the year, and we are consistently receiving glowing reviews from subscribers about their success using our product.

PRODUCT URL
www.FantasyAlarm.com


Rotoworld.com

Rotoworld/NBC Sports

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Rotoworld prides itself on being the industry-leader when it comes to fantasy news. Not only does Rotoworld comprehensively cover all of the relevent news for the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, College Football, Golf, Premier League and NASCAR, but its top writers also give their trademark fantasy spin on every piece of news. In addition to being the primary destination for fantasy news, Rotoworld is also the home of some of the most valuable columns in fantasy sports. Evan Silva's FSWA award-winning Matchups, Rich Hribar’s Worksheet, FSWA Basketball Writer of the Year Ryan Knaus’; By the Numbers and FSWA Hall of Famer Matthew Pouliot’s Strike Zone are just a few of the columns that are must-reads for not just any fantasy sports user, but for sports fans in general. Rotoworld also provides, statistics, podcasts, depth charts, forums, original video content and much, much more.

WHAT MAKES THIS PRODUCT WORTHY OF WINNING
Rotoworld is often imitated but never duplicated. Unlike most other sites, Rotoworld uses its top writers to aggregate the news and provide their award-winning analysis without scraping other sites. When it comes to columns, each of the big four sports has a Daily Dose every morning before 8 a.m. that covers all of the top news from the previous night. It’s a one-stop shop to get caught up on what you might have missed the night before. In addition, each of the big four also has at least one more column later in the day during the season, so the site is never stale.

PRODUCT URL
https://www.rotoworld.com/


RotoGrinders: The Daily Fantasy Authority

RotoGrinders.com

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
RotoGrinders is the daily fantasy authority. Founded in 2010, the site has been at the forefront of DFS news and analysis since the industry’s beginnings. Over time, RotoGrinders has grown into a legitimate one-stop resource for DFS players who want to build better lineups. In addition to providing daily strategy content, tools and forum discussions, the site’s podcasts and slate of “GrindersLive” videocasts have become staples of DFS multimedia broadcasts.

While much of the site is open to the public, more than 150,000 DFS players have created accounts to join the RotoGrinders community.

WHAT MAKES THIS PRODUCT WORTHY OF WINNING
RotoGrinders offers dozens of tools and strategy articles each day on both free and premium tiers. All of this content is tailored to a specific DFS site and sport, giving visitors an edge no matter where or what type of fantasy games they’re playing.

RotoGrinders is able to offer analysis on an expert level unrivaled by any other site in the industry. At the heart of RotoGrinders lies the Grinders Rankings, which aggregates tens of millions of contest results from across DFS sites to create standings that recognize the world’s top DFS players. RotoGrinders sources most of its content from players at the top of these rankings, ensuring that site visitors get insights from the sharpest minds and most proven DFS winners. At the time of this submission, 7 of the top 50 and 16 of the top 100 ranked players have served as RotoGrinders contributors in the past year.

Additionally, virtually all RotoGrinders content is updated as news breaks throughout the day/week, including Projections, Consensus Value Rankings, expert picks and strategy articles. Content such as the “DFS Alerts’ section not only delivers critical information in near real-time, but also combines this breaking news with strategic analysis. The net effect is that members are able to build the best possible lineups all the way until their games begin.

PRODUCT URL
https://rotogrinders.com


CBS Sports Fantasy

CBS Sports Digital

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
The CBS Sports Fantasy site gives fantasy players analysis, breaking news, stats, projections and rankings from a team of award-winning experts covering football, baseball, basketball and hockey. We’ve redesigned the site to make it even easier to use, and have created custom Draft Prep areas for football and basketball to give deeper analysis to fantasy players looking for an edge.

The site features a clean interface and streamlined navigation to make it simple to find the advice you need quickly, and also browse the deep content stream featuring top headlines, player news, and content by each expert, as well as Start ‘em / Sit ‘em advice, and pick-by-pick draft videos sponsored by State Farm.

The Fantasy site is home to the live video show FANTASY FOOTBALL TODAY covering fantasy football from every angle as well as a broad offerings of podcasts combining serious analysis with entertainment. From a state-of-the-art studio, Sr. Fantasy Football writers Dave Richard and Jamey Eisenberg, and other CBS Sports experts including Nick Kostos and Pete Prisco, offer live daily advice and in-depth analysis of the latest news across the league.

The news and advice on our site, which covers every angle of every fantasy sport we offer, is aimed at helping any player on any platform be as informed as possible.

WHAT MAKES THIS PRODUCT WORTHY OF WINNING
The easy-to-navigate design of the CBS Sports Fantasy news site, combined with the depth of content from industry-leading experts across sports and from daily to season-long games, make our site a full-service resource for anyone of any skill level playing fantasy sports.

This year, our CBS Sports Fantasy news site has seen growth in users, page views and video plays for Fantasy Football, Baseball and Basketball content. For Fantasy Football, the site has seen a 132% increase in unique users year-to-date, a 163% increase in page views, and a 106% increase in video plays. The site also saw a huge increase in draft prep engagement for football season in particular, with a 380% in draft prep video plays.

PRODUCT URL
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/


DailyRoto

FNTSY Sports Network

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
DailyRoto.com has three millionaire winners from its subscriber base (two in football and one in baseball) and a fourth millionaire winner — Drew Dinkmeyer — is the co-founder and lead writer.

The site now offers tools, a message board, and columns for daily fantasy players of all shapes and sizes: pros, advanced players, and beginners can all enjoy and excel using the DailyRoto analysis.

Our coverage spans all major sports: NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR, golf, soccer, and NHL. And we offer a daily podcast to supplement our tools and writing.

WHAT MAKES THIS PRODUCT WORTHY OF WINNING
DailyRoto.com has produced multiple millionaire winners

PRODUCT URL
DailyRoto.com


RotoExperts.com

RotoExperts

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
RotoExperts features a staff of the industry’s top analysts and writers. We have been dedicated for over a decade to producing excellent analysis while helping to grow the fantasy industry.

In 2016, RotoExperts provided content for the Saints, Seahawks, and Broncos. We also announced a partnership with the New York Daily News, one of the country’s largest newspapers, providing them written fantasy content every day of the week. Additionally, we host weekly chats for content partners (NYDN, Mediaite.com, etc) and anchor the morning drive slot for FNTSY Sports Radio Network, with a three-hour show every weekday, live from our Manhattan studios. 

WHAT MAKES THIS PRODUCT WORTHY OF WINNING
We have unparalleled service, dedication, and analysis; we truly love fantasy sports; and our business models are opening doors for other companies in our industry to creatively offer content to larger audiences

PRODUCT URL
RotoExperts.com


ScoutFantasy.com

Fulltime Fantasy Sports

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Top to bottom, wall-to-wall Fantasy coverage. Backed by award-winning Player Rankings and DFS Projections, these High Stakes Season-Long & DFS Winners bring you, the #ScoutArmy, daily videos, draft reviews, expert forums chats and advice for your team, along with our all new player ScoutScores, daily DFS Picks & Strategies in EVERY sport! NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, Nascar, PGA, Soccer and MMA.

WHAT MAKES THIS PRODUCT WORTHY OF WINNING
Many reasons, but we’ll give you our top three:

  1. Our Experts are Winners – Many sites offer good information, but when it’s all on the line, who do you want providing you with your must-be-correct fantasy advice? Real money winners from the top fantasy contests in the world participate in daily and weekly member chats to give you the winning edge in both season long and DFS.
  • Dr. Roto – Two-time winner SiriusXM Expert Host league, multiple high stakes league wins, Sirius XM host and Beat Dr. Roto Champion 2014.
  • Adam Ronis – A true triple threat (NFL, NBA and MLB) Adam hosts Sirius XM and is the two time defending Tout Wars Champion.
  • Shawn Childs – Only high-stakes player to finish in the Top 5 Fantasy Players of the Year on FOUR separate occasions. Multiple DFS Live Final appearances.
  • Scott Atkins – Winner in both season long high stakes and DFS. Qualified for DraftKings King of the Beach contest in Atlantis on a single bullet.
  • Joe Jefferson – Former operater of BFDFantasy.com, Joe is one of hte current Top 10 high stakes Fantasy Football players in the world.
  • Mark Deming – Former #1 Ranked Fantasy Football Player with the highest winning percentage in high-stakes history.

 

  1. Scout Scores – Every sport, every player, every night. Scout Scores combine our award winning player projections with the salaries across the major DFS contests to provide you with a value proposition you can trust. Add to that our Weekly DFS Positional Cheatsheets with player commentary on every single player from the best players in the game.
  2. Member Community – Our Premium Forums are the heart and soul of Scout Fantasy. An overflowing community full of the most die-hard Fantasy fans in the business.

PRODUCT URL
https://www.scout.com/fantasy