Fantasy life : the outrageous, uplifting, and heartbreaking world of fantasy sports from the guy who's lived it / Matthew Berry

Author:: Berry, Matthew, 1969-
Published:: New York : Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2013.
Physical Description:: 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.It Starts With A League, Or Everyone Remembers Their First Time -- Time-Out: Lessons Of The Fat Dogs -- 2.Great Rules And Traditions, Or Every Team Has To Be Named After A Weird Kid From High School -- 3.Drafting In Strange Places, Or "Turns Out, A Cheat Sheet Taped Inside My Beak Was Not Ideal" -- Time-Out: Picking The Draft Order -- 4.Drafting By Any Means Necessary, Or "They Have Free Wi-Fi At The Krispy Kreme!" -- 5.The Questionable Ways People Try To Win, Or "So I Invited Ricky's Ex-Wife To Join The League..." -- Time-Out: Texts From Last Night -- 6.Fallout From Cheating, Or "Uh, Mom ... Can You Bail Me Out Of Jail? I, Uh, Sorta Beat Up Dad..." -- 7.Crazy Things People Have Traded, Or "I Said I'd Take Stafford And Hernandez For Finley And Dibs On Amy" -- Time-Out: Trade Advice From My Late, Great Uncle Lester -- 8.Not All Trades Go Smoothly, Or "We Created A Second Hakeem" -- 9.Going Above And Beyond To Play, Or "This Is Our Third Kid. I Only Have One Title." -- Time-Out: Different Kinds Of Fantasy -- 10.Innocent People Get Sucked Into Fantasy Madness, Or "How The #!&$ Did You Get My Number?" -- 11.When Death Impacts Fantasy, Or "This Little Society That We Construct In The Ether Has Real-World Implications And I Am Grateful For It" -- Time-Out: The Best Fantasy Team Names -- 12.Fantasy Sports Saves Lives, Or "I Used To Think He'd Be Dead By 50. Now I Think He'll Outlive Us All." -- 13.The Challenges Of Playing Fantasy At Work, Or "I Should Have Fired Him By Week Four" -- Time-Out: Don't Be That Guy -- 14.The Benefits Of Fantasy In The Workplace, Or "No One Seems To Realize That Adrian Peterson Isn't A Parishioner" -- 15.The Five Biggest, Craziest, Most Game-Changing Plays In Fantasy Football History, Or "That Knee Cost Me $600,000".

Summary:

An inside assessment of the world of fantasy sports by the ESPN Senior Fantasy Analyst reveals the life-shaping impact of the multi-billion-dollar national pastime while chronicling his own rise to a leading figure in fantasy sports.

Subject(s):

Fantasy sports

ISBN:

9781594486258 (hbk.)
1594486255 (hbk.)

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