Fantasy sports Fantasy sports Fantasy baseball is a game whereby players manage imaginary baseball teams based on the real-life performance of baseball players, and compete against one another using those players' statistics to score points. It is one of the oldest and most popular forms of fantasy sports. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fantasy baseball"
Fantasy League Basketball was popularized during the 1990s after the advent of the Internet. Those who play this game are sometimes referred to as General Managers, who draft actual NBA players that computes their basketball statistics. The statistics usually follow the traditional category of points, rebound, block, steal and assist, which is called the 5 Cat Stats. Later it expanded to include 3 point field goal, field goal% and free throw% becoming the 8 Cat Stats. Some leagues add turnovers as a statistic, bringing the total to 9. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fantasy basketball"
Fantasy Football is a game in which the participants (called "owners") each draft or aquire via auction a team of real-life NFL (or college depending on the league) players and then score points based on those players' statistical performance on the field. Leagues can be arranged in which the winner is the team with the most total points at the end of the season or in a head-to-head format (which mirrors the actual NFL) in which each team plays against a single opponent each week, and at the end of the year the team with the best win-loss record wins the league. Most leagues set aside the last weeks of the NFL regular season for their own playoffs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fantasy football (American)"
Fantasy Football League was a British television programme hosted by Frank Skinner and David Baddiel. It began on BBC Radio Five before transferring to BBC 2, with three series being broadcast from January 1994 to May 1996. The show then moved to ITV for live specials on alternate nights throughout 1998 World Cup and then again through the 2004 European Championship. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fantasy Football League"
Fantasy golf is a game where players choose a set of golfers to play each week. The usual number is 8 golfers from 3 sets. Once a player has chosen his 8 man team, he will then choose 4 golfers to start in a foursome. Throughout the tournament, which usually spans four days, a player can interchange the various golfers. A golfer will receive points based on how well he played on a given day that he plays. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fantasy golf"
Fantasy hockey is a form of fantasy sport where fantasy owners build a team that competes against other fantasy owners based on the statistics generated by professional hockey players or teams. The majority of all fantasy hockey pools are based on the teams and players of the National Hockey League (NHL). ...more on Wikipedia about "Fantasy hockey"
A Fantasy sport is a game where fantasy owners build a team that competes against other fantasy owners based on the statistics generated by individual players or teams of a professional sport. Probably the most common variant converts statistical performance into points generated by a fantasy team, and are typically simple enough to be manually calculated by a "league commissioner." More complex variants use computer modeling of actual games based on statistical input generated by professional sports. Fantasy sports are also known as Fairy-Tale sports and Owner Simulation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fantasy sport" The text you are reading is from http://www.shortopedia.com Fantasy_sports
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