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ARENAS, FIELDS, AND FANS
football. In 2014, more than 41 million fans
played. Fantasy sports are also available for
soccer, cricket, NASCAR, basketball, hockey,
and much more.
The first fantasy players did all their
own stats, reading newspaper box scores
and calculating points weekly. With to-
day’s tech, however, fantasy is all-digital.
Sites and apps send alerts to team “own-
ers” with nearly every pitch, kick, or hit.
Fans pay these sites to provide management
for their leagues and teams, for scouting re-
ports, and for seemingly endless sheets of
stats for every situation.
Forbes
Magazine
This Philadelphia
Eagles player has
just made some
fantasy player very
happy.