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called fantasy sports a multi-billion-dollar industry. Fans playing on sites that pay win- ners have made more than $100,000 a year in a few rare cases. The impact of fantasy can also be seen on almost every sports broadcast. The run- ning “crawl” along the bottom of ESPN or FOX Sports presents not just game scores, but in- dividual player stats. Major sports leagues run their own fantasy games, which would have been unthinkable even two decades ago. From in-stadium video to in-home tick- eting, from cameras that capture reality to computers that track fantasy, technology has changed the game for fans.

TEXT-DEPENDENT QUESTIONS 1. What collectible will probably disappear thanks to scanning technology? 2. Where is the biggest video screen in the world? 3. How have computers put many illegal scalpers out of business? RESEARCH PROJECTS Cameras are invading every area of sports. Find clips online showing five different points of view of sports.

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