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Volume 23 No. 40
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Rise of fantasy football played big part in league’s growth

By Bret McCormick
September 2, 2019
Research shows that fantasy sports players watch more live games. Photo: getty images An Oakland Raiders minority owner and two newspaper men cooked up the rules for the first version of fantasy football during a road trip in 1962. The Raiders went 1-13 that season, and the game provide...
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