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We're thrilled to add two more experts to our Yahoo Fantasy roster for 2025: Ray Garvin and Chris Allen! 🏈 Ray is a former college football player known for his deep understanding of NFL schemes, usage patterns, and player development. He's the creator of Destination Devy (DD) Fantasy Football, a brand committed to blending the real-life NFL game with the strategic excitement of fantasy football. His work has previously been featured at FantasyPros and Bleacher Report. You can follow Ray's coverage here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gujnk3cD 🏈 Chris is back for another year with Yahoo Fantasy. A mechanical engineer by trade, Chris uses his analytical background to study the various components of fantasy football. From how weather impacts results to draft strategy, his work uses a "process over results" approach to deliver actionable analysis for any fantasy football format. You can catch Chris' coverage here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ga2e52fF

3️⃣ 🍻 to Yahoo Fantasy Forecast for being named a winner in the 7th annual Hashtag Sports Awards! The show earned the award for "Best Betting or Fantasy Podcast.�� We also had a pair of entries that earned shortlist honors: 📱 The Yahoo Fantasy App for "Best App or Mobile Experience" 🥊 The Ariel Helwani Show for "Best New Podcast" You can view all winners here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gaMsj4yA

Mark your 🗓️: The Yahoo Fantasy Draft Weekend is set for Aug. 22-24 in Las Vegas! We’re hosting the ultimate fantasy football weekend at the Yahoo Sportsbook inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas. Our Yahoo Sports fantasy and NFL experts will be there recording shows and answering your questions throughout the weekend. You can book a Yahoo Fantasy Draft Weekend package to stay at The Venetian Resort and draft in style in an exclusive Hospitality Suite fully equipped with everything you need for the ultimate draft party, including a premium food and beverage package. To secure your package, visit here: https://lnkd.in/g2ym5KY9 We’re also giving away one draft weekend package to a Yahoo Fantasy user and their league. To enter the contest, just share what makes your league special. The grand prize winner and their league will receive round-trip airfare to Las Vegas, a two-night stay at The Venetian Resort, a Hospitality Suite for their draft, and more to make it a weekend to remember. Enter the contest here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gNvwjqCb

For tonight’s NBA Draft, make Yahoo Sports Draft Live your No. 1️⃣ pick for draft coverage. 🏀 NBA senior analyst Kevin O'Connor, senior reporter Vincent Goodwill, and basketball analysts Ice Young and King McClure will break down every first round pick through their expert insights and insider access. ⏰ The fun begins at 8pm ET. You can tune in across Yahoo Sports platforms, as well as on X, YouTube, and Facebook. And if you’re looking to do any last-minute research before the draft, check out our NBA Draft Guide: https://lnkd.in/giWeaeg3

Sports fandom is deeply personal. The same should be true with your sports coverage. That’s why we’re thrilled to introduce new experiences on the Yahoo Sports website and app that help you better follow your favorite teams. 🕸️ The Yahoo Sports website now features Team Feeds that update with the latest news in near real-time to make sure you’re always up-to-speed on the teams you care about most. These Team Feeds are currently available for individual NBA, WNBA, NFL, MLB, and NHL teams, with more leagues coming soon. Also available now is My Feed, which features coverage personalized to you based on all of your favorite teams. Over time, these feeds will evolve to cover specific sports – like golf, tennis, and swimming – and individual athletes. 💻 You can also install these feeds as desktop apps, enabling you to access them with one simple click. The individual Team Feeds desktop app icons show up as team logos, helping you express your fandom right from your computer. 📱 These new feeds will launch in the Yahoo Sports app soon. In the meantime, the app now features headlines personalized to you at the top of the home tab experience. The headlines serve as quick access links to the most important articles and videos about your favorite teams. Check out your personalized My Feed here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gxSn-VZv Sports Business Journal has a closer look at the technology we're using to program these experiences for our millions of users with coverage produced by our editorial team and partner network: https://lnkd.in/gEJTSFP5

With 🏈 season right around the corner, we’re thrilled to share two exciting updates about our fantasy sports coverage. 🚨 Justin Boone is joining Yahoo Sports as a fantasy analyst. In this role, Justin will deliver written analysis and contribute to a range of Yahoo Fantasy video programming. Prior to Yahoo Sports, Justin served as the lead fantasy football analyst at theScore. He’s known as one of fantasy football’s smartest analysts, winning the FantasyPros Most Accurate Expert Award in 2019 and earning eight top-10 finishes in that competition. 🚨 In addition, we’ve extended fantasy analyst Matt Harmon. This football season will mark Matt’s eighth with Yahoo Sports. He’ll continue to host Yahoo Fantasy Forecast and contribute to Football 301, as well as produce the expert written coverage that readers have come to know and love.  You can get the latest analysis from Justin here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gWBFfQcF And continue to follow Matt’s coverage here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gEZRJh9D

Ever wanted to pick the 🧠 of Yahoo Sports NBA Senior Analyst Kevin O'Connor? Especially right before the NBA Finals tip off? Now's your chance. We're hosting an AMA with Kevin June 5th at 5pm ET on the new Yahoo Fantasy Discord. If you're a Yahoo Fantasy Plus subscriber, you can join the Discord here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gF2psERt If you're not yet a subscriber, you can sign up here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gpYP9t6P

We're thrilled to share that The Ariel Helwani Show is a Shorty Awards winner! 🏆 The show earned a Bronze Honor in the Sports Podcast category at the 17th Annual Shorty Awards. 🏅 The show also received the Audience Honor, which is awarded to the Sports Podcast finalist with the highest number of public votes. Thank you to everyone who voted -- and congratulations to The Ariel Helwani Show team for such well-deserved recognition! Check out the full list of winners here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e3EpXi-2 And read more about The Ariel Helwani Show honor here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gp2dcD4m

🥂 to The Ariel Helwani Show and Football 301 for bringing home some hardware from the 46th Annual Telly Awards! 🏆 The Ariel Helwani Show has been named a Silver Telly Winner in the general sports category, which covers online shows or segments about sports ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gTbSXXdU 🏆 Football 301 has earned a Bronze Telly in the same category ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gj99C8xs Both shows are perfect examples of how we aim to make sports fans smarter by delivering expert analysis across multiple platforms. Congratulations to all involved! 👏

The Yahoo Fantasy Discord is now live! Yahoo Fantasy Plus subscribers now have access to a brand new fantasy community for expert analysis, insider intel, and nonstop strategy talk. Join now with Yahoo Fantasy Plus: https://lnkd.in/gT-BkUFr Learn more about the Yahoo Fantasy Discord here: https://lnkd.in/gj6F2zHM