FantasyGuru.com, launched in 1995, is a subscription-based fantasy football

Fantasy football (American)

Fantasy football is an interactive, virtual competition in which people manage professional football players versus one another and that allows people to act as general managers of a pseudo-football team. The players that an individual is able to manage are professional American Football players...

 website

Website

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. The company, which originated as a newsletter

Newsletter

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 published by owner John Hansen, entered its 17th year in business in 2011. Specializing in the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

, the site provides projections, statistical analysis, player rankings, and other tools for subscribers. The site's staff also produces regular podcasts and is active in social networking, with accounts on Facebook

Facebook

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 and Twitter

Twitter

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History

Hansen started the Guru Report Newsletter as a side project in 1995, and continued mailing and faxing hardcopies until 1997. In 1998, Hansen turned the publication into a website and eventually an annual magazine

Magazine

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, opting for online-only content with the discontinuation of the magazine in 2009. Additionally, in 2006, Hansen began publishing a syndicated column for King Features.

Starting in 2003 and continuing today, FantasyGuru.com regularly produces content for Yahoo's fantasy section.

Radio

In 2004, Hansen and FoxSports.com

Foxsports.com

Foxsports.com provides sports news, scores, sports statistics, sports and entertainment video, sports fantasy leagues and fantasy information. Launched in July 2001, it is a unit of Fox Interactive Media, which also includes other News Corporation online businesses, including MySpace, IGN...

’s Adam Caplan began hosting SiriusXM Fantasy Football, which aired Friday nights during the NFL season on Sirius NFL Radio

Sirius NFL Radio

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The success of the show prompted SiriusXM to create SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio, giving FantasyGuru.com a seven-day-a-week program during the NFL season, including senior writers Matt Camp and Joe Dolan picking up a weekend edition of the program. SiriusXM vice president of sports Steve Cohen said the fantasy show's success on Sirius NFL Radio helped to lay the groundwork for the channel and convinced the company "to keep building on" the fantasy platform.

With the channel, Hansen and his staff have participated in multiple expert drafts. Additionally, Hansen has participated in celebrity drafts and, in 2010, Hansen hosted Ashton Kutcher

Ashton Kutcher

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's celebrity draft auction live from Las Vegas.

Television

Hansen was among the first fantasy writers to publish content for ESPN.com when the site was in its infancy, and he parlayed that experience into appearing on-camera in projects with NFL.com, NFL Network

NFL Network

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, DirectTV, and the Comcast SportsNet

Comcast SportsNet

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 television show Fantasy Fix

Fantasy Fix (Comcast SportsNet)

Fantasy Fix is a 30 min. program that airs on Comcast SportsNet stations during the NFL season. John Hansen from FantasyGuru.com is the show's primary expert, and the show consists of the hosts making player recommendations, predictions, and answer fan video and email questions.-Summary:The...

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In 2010, Hansen and Caplan appeared as themselves hosting their radio show on an episode of FX’s The League

The League

The League is an American sitcom that premiered on FX on October 29, 2009. The series, set in Chicago, is a semi-improvised comedy about a fantasy football league, its members, and their everyday lives.-Synopsis:...

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Staff

• John Hansen, Publisher
• Matt Camp, Senior Writer
• Joe Dolan, Senior Writer
• Matt Brown, Senior Writer
• Adam Caplan, NFL Reporter
• Greg Cosell, NFL Analyst
• Mike Horn, Staff Writer
• Tom Simons, Staff Writer
• Dom Korbel, Staff Writer
• Mike Monk, Staff Writer