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HITTING THE JACKPOT

By Matthew Berry, The Talented Mr. Roto

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

THE EXISTENCE OF ME A few months ago, my Mag editors asked if I'd write a story about the past decade of fantasy sports. "Simmons turned us down" was how they wooed me. It's okay. I get lots of gigs that way. I'm Johnny Drama, waiting for the scraps Vince turns down. Anyway, I immediately started to sweat about how I was going to frame such a huge topic. Then it hit me: The best example I can give of how far fantasy has come is that I am here. Just as ESPN pays Jaws to break down X's and O's a ...

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