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Fantasy Football Apps

Football season is here , and that means fantasy football season is in full swing. Fantasy football has become a part of football fans’ routine, and while you’re on the go, either at the stadium watching your favorite team play or away from a computer, you can still manage your fantasy team and track how you’re doing. Let me introduce you to some apps and online resources that can help you conquer your opponents and win a title.

NBC and Yahoo have teamed off with the very cool Fantasy Football Live, every Thursday night, a place to get expert fantasy football-related info, advice and analysis and a dedicated made-for-the-internet fantasy football video show.

footballFor Apple iPhone and Android users, Yahoo has released an all new Fantasy Sports Football app this fall that comes all sorts of mobile capabilities. Yahoo! Fantasy Sports Football managers can now sign up, draft a team, and try to win your league championship wherever you are. Mobile drafting allows lets users pick players, set their queue, check the results, and chat with other managers to plan a strategy or execute a trade.

From NFL.com comes the Fantasy Cheat Sheet, a $2.99 app that offers detailed information, injury reports and stats to help you decide which players to start, which players to drop, and more.

Mike is a veteran journalist whose video "PC Mike" reports have been distributed weekly to all 215 NBC-TV stations since 1994, making him one of the most experienced tech reporters in the country. His tech stories and videos have appeared on MSNBC, CNBC, the Today Show, The New York Times, USA Today and in numerous national newspapers and magazines. In addition to the PC Mike tech blog, he also publishes the Roadtreking.com RV Travel Blog in which he travels North America in an RV reporting about interesting people and places.