The Ridiculous History of Fantasy Sports, Part Two
Ridiculous History
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🗓️ 1 August 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
As local fantasy sports initiatives grew into larger, more organized pursuits, technology improved as well. Access to online statistics made it much easier for casual sports fans to enter the realm of fantasy playing -- and also, arguably, made it easier to gamble on sports as well. In the second part of this week's two-part series, Ben, Noel and Max explore the modern age of fantasy sports (and whether or not Ben will finally make it to a sumo exhibition.)
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| 0:00.0 | Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show, fellow ridiculous historians. |
| 0:29.3 | Thank you, as always so much for tuning in. |
| 0:32.3 | This is a mid-game announcement. |
| 0:35.8 | We are partway through a series on the inspiring, ridiculous |
| 0:40.5 | history of fantasy sports. |
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