Everything you ever wanted to know about fantasy football (except how to win)! Top touts. Pro athletes' takes. Celebrity competitors. The best ball revolution. Where sports gambling fits. AI's impact. Plus, the fascinating backstory of how fantasy football grew into a billion-dollar industry played by more than 50 million Americans.
Journalist and TV host Peter Funt dives into the fantasy football playbook to show how the NFL and media companies have embraced the action. He discovers why women are the fastest growing audience for fantasy football. And he reports on how daily fantasy, best ball, pick'em and other formats are dramatically changing the game.
"Inside Fantasy Football" includes exclusive interviews with top experts such as Matthew Berry and Jake Ciely, million-dollar winners including Pat Kerrane and Michael "Two Gun" Cohen, trailblazing women like Stephania Bell and Stacie Stern, plus pioneers Emil Kadlec, Paul Charchian, Rick Wolf and dozens more.
Illustrated with rarely seen photos, Peter Funt's book is a breezy, entertaining read for those who love fantasy football - and those who love those who love fantasy football. It won't help you win your league, but it will broaden your understanding and appreciation of America's favorite non-contact sport.
Peter Funt is a television host, speaker and columnist, continuing the Funt Family tradition of making peoplesmile.In addition to hosting the landmark series "Candid Camera," Peter's reports appear in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Washington Post. His writing and public appearances contain the same pointed socialobservations that have made "Candid Camera" popular since its invention by Peter's dad, Allen, back in 1947.Peter's book, Playing POTUS: The Power of America's 'Acting Presidents, ' examines the art of presidential mimicry.It's been produced as a TV documentary for late 2024. Peter's hilarious tell-some memoir, Self-Amused, recountsa lifetime of surprises-both on-camera and off.Peter Funt made his first appearance on "Candid Camera" when he and the legendary series were each just threeyears old. Peter posed as a shoeshine boy who charged $10 per shoe. He has since appeared in hundreds of"Candid Camera" sequences and hosted more than 250 network episodes. Earlier in his career, Peter Funtproduced and hosted TV specials on the Arts & Entertainment and Lifetime cable networks. He also spent fiveyears as an award-winning journalist with ABC News in New York.His book, Cautiously Optimistic, is a collection of essays observing the social scene. He also authored Gotcha! forGrosset & Dunlap on the lost art of practical joking. He was Editor of the monthly On Cable Magazine.Peter follows in his father's footsteps as President of the Laughter Therapy Foundation, a non-profit started in1982. Laughter Therapy sends special videos, at no charge, to critically ill people throughout the U.S.Peter received his degree in journalism from the University of Denver. More recently he was honored as a MasterScholar in Arts and Humanities, and delivered the keynote at Denver's annual Alumni Symposium. He is a pastwinner of the Silurian's Award for radio news reporting, for his ABC News coverage of racial disturbances inAsbury Park, N.J., and a recipient of the Angel Award for television.Peter is founder of the Monterey County Young Journalists program in California, which provides training for highschool students pursuing careers in news. He also inaugurated the Courtroom Journalism competition in MontereyCounty in conjunction with the Lyceum Organization, and has conducted a similar statewide event for theConstitutional Rights Foundation in Los Angeles.Peter and his wife, Amy, reside in Central California. They have two children, Stephanie and Danny. His favoritepastimes are golf, baseball and people-watching (when not building his fantasy football lineups).
