Brandon Funston
Senior Editor, Fantasy/Betting at The Athletic
Co-Host at The Athletic Fantasy Football Podcast
An OG of fantasy sports, formerly with ESPN and Yahoo, and currently with The Athletic.
Articles
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Brandon Funston |Jake Ciely
For many, the fantasy drafts you care about the most aren't likely to take place until the dog days of August. But preparing for league domination should begin long before that. If you haven't taken stock of the fantasy football landscape for 2025, consider this mock draft the first step in your quest for a fantasy title in 2025.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Jake Ciely |Brandon Funston
If you're here, you know how important the NFL Draft can be for your fantasy teams. Whether dynasty or redraft, we're going to see players' values impacted early and often. It sounds as though Cam Ward is set to be a Titan, but what about Shedeur Sanders? Will the Cowboys or Broncos grab their new stud running back? Will we see a drop-off in wideouts from 2024? All those answers and more, including the fantasy football impact for the players and all of their new teammates are on their way, tonight.
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | Brandon Funston
I've been working in the player-focused world of fantasy sports for nearly 30 years. In fantasy, we celebrate or bemoan individual efforts regardless of the outcome of their team's results. So, a couple of decades ago, when I was presented with an opportunity to join a fantasy-inspired March Madness competition, I jumped at the chance.
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2 months ago |
nytimes.com | Lukas Weese |Hannah Vanbiber |Jason Jones |Dan Santaromita |Brandon Funston |Scott Phillips | +2 more
Last weekend, Kendrick Lamar won five Grammy awards for his song "Not Like Us," taking his total to 22.In the Super Bowl halftime show performance, Lamar insisted he wants to highlight rap as an art form.“I just think about the culture," Lamar said. “It’s always that for me, first, I'm not even bulls***ing. When people talk about rap, the conversations I hear they think 'it’s just rap', it’s not an actual art form. “So when you put records like ("Not Like Us") at the forefront, it reminds people… This is just as big of an art form and a genre as any other genre."
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2 months ago |
nytimes.com | Brandon Funston |Jess Bryant
Welcome to our fantasy baseball 2025 draft kit, offering award-winning rankings (and award-winning writers), projections, a customizable cheat sheet, sleepers, strategy, and everything in between - basically whatever you need to run roughshod over your leaguemates this season!Be sure to check back here often.
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