Fantasy Nerds Announces 11th Annual Fantasy Football Charity League

FantasyNerds.com, a leading data aggregator for fantasy sports, announced the starting lineup for their 11th Annual Fantasy Football Charity League. End Quote

Oshkosh-Neenah, WI (1888PressRelease) August 24, 2021 - FantasyNerds.com, a leading data aggregator for fantasy sports, announced the starting lineup for their 11th Annual Fantasy Football Charity League. With the 2021 NFL season right around the corner, twelve of the industry's best and brightest will be competing for more than just bragging rights. Each expert has chosen a charity to play for and FantasyNerds.com will make a financial donation to the winning expert's charity.

"We truly have some of the best folks in the industry competing in this league. They are some of the brightest and most dedicated professionals. This should be a fun time for everyone as this group is naturally competitive. The fact that everyone gets to play for their favorite charity just makes this even more special," said J. Joseph Dyken, founder of FantasyNerds.com. "These are the voices that many people are listening to on the radio or reading about online. It will be interesting to see who comes out on top."

Participants in this year's league include:

Dalton Del Don (Yahoo Sports)
Dalton is our 2016 and 2019 Fantasy Nerds Charity League Champion and a fantasy sports writer for Yahoo Sports. He is playing for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital which is the world's foremost pediatric treatment and research facility focused on children.

Lisa Ann (Sirius XM Radio)
Once known as a fantasy girl, Lisa Ann now lives for fantasy sports as the host of the Sirius XM Fantasy Sports Radio show "Lisa Ann Does Fantasy". She is playing for Blessings in a Backpack whose goal is to provide food on the weekends for elementary school children across America who might otherwise go hungry. Lisa Ann is the 2015 Fantasy Nerds Charity League Champion.

Summer Sanders (Olympian & TV Host)
Summer Sanders is a decorated Olympic gold medalist, sports commentator, reporter, television show host and actress. She is playing for Right To Play which uses the power of play to educate and empower children to overcome the effects of poverty, conflict and disease in disadvantaged communities.

Erin Coscarelli (Las Vegas Raiders & Host of The Ultimate Surfer)
Erin Coscarelli is one of the most sought after and highly regarded female broadcasters on television today. In addition to being the host for the Las Vegas Raiders media properties, Erin hosts on the Tennis Channel and ABC's The Ultimate Surfer. She is playing for Susan G. Komen whose mission is to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering others, ensuring quality care for all and investing in science to find the cures.

Des Bieler (Washington Post)
Des Bieler is the lead fantasy football writer for the Washington Post. Des is playing for UNICEF, which has helped save more childrens' lives than any other humanitarian organization by providing health care and immunizations, clean water and sanitation, nutrition, education, emergency relief and more.

Nicole Yang (Boston Globe)
Nicole is the New England Patriots' beat reporter for the Boston Globe. She is playing for the Asian American Civic Association whose mission is to provide limited English speaking and economically disadvantaged people with education, occupational training and social services enabling them to realize lasting economic self-sufficiency.

Colton & The Wolfman (SiriusXM Radio)
Rick Wolf & Glenn Colton provide millions of fans with fantasy football & fantasy baseball information, advice and strategy on SiriusXM Radio. They are playing for Break The Hold, an organization dedicated to providing resources and educational programming on mental wellness to high school and middle school youth, young adults, family members, educators, and community members throughout Westchester, NY and nearby communities.

Steve Gardner (USA TODAY Sports)
Steve Gardner is a reporter and Senior Fantasy Editor for USA TODAY Sports. You can read his work online at usatoday.com and in the pages of Sports Weekly. Steve is playing for Feeding America: 37 million people face hunger in the U.S. today - including more than 11 million children and nearly 5.4 million seniors. Hunger knows no boundaries - it touches every community in the U.S., including your own.

Dr. Roto (DrRoto.com)
Dr. Roto is both a Fantasy Sportswriter & On Air Personality who can be heard as a host on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio and other radio affiliates around the country. He is playing for the PKD Foundation. As a sufferer of PKD, Dr. Roto was extremely lucky to have found a live donor for his recent kidney transplant. His goal is to not only raise awareness to combat this disease, but to help other find live donors themselves.

Drew Loftis (New York Post)
Drew Loftis is the Sunday Sports Editor and Fantasy Insanity columnist for the New York Post. He is playing for the Macular Degeneration Association whose educational focus is on empowering patients and their caregivers to live fuller and more comfortable lives with their vision diseases and challenges. Drew is the 2018 Fantasy Nerds Charity League Champion.

Marques Eversoll (107.5 The Fan WDUZ)
Marques Eversoll is a host, producer, and assistant program director for WDUZ The Fan in Green Bay, WI. He is playing for the Aly Wolff Foundation which supports cancer research in addition to providing real hair wigs for Wisconsin area cancer patients.

Joe Dyken (Fantasy Nerds)
Joe is the Founder and CEO of FantasyNerds.com. He is playing for Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) which funds and develops the newest and most promising cancer treatments to help patients today.

Fantasy Nerds has been called the "Cliffs Notes of the Industry" by the Washington Post and the "Best Kept Secret in Fantasy Football" by the New York Times. More than one million users visit the site each year to help them win their league championship.

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