Perhaps not so surprisingly, I started my professional career two weeks after college graduation by accepting a job as a television sportscaster in Topeka, Kansas. I spent ten years in Kansas before heading west to accept another sportscaster position in Spokane, Washington. After four years there, I'd covered sports on all levels for 14 consecutive years but it was time to move on. I left my sports days behind to move over one seat on set to accept a newscaster position in Missoula, Montana.
No longer covering sports on a day-to-day basis as a profession allowed me to become more of a fan again. It was refreshing. And that's when I was introduced to fantasy sports. To me, it was a perfect way to keep up to speed on some of my favorite sports and teams without having to dive in the deep end and track every trend, statistic and happening on a daily basis. 
That was 2004. Since then I drafted scores of fantasy teams from the NHL, NFL, MLB and filled out a batch of NCAA basketball tournament brackets. I don't always fare so well but I don't do too badly either thanks to 22 league "championships" from my 80 teams. But it wasn't until earlier this year that I finally racked up my personal version of the fantasy slam--consecutive basketball, hockey, football and baseball fantasy wins.And it's a good thing I checked that off my bucket list because after checking tonight's latest standings, my 2016 fantasy baseball team just got smoked again and I dropped into 11th place in a 12-team league. Oh well, bring on football season!
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