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Although an avid and lifelong Ohio State Buckeyes and Cleveland Browns fan, Gary Davenport was a relative latecomer to fantasy football, not playing in his first league until 2004.

Instantly hooked, he now regularly plays in 20+ leagues (why he has no earthly idea) of all types a year, from PPR to IDP to Best Ball and Expert leagues.

A member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association and resident of Mesa, Arizona Gary has been featured on a number of fantasy websites, and in nationally circulated publications, including the 2012 USA Today Fantasy Football Preview and Fantasy Football Pro Forecast Magazine.

Gary has also appeared several times on Sirius XM Radio, did a weekly fantasy football segment on WXFJ Radio in Jacksonville Florida in 2012, and is the co-host of Kellogg's Komments (a fantasy football podcast) with FSWA Hall-of-Famer Greg Kellogg on Blog Talk Radio.

Gary was one of the co-founders of, and Head Writer at, Fantasy Football Oasis before joining Fantasy Sharks as an IDP Senior Staff Writer in 2011.

Gary joined Bleacher Report in 2011 and is now an NFL beat writer for B/R, covering the latest happenings in the National Football League and reporting on how they affect the fortunes of fantasy football fanatics everywhere.

He knows football. Or so he's heard.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Jim Brown, Jack Tatum, Deacon Jones

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Cleveland Browns, Ohio State Buckeyes, Cincinnati Reds

  • Favorite Coaches

    Woody Hayes, Paul Brown, Jim Tressel...yes, Jim Tressel

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Too many traumatic Browns moments to count

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Browns vs. Chiefs in The Dawg Pound at old Cleveland Municipal Stadium

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    McEnroe

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    The Golden Bear

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    The Intimidator

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Senna

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    Big Ten FTW!

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  • Gary Davenport posted 39 days ago

    Gary Davenport

    I hadn't seen that, but as a Browns fan I'm not surprised...just the universe's way of reminding us that we're doomed.

    Never said DET was the NFL's most embarrassing team. In fact, in that article I specifically said that Lions fans should take solace in not being Browns fans.

    Finally, Ohio State was hardly "corruption", at least not anything approaching Miami or Auburn (allegedly). Some kids did stupid things, and then Tressel tried to cover for them. The cover-up is usually worse than the crime.

  • Kevin posted 39 days ago

    Kevin

    Not sure if you saw this or not but Browns owner Jimmy Haslam is the CEO of Pilot Flying J. He and his family own the truck-stop empire.
    The FBI and Internal Revenue Service have Pilot Flying J headquarters in Knoxville, Tenn., locked down this afternoon while executing a search warrant,

    think a lions fan might be able to make a pretty good case for the Browns and not the Lions being the NFL's laughing stock team..

    what is it about Ohio Teams and corruption...Buckeyes and now the Browns.. might be why Lebron Packed his bags and left the city and went to Florida!
    Maybe its the water?

  • Stevie Danks posted 46 days ago

    Stevie Danks

    Well played down there a few posts below this, gary.

  • jake johnson posted 55 days ago

    jake johnson

    not the best writer ..................................

  • Stephen A. Smith posted 56 days ago

    Stephen A. Smith

    Thanks man, I promise I won't make another grammar mistake again.

  • Gary Davenport posted 56 days ago

    Gary Davenport

    This is MY profile? Who knew?

    And yeah, Joe Thomas has worked out fine. If Fisher or Joeckel somehow makes it to 5 DET had best get to scooping, and Lane Johnson wouldn't be a crazy pick, especially given what the Lions have invested in Stafford.

    You may now resume belittling me.

  • Stephen A. Smith posted 56 days ago

    Stephen A. Smith

    Also if you had any form of education you would realize that you were posting on your own profile, also that Joe Thomas contract is turning out really well isn't it? Probably the best LT in the league!

  • Gary Davenport posted 56 days ago

    Gary Davenport

    Does this mean no Easter Basket? I really like those indestructible marshmallow things...I need my Peeps Stephen A.!

    Everyone have a Happy Easter.

    (And DET needs to leave Reiff at RT...He'll be a turnstile on the left side)

  • Stephen A. Smith posted 56 days ago

    Stephen A. Smith

    The Lions didn't lose their best tackle Reiff, or best Defensive End Willie Young so that is not a fact if you had actually looked deeper than a depth chart you would see that they will be fine at both positions after drafting a player at each spot in the draft. The Lions have already cut 1 very talented young player to make a point and you can expect Spievey to be cut even though he was defending himself, if you are going to act like that makes an organization more of a joke than a team that gets a top 10 pick every season but struggles to find a competent QB then I feel no need to argue, boy Tim Couch sure is a good QB.

  • Gary Davenport posted 56 days ago

    Gary Davenport

    Didn't I say that Lions' fans should be grateful that they aren't Browns fans? Is it not a fact that the Lions have had quite a few off-the-field incidents and lost both starting tackles and both starting ends?

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