Steve Gardner Fantasy Sports Pioneer
Steve Gardner loved sports from a very young age. The first thing he ever wanted to do as a youth was a radio play-by-play announcer.
He actually started doing radio in high school. He filled in for sportscasters over the summer at a local station in Charlottesville Virginia. He went to James Madison University and majored in communication with a concentration on radio, TV and film.
Worked in several radio jobs before getting his first big break as a news-by-phone service at USA Today. He started at USA Today information network in December 1993 and then moved to USAToday.com in 1996. He was the USA Today website's baseball editor in 1998 just in time for the McGwire versus Sosa home run battle. He started writing fantasy baseball columns for Sports Weekly - took over for John Hunt in 2006 and still going. He also did the fantasy sports weekly radio show from 2008 to 2012.
He then was promoted to the USA Today senior fantasy editor as he combined with KFFL.com in 2012. Edited award-winning fantasy baseball and football magazines from 2012 to 2015. He hosted an FSWA award-winning fantasy baseball podcast from 2015 to 2017.
Now he's the reporter/editor for USA Today Sports since 2018.
His top highlights at USA Today are covering 18 World Series, six major league baseball All-Star games and one Super Bowl. He is the first person to be a member of both the BBWAA and the FSWA. As a BBWAA member, he will cast his first vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame in December 2020 for the Hall’s Class of 2021. LABR Commissioner from 2006 to present and six-time LABR champion and two-time Tout Wars champion.
He was Fantasy Pros number one most accurate baseball ranker in 2014.
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2/25/2020
- Mon, 11-28-2022 05:10After failing to hit the 30-yard receiving mark in any of the previous three games, Panthers WR DJ Moore had himself a day against CB Patrick Surtain II and the Broncos.
- Mon, 11-28-2022 05:10Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers left the Sunday night's game against the Eagles with an oblique injury.
- Mon, 11-28-2022 05:07Watch all of Philadelphia Eagles running back Miles Sanders' best plays from his 160-yard game with 2 touchdowns against the Green Bay Packers on 'Sunday Night Football' in Week 12 of the 2022 NFL regular season.
- Mon, 11-28-2022 05:06Recapping the Packers' 40-33 loss to the Eagles in Week 12 of the 2022 season.
- Mon, 11-28-2022 05:04In a game that saw Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers exit with an oblique injury, the real story of the game was the Eagles rushing for 363 yards.
- Mon, 11-28-2022 05:01Here's an Instant analysis of the Philadelphia Eagles moving to 10-1 on the season after a 40-33 win over the Green Bay Packers in Week 12
- Mon, 11-28-2022 05:01Some of the more interesting numbers from the Commanders' win over the Falcons including Ron Rivera's 100th career win.
- Mon, 11-28-2022 04:57Rams-Chiefs takeaways: L.A. was missing their starting quarterback and receivers, so Bryce Perkins and the young receivers stepped up as the defense tried to keep Chiefs under control.
- Mon, 11-28-2022 04:54Mike White isn’t the perfect quarterback, but what he lacks in skill he makes up for in self-awareness and he plays the exact brand of football the Jets need in their 31-10 win over the Chicago Bears.
- Mon, 11-28-2022 04:50The Bears were wallopped without Justin Fields in the Meadowlands. After eight losses in nine games, the Bears have almost reached rock bottom in the power rankings.