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, 10-18-2021 20:00After six games, the Bengals currently hold the No. 5 seed in the AFC playoff picture.
- Mon, 10-18-2021 19:51The former coach calls out George Godsey's decision.
- Mon, 10-18-2021 19:49Packers left tackle David Bakhtiari is expected to take a step back toward the lineup this week. Head coach Matt LaFleur said at his Monday press conference that he anticipates having Bakhtiari on the practice field this week. That would open a three-week window for him to practice with the team and be placed on [more]
- Mon, 10-18-2021 19:46Popular TikTok star Jackson Mahomes has received criticism for dancing on the late Sean Taylor's number at FedEx Field on Sunday.
- Mon, 10-18-2021 19:44Justin Fields is the Chicago Bears starting quarterback, but the offense continues to stall.
- Mon, 10-18-2021 19:40The Broncos designated wide receiver Jerry Jeudy for return from injured reserve over the weekend, but it looks like they will remain without him when they play the Browns on Thursday night. Broncos head coach Vic Fangio said at his Monday press conference that there’s a less than 50 percent chance of Jeudy making it [more]
- Mon, 10-18-2021 19:39We talk about why some of the Steelers snap counts were so far off on Sunday night.
- Mon, 10-18-2021 19:36Carson Wentz seems to have found his stride in his last few games with the Colts, and Patrick Mahomes is seeking to get back in sync with the Chiefs.
- Mon, 10-18-2021 19:35Colts WR Parris Campbell is expected to miss time with a significant foot injury.
- Mon, 10-18-2021 19:33Peterson left Sunday's game with what the team said was cramping.