The Get Down Guy

I frequently get asked what my favorite fantasy sports platforms are.  Here are my top 3:

1. Yahoo! Fantasy Sports - It’s no surprise to me that the best overall fantasy sports experience is made by a technology company and not a content company.  Yahoo’s games are basic, the design is clean, and the games are stable.  I’ve noticed a few glitches in the StatTracker application, but other than that it is a pretty smooth experience.
2. ESPN.com - ESPN has come the farthest in the past few years.  A few years ago they lost customer data in the middle of the season and had significant trouble with live scoring.  These issues have been fixed.  I’ve used ESPN for fantasy football over the past two years for one league and it’s been great.  The draft application is my favorite, and it appears that they are allocating more resources to UX.  Everything related to fantasy sports is free on ESPN.
3. MyFantasyLeague.com -  This is the most customized option for fantasy football and it’s ideal for keeper leagues.  MFL has excellent customer service (if you play on Yahoo! or ESPN you know how difficult that can be) and they’re the only platform I’m aware of that has an open developer API.  It’s for pay leagues only.

Runner Up - Flea Flicker.  Like MFL it is a football only site, and like Yahoo and ESPN it has a clean UI.   The auto draft has done a better job for me in the past than ESPN or Yahoo.  It was recently bought by AOL, but it’s unclear how they plan on integrating it with other AOL properties.