I can't even remember how far back this hobby goes. I do remember the days before computers and the web when we would do it all by hand. Those of you under 30 refer to that period as the dark ages. Now of course fantasy football is a multi-million dollar business.

Just look at the magazine racks. There must be 20 different fantasy bibles, where so-called experts rank the players and tell you who you should pick. And there must be thousands of different web sites that will set up your league. This is the time of year when players get ready for the draft. At one of my previous stations we would take over the conference room, and really do it up. Big board, podium, and yes...cheetos. Now it's usually easier to just do it on-line, but that does make it more difficult to trash talk.

Normally I stick to one fantasy football league. I've been in one for a few years now that a friend of mine started. It includes some of his grad school buddies that are now living in Europe. So some weeks I'm going head to head with a guy in Munich or Cologne. This one's a keeper league and I recently elected to keep KC running back Larry Johnson. He's the Chiefs starter and is expected to have a big year. I didn't have much else to choose from so I went with another running back Dominic Rhodes from the Colts. He might not even be the Colts starter since their number one draft pick was a running back.

This year I'm also playing in a Louisville-based league. WHAS-AM's Lachlan Mclean is the commish, and he's brought to together several media-types from the area. It could get confusing this year with two teams, I won't know who to root for and who to root against. I might do a feature story on local fantasy football players, so if you have a good league with some colorful personalities drop me an e-mail.

Good luck and I'll let you know how my season goes.