Greg Kellogg - Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hall of Famer (Inaugural Class -2010)

Fantasy Football Origin Stories is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.EPISODE SUMMARYIn this 19th episode, Hall of Famer Greg Kellogg rides shotgun in the DeLorean, to take us back in time and learn about his Fantasy Football Origin Story. We talk about many topics, including:Greg's first recollections of fantasy football Growing up in a small town in Michigan, working his way into espionage, being fluent in Russian, and finding his way to fantasy footballHow he moved so fast into the fantasy football industryKellogg's Komments Being inducted to the innaugural class of the Fantasy Football Writer's Association Hall of Fame (with the likes of Greg Ambrosius, Matthew Berry, Scott Engel, and Eric Karabell)The Fanex LeagueWhy he thinks Travis Kelce could/possibly should be the 1.01 this yearMuch more<br/>FOLLOW GREG ON TWITTERGREG KELLOGG****This is pulled from this Fantasy Sports Business article***Personal Profile: Greg KelloggName: Greg Kellogg Nickname: Greg to friends, komments on the web Job title(s): Solutions Architect (real world), BlogTalkRadio Host (fantasy world) Full-time in fantasy? Not currently though I have been in my past Age: 55 Education: Lots of college — no degree Family status: Married for 34 years Favorite fantasy sport to play: Football Favorite sport to watch: Football and college basketball Favorite team (any sport): Detroit Lions (yeah, I’m a masochist at heart) All-time favorite athlete: This is tough: In football probably Barry Sanders, but overall I would have to say Jesse Owens for how he represented us at the Berlin Olympics. Years playing fantasy: 21 (since 1988)I got my start in the fantasy industry when: I started writing a column titled Kellogg’s Komments in the mid-’90s. I was the first to syndicate my work to multiple fantasy sites, with Komments appearing on more than two dozen sites, including Mr. Football (now Football Guys), The Huddle and Sam Caplan’s Fantasy Insider. Shortly after that I opened my own site, Komments.com, where I provided a forum for up-and-coming writers to be published.Since then, my fantasy résumé includes: Producer, FOXSports.com (full-time) Creator of the Ladies of Football league that promotes the hobby to ladies Partner, FantasyAsylum.com Sr. Writer, GridironGrumblings.com (now SportsGrumblings.com) Guest Writer, SportsIllustrated.com Partner, FantasySportsGroup.com Radio Host, FantasySharks.comI also was awarded with the prestigious Fantasy Sports Writer’s Association (FSWA) Annual Award for the Best Fantasy Football In-Season Article, Feature or Series — an award that my article, penned by another author, received two years later.Named to the inaugural FSWA Hall of Fame class in 2010.Before fantasy, I worked in: The Army (military intelligence — Russian Linguist) and Defense Contracting.Three questions1. How did the transition from Komments.com to your various fantasy pursuits since then come about? Was it tough to let