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Your fantasy league just got its own newspaper. It has questions.
SmackWire reads your league’s real scores, lineups, benches and standings, then publishes a weekly sports paper that covers every matchup, every bad start/sit and every 5–2 fraud in your league.
$19.99 per league, per season · About $2 per manager · ESPN public leagues at launch
The sample issue
This is what lands in your group chat.
A full Week 1 issue built from a real 12-team league: a front-page story, every matchup covered, awards, power rankings and standings. Open it and read it like a real paper.
Front page
Nobody deserved to win this
Mac Attack beats Wieners Out LLC by 3.46 with a score that would have lost to nine of the league's other ten teams.
Dud Watch
The Denver special: two Broncos, 3.2 points
Wieners Out LLC started Jaylen Waddle and the Broncos defense. Together they scored 3.2. The game was lost by 3.46.
Identity Crisis
My Nek, My Dak scores 138.02 without a single Dak
The league's highest score comes from a team named after a quarterback it doesn't have. Rostering him would have made it worse.
Real league. Real scores. Real lineup decisions.
How it works
Three steps. Zero effort from you.
- 1
Connect your league
Anyone in the league connects a public ESPN fantasy football league. Takes about a minute. No spreadsheets.
- 2
We watch everything
Scores, starters, the 30 points left on the bench, the standings, the streaks. Our sportswriters notice all of it.
- 3
The paper drops weekly
After every week, your league gets a fresh issue built only from what actually happened in your league.
Inside every issue
Not a recap. A newspaper.
Generic recaps could be about anyone’s league. SmackWire is written from your league’s real data, so every story is about your managers and the decisions they’d rather forget.
The Front Page
The biggest story of the week, whether that’s a blowout, a collapse or a lineup crime.
Every Matchup Covered
A separate story for every game. Nobody escapes coverage. Especially not the 70-point teams.
Scores & Standings
The full scoreboard and table, so the facts are right there next to the jokes.
Power Rankings
Ranked by actual performance, with commentary on who is real and who is lucky.
Weekly Awards
Coaching Malpractice, Fraud Watch, Escape Artist, Smack of the Week and more.
Bench Blunders
Every point left on the bench, itemized and read aloud.
Rivalries & Streaks
Head-to-head history, losing streaks and grudges your league refuses to let go.
Next Week’s Preview
What to watch, who’s in trouble, and a small Reason for Hope for the teams we just roasted.
Editorial policy
“Mean enough to screenshot. Funny enough to forgive.”
We roast
Start/sit decisions, bench points, trades, waiver panic, draft picks and suspiciously lucky records.
We don’t touch
Anyone’s real life. Jobs, families, bodies and genuinely sensitive stuff are off the table.
Winners get
Credit. Grudgingly. Usually with a note about how easy their schedule was.
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Coming with every league · Private
Your Wire.
The newspaper is public shame. Your Wire is private help. Every verified manager gets waiver pickups picked for their team specifically, so they can stop showing up on the front page.
- Built from your roster, not a generic top-50 list
- Only players actually available in your league
- Private to you. Your league-mates see their own.
Pricing
One league. One season. One price.
Anyone in the league can buy it once for the whole league. First week free, and it costs less the later in the season you join. Most leagues just add about $2 per manager to the dues and call it the best money anyone spent all season.
Season pass
$19.99
per league, per season
About $2 per manager in a 10-team league
- A new issue every week of the season
- Stories for every matchup, not just the big one
- Power rankings, awards, standings and previews
- Your Wire private waiver picks for every verified manager
- One price for the whole league
Letters to the editor
Questions.
Which fantasy platforms work?
We’re launching with public ESPN fantasy football leagues. Yahoo and Sleeper are on the list for later.
My league is private. Now what?
Ask your league manager to make the league public in the ESPN league settings. It’s one setting, and then anyone in the league can connect it.
Isn’t this just another AI recap?
No. Generic recaps summarize scores. SmackWire is a whole newspaper built from your league’s actual lineups, benches, standings and history, with a story for every matchup and a voice that knows exactly who blew it.
Who pays?
Anyone in the league can buy one season pass for the whole league: $19.99 per league, per season, and less if you join later in the season. Most leagues just add about $2 per manager to the dues.
How mean does it get?
Mean enough to screenshot, funny enough to forgive. We go hard on fantasy decisions and performance. We don’t go after anyone’s real life.
What is Your Wire?
A private section for each verified manager with waiver-wire recommendations based on their own roster and the players actually available in their league. Nobody else sees yours.
When can my league start?
Right now. Paste your ESPN league link on the start page and the league is set up in a minute. First week free: the full issue plus private waiver picks for every manager, no card needed.
Leagues are open
Get your league on the front page.
Paste your ESPN league link and we’ll check it. First week free: a full issue plus private waiver picks for every manager. No card needed.
Anyone in the league can set it up · ESPN public leagues at launch
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