David Gonos, OpenSports.com

David Gonos comes to us from the sunny beaches of South Florida where he battles heavy traffic and Dolphins fans daily. He lived in Central Florida for most of his life, attending Osceola High School in Kissimmee and then the University of South Florida in Tampa. Physicians and lawyers have spent less time as a college student.

A native of Syracuse, N.Y., Gonos is a Fantasy veteran since 1989, when hand-calculating football scores on Monday morning and mailing out the results later in the week were the norm. His league-mates’ thirst for more information begat his Fantasy writing career.

In 1995, he picked up Rotisserie-play in baseball and a year later, he welcomed the challenges of Fantasy Basketball, Hockey and NASCAR — Terry Labonte still holds a special place in his heart. He has lived through the Fantasy highs (Emmitt Smith circa 1995) and the lows (Hideki Irabu circa any year) for almost two decades.

Gonos created his own Fantasy sports website called FantasyRef.com in the spring of 2001, then joined CBSSports.com in 2003 where he became a senior fantasy writer for five years. In 2008, he moved on to OPENSports.com, a sports blogging community site, as the senior editor.