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Rings are real thing for top fantasy players (Cleveland Plain-Dealer, July 28, 2008)

First-place money is sweet. Trophies keep on giving.

But they don't mean a thing if your fantasy league ain't got that bling - as in 14-karat gold, cubic zirconia.

That's right, fantasy ballers. Jostens Inc., the Minneapolis firm that pumps out Heisman Trophies, college bowl rings, World Series and Super Bowl rings and school class rings by the thousands, also delivers fantasy-football rings - custom-made with the winner's name, league, year and the unmistak able heft and sheen of the boulderlike bands that the pros wear.

"Some people may think it's a bit ex treme," acknowl edged Jostens spokesman Rich Stoebe.

But fantasy junkies demanded, so the company delivered.

Jostens (jostens.com) handcrafts rings for fantasy football, baseball, basketball and hockey. Prices range from about $100 for the basic signet to $319 for the Deion Sanders of fantasy football: the Franchise IV.