Quick, minimize that web browser with your fantasy football team lineup and pull up that Excel spreadsheet you’re supposed to be working on. Your boss is walking by. It’s a scene that perhaps is becoming more prevelant as fantasy football gains popularity. But is the hobby that attracted an estimated 32 million people in the United States and Canada in 2010 sacking workplace production? Fantasy football is a game in which participants called “owners” arranged into a competitive league online earn “fantasy points” by using the statistics of real football players. Some leagues pool money for a winner, and many play for only pride and bragging rights at the office/Stephen Meyers, Twin Falls Times-News. More here. (AP photo of Seattle-Pittsburgh game Sunday)

Question: Do you participate in a fantasy football league? Have you ever spent time at work doing so?