Annual bipartisan fantasy football league is a way to “bridge the gap” between politicians

BISMARCK -- Walking into the North Dakota House chamber, one might notice amid stacks of paper and law books a large trophy sitting on the desk of Rep. Matthew Ruby, R-Minot.

Most valuable legislator? Best orator? No, the trophy goes to the winner of a bipartisan fantasy football league.

An annual event since 2017, the good-natured competition was started by Ruby and Rep. Corey Mock, D-Grand Forks. …