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Cult Heroes: Eric Roy
Roker Report's David Boyle takes us through another, Cult Hero... The 1999/00 season saw then manager Peter Reid draft in an unknown Frenchman for £200,000 from Marseille. Unlike previous entries into the Roker Report Cult Heroes Hall of Fame Eric's time on Wearside was disappointingly short,...
It's ROY Day! - And Beckham Gets 5th Place.
The Rookie of the Year Awards are announced today, so use this thread to celebrate, or, alternately, plot your murders of those other undeserving rookies and the BWAA members who voted for them. Edit: Gordon Beckham gets 5th place. Andrew Bailey wins. Kenny Williams thinks the National League...
49ers Year-by-Year: 1970
What follows is a brief historical recap of the San Francisco 49ers' 1970 season. Relive the completion of the NFL-AFL merger. Relive the 49ers' triumphant return to the playoffs. Relive John Brodie's MVP season. Date: Opponent: Score: Record: Opponent's...
2008 Award Nominations
Since I'm surrounded by children at the moment, and anyway we've developed a pretty collaborative model for how things work here, I'm asking for your nominations in two three post-season categories: best single day of 2008, and rider of the year. ROY is always good for discussion, and best single...
AL MVP, CY Young & ROY Leaders
Rotojunkie has taken over the dynamic feature started by Baseball Happenings that draws on the collective knowledge of the blogging community to provide intelligence on which players are currently considered the leading contenders for the big three baseball awards - MVP, Cy Young and ROY - for the...
AL Cy Young, MVP, Rookie-Of-The-Year Leaders
Rotojunkie has taken over the dynamic feature started by Baseball Happenings that draws on the collective knowledge of the blogging community to provide intelligence on which players are currently considered the leading contenders for the big three baseball awards - MVP, Cy Young and ROY - for the...
Did the sabres over-pay Roy?
Roy signed six years- $24 mil There are people out there that would have you believe that the Sabres payed too much for Derek Roy when they signed him to a six year $24 million contract. I agree that is a but-load of money but based on the contracts being signed in the league, the market...
Roy signed for the long haul
As stated in the diaries Derek Roy was signed to a $24 million, six year contract today. The deal was struck before Derek Roy and the Sabres were scheduled to go before an arbitrator to determine Roy's worth. The deal will ensure that Roy and Vanek will be teammates for a long time, unless one...
Sabres have busy night
It was a busy night for Buffalo Sabres news. The Sabres had two players file for salary arbitration, signed two of their free agents and signed one unrestricted free agent.The Sabres made their first splash in the unrestricted free agent market when the signed goaltender Jocelyn Thibault. Thibault...


