Christopher Byrne, one of the foremost watchdogs on sports journalism at Eye on Sports Media bestowed this beautiful etrophy upon us today along with a very flattering write-up on his site.

When I started blogging as part of the IBM Lotus Software community back in late 2002, I was immediately part of a group of people that understood (and still understands) the inherent value of community building and collaboration. In many ways this is unusual among blogosphere genres, and the sports blogosphere has been no exception. That is, until someone came up with a great idea to bring sports bloggers and mainstream media professionals together to meet, greet, debate, and exchange ideas.

You can read the full post here.

Thanks to Chris for not only recognizing our efforts, but also for his continued outstanding work at Eye On Sports Media.