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Matthew Stafford Named AP Comeback Player of the Year

Zac Snyder — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:13:03 +0000

Leon Halip-US PRESSWIRE

Matthew Stafford was snubbed for the Pro Bowl but he will be leaving Indianapolis with some well deserved hardware.

From the Detroit Free Press Lions twitter account:

Matthew Stafford wins Comeback Payer of Year “This is a team award. You win something like this, it takes all 53 guys in the locker room”

Stafford won the award with 21 votes while Cleveland’s D’Qwell Jackson finished second with 15. Alex Smith, Steve Smith, Elvis Dumervil, Andre Carter and Eli Manning rounded out the voting.

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Vote SideLion Report in BallHyped’s Blog of the Year Tournament

Zac Snyder — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:45:35 +0000

BallHyped.com is in the process of naming their 2011 Sports Blog of the Year and it turns out SideLion Report is in the running.

We’ve made it through the first two rounds and “sweet 16″ voting began earlier today.

If you enjoy this blog and feel inclined to cast a vote for us, we’d sure appreciate it.

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Detroit Lions Announce 2010 Team Awards

Zac Snyder — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:33:05 +0000

The luncheon may have been held to kick off the 2011 season but the Detroit Lions took some time to look back in the form of 2010 team awards.

Some losing teams end up with awards winners that might have to accept with a sheepish grin. That isn’t the case with the 2010 Lions according to team president Tom Lewand based on his quote from the podium:

This is the first time all the award winners are players all 31 teams would trade for.

Winners are as follows:

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