A roundup of recent posts on the FSB News page:

– Athlon has “officially” kicked off it’s 2009 college football coverage, including the first year of its incorporation of U-Sports.

– Brian Moore, owner of FootballHangout.com is looking to sell his site.

– RotoWire’s Chris Liss presents the rules for proper etiquette in the fantasy trade market: (1) Make an offer. Don’t ask, “What do you want for … ?” (2) Respond in a timely fashion to reasonable offers. (3) Don’t try to rob the other owner. (4) Try to skip the snark when responding to ridiculous offers. (5) After a successful deal, bit your trading partner good luck. (I don’t know about you, but I and my leaguemates aren’t nearly this courteous.)

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The Fantasy Sports Writers Association gave out its 2008 honors on Tuesday at the FSTA winter business conference, and a third of them went to RotoWire.

Repeat victories in the categories of best baseball print publication and best baseball writer (Jeff Erickson) led an effort that garnered six plaques in all for the company. It was the second straight year that RotoWire claimed six awards. No other company earned more than three this time around.

This year’s haul also included writer of the year nods in golf, racing and college sports — the first time that last category has been included in the FSWA program. The lone surprise might have been that RotoWire’s Janet Eagleson ceded the award for top hockey writer to someone else (ESPN’s Sean Allen) for the first time in the category’s three-year existence.

“I’m shocked and surprised since it was a very strong field with a lot of outstanding writers,” RotoWire president Peter Schoenke told FSB.com on Wednesday. “I’m very happy for the first-time winners on our staff and proud that both our top editors for MLB and NFL won awards.”

The FSWA has been giving out awards since 2004. Entries are whittled down to finalists by the board of directors, with winners determined by a panel of three independent judges. This year, that panel included Wisconsin-Stevens Point journalism professor Dr. Steven Hill, Ithaca College journalism professor and Society of Professional Journalists board member Mead Loop, and longtime sports columnist for the Washington Post Len Shapiro.

Here is a full list of Rotowire’s 2008 honors and the finalists in each category:

Baseball Print Publication
CBS Sports
RotoWire
Rotoworld

Baseball Writer
Tristan Cockcroft, ESPN
Jeff Erickson, RotoWire
Scott Pianowski, Yahoo

Football Web Article
Greg Kellogg, Fantasy Sharks
Chris Liss, RotoWire
Jeff Pasquino, Footballguys.com

Golf Writer
Ross Devonport, CBS Sports
John McNamara, RotoWire
Greg Vara, RotoWire

Racing Writer
Natalie Anthony, Football Diehards
Scott Engel, RotoExperts
Mark Taylor, RotoWire

College Writer
John Baker, SportsBuff.com
Will Harris, ESPN
Adam Mankuta, RotoWire

In addition to the football writer of the year honor, for which we announced the finalists last night, the Fantasy Sports Writers Association will award five other football-related categories next week at the Fantasy Sports Trade Association winter conference.

In the past, these categories have been dominated at times by larger sites. This year, however, provides more varied representation, with no outlet claiming more than four of the 15 available finalist slots. Here are the final nominees, with winners to be announced next Tuesday on the conference’s first day:

Best Football Print Publication
CBS Sports & Pro Football Weekly
Rotowire
Rotoworld

Best Football Series
Jamey Eisenberg — CBSSports.com
Gregg Rosenthal — Rotoworld
George Winkler — Sporting News

Best Football Article in Print
Dan Grogan — Athlon
Ginny Loveless — FootballDiehards.com
Matt Waldman — FootballDiehards.com

Best Football Article on the Web
Greg Kellogg — FantasySharks.com
Chris Liss — Rotowire.com
Jeff Pasquino — Footballguys.com

Best Football Article in Major Media
Dave Richard — CBSSports.com
Evan Silva — Rotoworld/NBC Sports
Mark St. Amant — Rotoworld/NBC Sports