Moderating privileges do not extend to the front page of TBD. I can thumbtack my previews and such on there by using the "top story" tag in our software, but the news feed is entirely in the hands of the Bills Beat crew. (And based on the number of times I tried -- and failed -- to get said previews posted out front before the redesign, I'm assuming my thoughts don't hold much weight with them.)
Along the lines of what you're suggesting, maybe the fan-site stories could be set up in their own section, like the opposing team's hometown media is during game weeks? Might be worth considering ... but again, I'm out of the loop on that.
Although his affiliation with the team has to raise the question of just how objective he's allowed to be in his reporting, Brown is still a professional journalist. I believe Tim Graham's official title is "blogger," too ...