Lets have a thread where everyone contributes memories of the people, websites, and events that contributed to the art's growth in the US.
Ill start. The top 3, aside from Royce and Rorion, are On the Mat, Kid Peligro, and Bjj.org (RIP).
Honorable mention: intheguard.com 
Arghh. Can someone delete one of these identical threads?
adcc combat. i had already been training for a while. iso i think their website must have been 1998 or around there
The ADCC forum!
Grappling Magazine (before it turned to shit)!
On The Mat!
hb punk threads about the dump truck were where all the drama was at
machados smashing torrance
submissionfighting.com used to be a great website
Mousels