Posted by CatScratchFever on February 29, 2008 at 7:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)

There was another article where Gillispie sent money to a lady who was trying to sell her car on a radio program. She needed the money to be able to attend an out of state funeral for a family member. Gillispie just happened to be listening to the program and sent the money to the radio station for this lady. A very nice gesture indeed.

Posted by General_Watermelon on February 29, 2008 at 9:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Gillispie ranks second only to Fulmer. We are so fortunate to have him leading our young men.

Posted by MemphisVolFan on February 29, 2008 at 10:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I wrote a good piece about Pat Summitt and the Lady Vols. I'd like to be included in the Blog Buzz please.

http://moondogsports.com

Posted by johnlg00 on February 29, 2008 at 11:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Great article on Gillespie and the others. It's good to know that the coaches we love--and even some of the ones we love to hate--are good people who make a positive difference in their communities.

Posted by johnlg00 on February 29, 2008 at 11:14 a.m. (Suggest removal)

That was a nice piece, MemphisVolFan. Good luck with your blog.

Posted by MemphisVolFan on February 29, 2008 at 11:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Thanks johnlg00 - appreciate the kind words. The Lady Vols don't get the same hype as the football team and this season with the men's team doing so well, but who deserves the accolades more than Pat and the Lady Vols?

Thanks for taking the time to read.

Posted by TommyJack on February 29, 2008 at 11:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I followed Gillispie at A&M. If the big blew fans are smart enough (doubtful) to leave him alone, he will gitRdun at KY.

Posted by lail on February 29, 2008 at 12:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

@MemphisVolFan I need to do a Lady Vol Blog Buzz. So far I've just focused on men's basketball. I'm trying to figure out if people like these roundups from elsewhere.

-- jack lail

Posted by johnlg00 on February 29, 2008 at 12:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Jack, I have read most of the blogs posted to these recent articles, but I am perhaps a bit more obsessive than some! There is clearly an emerging market out there, but there is also a LOT of competition for eyeballs. The best advice I have seen for aspiring bloggers is to write what you know and what you care about enough to do it for its own sake. If it's good, you will GRADUALLY build a following, but you have to love doing it enough to KEEP doing it until numbers of people find you. It also helps to keep adding new content as often as you can--folks like timely stuff in that medium. Good luck to you!

Posted by cwisenhower on February 29, 2008 at 2:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)

http://www.kentucky.com/254/story/333....

Patrick Patterson will not be playing on Sunday! Sucks for him but not for us!

Posted by MemphisVolFan on February 29, 2008 at 7:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)

lail:

I agree with everything johnlg00 wrote. I started at Fox in late October but wanted to do my own thing. I've had my own site for two months now and it is growing - slowly. It takes time but as johnlg00 pointed out, continue writing about topics that interest you and try to add at least three new articles a week.

You can visit a lot of sites and get your name out there too. Just like I did here. Drop your name and a url and if you're putting good content out there for people to read, they'll find you.

Let me know if I can help you out. Come by my site and post a comment and we can chat some more.

Posted by lail on March 1, 2008 at 9:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)

If you blogging folks have a piece you would like to have included in the "Blogger Buzz," send me an email at lail@knews.com. It's as amazing what doesn't come up in the search engines as what does! If you are in East Tennessee, join the Knoxville Blog Network, http://blognetwork.knoxnews.com