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Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie shouts instructions to his team during the second half of their basketball game against Georgia in Lexington, Ky., Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008. Kentucky won the game 61-55.
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Must read piece today from Gregg Doyel of CSBSportsline:
A video fell into my electronic lap this week, and not the kind of video you see in sports these days. It's not video of an NFL champion illegally taping another team's sideline. It's not a baseball superstar testifying before Congress. It wasn't shot from a police cruiser.
This video was a reminder that the sports people we write about and read about and scream about aren't always the two-dimensional characters we like to imagine. This video was a reminder and a lesson, and while it's a reminder I'll probably forget at some point, for now it feels good to remember, and to know.
Billy Gillispie isn't just a famous basketball coach. He's something better -- he's a human being.
Read the whole article whether you like Billy Gillispie or not, whether you like Kentucky or not. If you don't read anything else, read this one thing today.
Sometimes we forget, there's more to life than sports.
There's more in our Blogger Buzz for Friday:
- Audio: Gillispie and Pearl | Sidelines
- The Best in Illinois High School Basketball Scouting. - 2008- February 20th- Three Guards Near Commit | ILLINOISHSBASKETBALL.COM
- UK vs. Mississippi - Post Game | UKMadness
- Better Late than Never (NCAA Basketball) | Pocket Express Blog
- SEC Teams and the NCAA Tournament - Round 2 | RazorPod--the ORIGINAL Razorback Sports Podcast:
- Strange: Pearl: 'Sunday's the game' ... as in Kentucky | GoVolsXtra
- So What About Bud Mackey? | Sports Talk on KentuckySportsRadio.com
- Okay, here's da first annual Crow Awards | The Pick 'n Roll
- Pearl looking for team effort | Jacksonville.com
- The March To Maddness, Vol. 1 | ReSportsCard
- Picking up where Pitino left off | Kentucky.com
- On Gillespie: The End Justifies the Mean. | PaschalBaute.com
- RPI Update | WildcastCorner
- The blogosphere talks about the Vols, part 3. | GoVolsXtra - X Smack
- The blogosphere talks about the Vols, part 2. | GoVolsXtra - X Smack
- ERIN ANDREWS ALERT | Docksquad
- Kentucky To The NCAAs? | YarkBarker
- The blogosphere talks about the Vols, part 1. | GoVolsXtra - X Smack
- A "Hey Dave" Q and A: GoVolsXtra - Off the Hook
- The Coach Speak Translator Basketball version | Beer Control Offense
- Gillispie reminds us that sports people are human beings, too | CBSSports.com
- Gillispie audio | Sidelines
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Comments » 10
MemphisVolFan writes:
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
johnlg00#206211 writes:
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.
johnlg00#206211 writes:
That was a nice piece, MemphisVolFan. Good luck with your blog.
MemphisVolFan writes:
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.
TommyJack writes:
I followed Gillispie at A&M. If the big blew fans are smart enough (doubtful) to leave him alone, he will gitRdun at KY.
lail#204076 writes:
@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
johnlg00#206211 writes:
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!
cwisenhower#637741 writes:
http://www.kentucky.com/254/story/333....
Patrick Patterson will not be playing on Sunday! Sucks for him but not for us!
MemphisVolFan writes:
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.
lail#204076 writes:
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
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