GoVolsXtra was recognized Thursday as one of the best sports sites on the Web.
The site won an EPpy Award for "Best Sports Web Site,with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors."
The 2008 EPpy Awards — one of the nation's most prized and long-running honors for online content — were presented during the Editor & Publisher/Mediaweek Interactive Media Conference and Trade Show at the Rio in Las Vegas.
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Comments » 52
KnoxVolian23 writes:
congrats!
cdonsbach writes:
Good job to all involved and keep up the good work!
TommyJack writes:
Great job, Adams, et al
MrBamSeydu writes:
Awesome fellas, I come here first to check up on the latest Vol news. Two suggestions: A little more in-depth recruiting news/updates and also maybe re-designing the site sometime soon though.
GerryOP writes:
Thanks KNS, great work and congrats.
givehim6 writes:
That's good news! I knew something was up with KNS letting everyone from ARK. to FL. and Bama. to post on here. It's nolonger just a VOL site anyone can come here.
Raynoch writes:
Good work. I go to govolsxtra first thing every morning. We're fortunate the University gets such good coverage.
vol_in_lsu_land writes:
I heard that John Adams extorted the EPpy Award board members by threatening to write an OpEd article calling for their positions. Seems that their president was letting things get out of hand at office parties and photocopies of his secretary's ta-ta's were used as cleavage...I mean leverage.
marinevol writes:
Very well deserved ...well, except for that goofy John Adams column saying we should fire our coach because some former players got into trouble years after they left UT. But everyone's entitled to one stupid blunder, so congratulations.
pdhuff#552644 writes:
Congrats, KNS and J Adams. Feather in your cap.
rpowell#1351102 writes:
Way to go !
CoverOrange writes:
Does anyone definitively know whether John Adams has any input into the website? Articles in the newspaper, yes but the website format? What exactly is the criteria for the EPpy award?
samjrr writes:
Job well done!
VOLINSC writes:
Living in SC, I appreciate the ability to get up to date Vol coverage on a daily basis.
Thanks
dfreeman writes:
What? I'm here in Las Vegas right now and that would have been cool to know! I however am staying at New York New York! It's about 7:38 pm here!
rrvolfan#230816 writes:
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Just imagine how good it would be without the Sissy Boy John Adams....
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GreerVol22 writes:
What VOLINSC said, even if it is 75% anti-UT propaganda bs.
IMAVOL2 writes:
congratulations !!!
Bigger_Al writes:
I think a lot of this is due to our postings, eh?
lail#204076 writes:
@Bigger_Al
Agreed! I think many commenters (but not all) contribute to making GVX a great site. The regular commenters have a sense of community; they often provide additional facts to the stories, and they provide a rich diversity of opinions.
And if a few go overboard, I hope other users will help us by clicking the "suggest removal" link.
--jack lail
managing editor/multimedia
johnlg00#206211 writes:
I'm another out-of-stater who relies heavily on this site for my daily Vols fix. Thanks for providing this informative and entertaining forum and congratulations on this award. Having looked in occasionally on other sports sites, this is, IMHO, indeed one of the best in terms both of coverage and in the generally high level of discourse. Keep up the good work, both KNS staffers and, er, MOST posters(;-P)!
rockyknox writes:
jack lail
Congratulations! But.... I just wish we could use the "suggest removal" button for John Adams.
GreerVol22 writes:
lail, nice job and congrats to your department. From this knats perspective it would be nice to have a hometown paper that supported the university a little more rather than catering to an editors personal agenda. ESPN does a facinating job "dissin'" old UT, we sure don't need it from our own paper. Keep the faith, being a puppet ain't easy.
gnm53108 writes:
Great site.Love reading about our VOLS.Fire Adams!
Pass the Koolaid please.
invisiblekid writes:
A round of fritters on me to celebrate.
lail#204076 writes:
@rockyknox
Hmmm... wonder if a suggest remove for John Adams would be a traffic driver?
rockyknox writes:
@lail
Put up a poll to see how many people would like to have John Adams removed and I believe you would get a lot of interest.
rockyknox writes:
@lail
Don't start something you can't finish.
volboy81#211803 writes:
Just think how good it would be WITHOUT John Adams!
TommyJack writes:
Adams haters...give it a rest...He's not leaving..get a new mantra, you negative nellies.
wagee12 writes:
Major kudos to John Adams and the entire KNS team. Thanks also for the fair and balanced reporting and editorial writing. All UT fans appreciate your hard work and dedication, University of Fulmer fans, well, maybe not so much!
WorkinLikeHeck writes:
I'll go ahead and give myself a pat on the back for making this comment section probably the most appealing part of the site for users. Thanks to me.
murrayvol writes:
What TJ, pd, Kingsport, and invisible said. Well deserved KNS! Now pass me a mess of them fritters.
juce writes:
Well deserved. Living in Memphis area, this site keeps me connected.
GoVol writes:
Jack - nice job with the site, even if since it is a free site we have to put up with a few idiots from Bama, Memphis State, and Flordia that come onto our site regularly.
Volchaz writes:
They've created the monster, now they have to feed it. Keep up the great work KNS.
thesavageorange writes:
I'll 2nd murrayvol.
Thanks Workin, we knew you could do it!
lail#204076 writes:
@WorkinLikeHeck
Sorry, we forgot to send you to Vegas to accept on our behalf. Course, there's always next year.
splinterdand#602266 writes:
I've checked out lots of others. This is definitely the best.
ncvol writes:
I too live in another state so it is so great to keep up with all the news of the Vols. Thank you for all the info and I truly love reading all the posts.
pdhuff#552644 writes:
Accepting this award for the poster group, I would like to thank the following..
Dupree
Fritters
Glazed
K Kreme
Vandy FG attempt
Blocked KY kick
KPD for ride-a-longs
sjt18
memory of TDTN
Halls K-Mart
and a tie between - Tebow's maiming poor kids and Whitelightening's stealing the donut truck before the Wisconsin AM Bowl game...
All are welcome.
vol88 writes:
Way to go KNS.
Hoss44 writes:
What are you serious???
Hoss44 writes:
What are you serious???
T0MMYJACK writes:
Adams has little to do with the success of this site, although he is a good writer.
The success of this site is directly attributable to the loser/haters. At least that's what they seem to think. Those who value their own gibberish enough to think we need over 2600 of their posts to date can't be wrong, can they ?!
Stay the course, fritter-pounders.
TommyJack writes:
TOMMYJACK needs a Teebow trim.
TommyJack writes:
Ashley: Don't hate CPF.
pdhuff#552644 writes:
Slogging thru the doldrums with the next 100 days to be brutal. Stay out of trouble, Vols.
And on we go....
TommyJack writes:
ashley: Just what you need...more gas
thesavageorange writes:
TouchdownTennessee, Was the other kid Spurrier?
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