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GoVolsXtra wins national "Best Sports Site" award

GoVolsXtra wins EPpy Award.

Jigsha Desai

GoVolsXtra wins EPpy Award.

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.

Complete list of EPpy winners.

       58 Comments

Posted by cdonsbach on May 15, 2008 at 5:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Good job to all involved and keep up the good work!

Posted by TommyJack on May 15, 2008 at 6 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Great job, Adams, et al

Posted by yemmusdarb on May 15, 2008 at 6:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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.

Posted by GerryOP on May 15, 2008 at 6:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Thanks KNS, great work and congrats.

Posted by givehim6 on May 15, 2008 at 6:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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.

Posted by Raynoch on May 15, 2008 at 6:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Good work. I go to govolsxtra first thing every morning. We're fortunate the University gets such good coverage.

Posted by vol_in_lsu_land on May 15, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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.

Posted by marinevol on May 15, 2008 at 7:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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.

Posted by pdhuff on May 15, 2008 at 8 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Congrats, KNS and J Adams. Feather in your cap.

Posted by TurboFan on May 15, 2008 at 8:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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?

Posted by samjrr on May 15, 2008 at 9:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Job well done!

Posted by VOLINSC on May 15, 2008 at 10:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Living in SC, I appreciate the ability to get up to date Vol coverage on a daily basis.

Thanks

Posted by dfreeman on May 15, 2008 at 10:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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!

Posted by RichRollin on May 15, 2008 at 10:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Way to go. Much deserved guys!!

Posted by rrvolfan on May 15, 2008 at 11:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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Just imagine how good it would be without the Sissy Boy John Adams....

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Posted by GreerVol22 on May 15, 2008 at 11:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

What VOLINSC said, even if it is 75% anti-UT propaganda bs.

Posted by IMAVOL2 on May 16, 2008 at 7:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)

congratulations !!!

Posted by Bigger_Al on May 16, 2008 at 7:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I think a lot of this is due to our postings, eh?

Posted by lail on May 16, 2008 at 8:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)

@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

Posted by KingsportVol on May 16, 2008 at 9:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)

What TJ and pd said.Great job.

Posted by tngeoff on May 16, 2008 at 9:39 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Congratulations! Now, please don't remove this post. Thank you.

Posted by johnlg00 on May 16, 2008 at 9:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)

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)!

Posted by rockyknox on May 16, 2008 at 9:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)

jack lail

Congratulations! But.... I just wish we could use the "suggest removal" button for John Adams.

Posted by GreerVol22 on May 16, 2008 at 9:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)

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.

Posted by gnm53108 on May 16, 2008 at 10:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Great site.Love reading about our VOLS.Fire Adams!
Pass the Koolaid please.

Posted by invisiblekid on May 16, 2008 at 11:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)

A round of fritters on me to celebrate.

Posted by lail on May 16, 2008 at 11:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)

@rockyknox

Hmmm... wonder if a suggest remove for John Adams would be a traffic driver?

Posted by rockyknox on May 16, 2008 at 11:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)

@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.

Posted by rockyknox on May 16, 2008 at 11:39 a.m. (Suggest removal)

@lail

Don't start something you can't finish.

Posted by volboy81 on May 16, 2008 at 12:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Just think how good it would be WITHOUT John Adams!

Posted by TommyJack on May 16, 2008 at 12:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Adams haters...give it a rest...He's not leaving..get a new mantra, you negative nellies.

Posted by wagee12 on May 16, 2008 at 12:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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!

Posted by WorkinLikeHeck on May 16, 2008 at 1:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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.

Posted by murrayvol on May 16, 2008 at 1:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)

What TJ, pd, Kingsport, and invisible said. Well deserved KNS! Now pass me a mess of them fritters.

Posted by juce on May 16, 2008 at 1:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Well deserved. Living in Memphis area, this site keeps me connected.

Posted by GoVol on May 16, 2008 at 1:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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.

Posted by Volchaz on May 16, 2008 at 1:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

They've created the monster, now they have to feed it. Keep up the great work KNS.

Posted by thesavageorange on May 16, 2008 at 2 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I'll 2nd murrayvol.

Thanks Workin, we knew you could do it!

Posted by lail on May 16, 2008 at 6:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

@WorkinLikeHeck

Sorry, we forgot to send you to Vegas to accept on our behalf. Course, there's always next year.

Posted by splinterdand on May 16, 2008 at 8:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I've checked out lots of others. This is definitely the best.

Posted by ncvol on May 16, 2008 at 8:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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.

Posted by pdhuff on May 16, 2008 at 9:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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.

Posted by vol88 on May 17, 2008 at 7:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Way to go KNS.

Posted by Hoss44 on May 17, 2008 at 7:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)

What are you serious???

Posted by Hoss44 on May 17, 2008 at 7:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)

What are you serious???

Posted by T0MMYJACK on May 17, 2008 at 8:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)

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.

Posted by KingsportVol on May 17, 2008 at 9:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)

107 days till the greatest coach on the planet leads us back to the promise land.TOMMYJACK=Jackass poser.

Posted by TommyJack on May 17, 2008 at 9:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)

TOMMYJACK needs a Teebow trim.

Posted by TommyJack on May 17, 2008 at 11:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Ashley: Don't hate CPF.

Posted by KingsportVol on May 17, 2008 at 12:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Thats good stuff TD.

Posted by pdhuff on May 17, 2008 at 1:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Slogging thru the doldrums with the next 100 days to be brutal. Stay out of trouble, Vols.

And on we go....

Posted by TommyJack on May 17, 2008 at 1:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)

ashley: Just what you need...more gas

Posted by thesavageorange on May 17, 2008 at 2:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)

TouchdownTennessee, Was the other kid Spurrier?

Posted by TommyJack on May 17, 2008 at 3:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

vols72: Like who?

Posted by pdhuff on May 17, 2008 at 6:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Not sure many of these posters, including myself, are employable.

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