My current solution is a bit of a hack. In the ItemCreated event, I do the following (sample VB.NET code with minimal error checking)

If (e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.Pager) The
Dim x, y As Intege
x = e.Item.Controls.Count -
If (x > -1) The
y = e.Item.Controls(x).Controls.Count -
If (y > -1) The
Dim dglb As System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton = CType(e.Item.Controls(x).Controls(y), LinkButton
dglb.Text = "more
End I
End I
End I

This appears to work but seems kind of lame. I found it interesting that the DataGrid's link buttons are actually "DataGridLinkButton" objects, but it is a private class

Jaso