Caught up with the legendary Dick Vitale (@DickieV) for an interview for Essentially Sports (@[email protected]) - From calling his first-ever March Madness game after 46 years to sharing a powerful perspective on battling cancer, Dickie V still brings the energy đ
Plus: Vitale's NCAA picks, Diaper Dandies & why this tourney hits different
Ex #NBA & #ABA basketball #PR man #RudyMartzke whose role as a cofounding #SportsEditor & #TVSports journalist at #USAToday made him must read & oft dreaded Monday AM fodder for #Network execs & #sportsbroadcasters like #DickVitale
#HowardCosell & #JohnMadden has passed ... Wives, Waiters & bartenders everywhere express relief ...
ESPN Analyst Dick Vitale Has Cancer In Lymph Node, Will Have Surgery On Tuesday â Updated
#Sports #BreakingNews #DickVitale #ESPN #SocialMedia
The late #JimValvano of https://www.v.org appears with buddy #DickVitale in this 1992 #BillCosby episode. They are all so full of life.
Just four months later, #Valvano was diagnosed with terminal cancer. #Vitale's cancer is still being treated.
Valvano's sage advice: "Take time every day to laugh, to think, to cry." Amen.
Me too. We have #BrianCuster and #DickVitale commentating.
We used to have #SeanMcDonough calling play-by-play in the #FinalFour until this year - wish he was still on the call cuz he's fab.
#MarchMadness #NCAAM #CollegeBasketball #NCAABB #NCAAB #FinalFour
Down here we don't have #JimNance and the CBS boys on the call.
We have ESPN with #BrianCuster on play-by-play with #DickVitale providing colour for the 1st semi and #JayBilas for the #UConn vs #MiamiHurricanes game.
Dick's great but annoying sometimes. During the 2018 Final every time #DonteDiVincenzo of #Villanova scored he'd yell out a different type of pasta. "Rigatoni!" "Spaghetti!" "Linguine!"
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