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Dick Vitale Agrees to Four-Year Extension With ESPN

Dick Vitale, college basketball's most identifiable television analyst as well as its biggest cheerleader, will remain with ESPN for another four years, the company announced Wednesday. Vitale, who has been with the Worldwide Leader since shortly after it launched in September 1979, will stay with the company through the...

Dick Vitale Takes Foul Ball in Ribs at Rays Game

Thousands of foul balls are hit into the stands every Major League Baseball season. And yesterday, one of those foul balls was rifled off the bat of the Blue Jays' Fred Lewis right into Rays season ticket holder Dick Vitale's rib cage. Thankfully, Vitale emerged unscathed if not momentarily startled. (You can watch the...

Even at Charity Event, Calipari Is News

SARASOTA, Fla. -- John Calipari may have been just another star in a star-studded ballroom Friday night, but not even a sea of celebrities at Dick Vitale's Gala for the V Foundation could swallow college basketball's biggest newsmaker. "You know, if your team is losing, no one cares. You got nothing," Calipari told...

Isn't It Great Being Dickie V?

INDIANAPOLIS -- During the 1993 Final Four in New Orleans, then Tulane athletic director Kevin White was hosting a party at Pat O'Brien's in the French Quarter. All of college basketball's heavy hitters were there and they all waltzed right in without a problem. Everyone strolled in. Everyone except for Dick...

Duke's Kyle Singler Misses Dick Vitale, Takes Out Dan Shulman

Duke won the ACC tournament Sunday which, if recent history is any guide, will prove to be the highlight of their season. All that's left is to lose in the round of 32 -- or if they're lucky, the Sweet 16 -- and then the rest of us can enjoy Jon Scheyer crying in Coach K's arms one last time. While we wait for the...

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05/19/12 Anonymous donor gives $500,000 at Dickie V Gala Source: Herald Tribune - Sarasota FL "We had a genuine miracle last night," Dick Vitale said Saturday, a day after hosting his annual Dickie V Gala to benefit the V Foundation for Cancer Research.
Vitale said that after he gave his speech Friday â he made a passionate plea for support to eradicate cancer â he walked off the stage to find a man waiting for him.
"This guy, young guy, grabs me and he says, 'Hey, I want to make a donation.' I thought he said $5,000, so I say, 'OK, there's donor cards right here on the table.'
"Then the guy says, 'No, I don't think you understand â my child is battling a disease like this â a vicious disease. I want to donate $500,000.' "
Vitale was shocked. His gala traditionally raises more than $1 million each year. Vitale said that his initial estimation for this year's event is "a smashing success, $1.2 to $1.3 million."
Add to that the $500,000 and, as Vitale said, it is a "smashing success"â as much as $1.8 million raised in a single evening for cancer research.
"That will touch your heart," Vitale said.
05/19/12 BHSN: Stars gather in Sarasota for Dick Vitale charity... Source: Central Florida News 13 - Orlando FL A who's who of college coaches, getting together not to talk basketball, rather to raise awareness and money at the Dick Vitale charity gala for a cause near and dear to everyone's hearts, including Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino.
05/15/12 Dickie V shoots and scores for children's cancer Source: CBS - TampaBays10.com - Tampa Bay FL Dick Vitale is 72 years old and comes from a very large family.
05/15/12 Jay Wright to be honored at Dick Vitale event Source: Philly.com - Philadelphia PA On Friday night, as Dick Vitale likes to say, Sarasota will become the toast of the sports world, as ESPN's voice of college basketball hosts his seventh annual Gala at the Ritz-Carlton to benefit The V Foundation for Cancer Research.
05/08/12 Tampa Bay Fan Dick Vitale Taunts Nick Swisher on... Source: NESN All sorts of fans send all sorts of messages over Twitter to pro athletes.