Deadspin: Dick Vitale

Dick Vitale Was Duped By A Fake Obama Twitter Account

Sean Newell — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST

Dick Vitale shared quite the tale during the Carrier Classic this past Friday. As we all know, President Obama—noted basketball enthusiast—was present for the game which allowed for some down time discussion points. More »

Dick Vitale Heralds The Start Of The College Basketball Season By Yelling At You For A While

Emma Carmichael — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:45:00 EDT

Midnight Madness—the annual tradition in which college students get drunk and riled up to go watch their basketball teams perform skits and windmill dunks in anticipation of getting drunk and riled up to go watch their basketball teams play basketball—is tonight! More »

This Evening: Dickie V. Eats A Dick

Dom Cosentino — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:05:00 EDT

Your p.m. roundup for Oct. 3, the day we paid $160,000 for an island we can't even live on. Photo via SI Vault. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. More »

Presenting Slo-Mo Video Of A Little League Player Taking A Baseball To The Face

Brian Hickey — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:45:00 EDT

Your morning roundup for Aug. 20, the ninth day that Delonte West will wake up hoping Home Depot calls. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. (Video from California's 11-0 win over Rhode Island H/T Shaun B). More »

ESPN Does Not Want You To See Dick Vitale Meeting The Pope

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:25:56 EDT

The following directive recently went out within the ESPN empire, via its newswire: More »

Dick Vitale Is Not The Dick Vitale That's Been Slandering Superintendent Nelson In The Conway Daily Sun

Emma Carmichael — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:30:00 EDT

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A few things to clear up, America: ESPN's Dick Vitale has never been to North Conway, New Hampshire, and he harbors no resentment for the Conway School District superintendent, Carl Nelson. This contention was at long last cleared up last week, when Lorraine Vitale did a standard Google search for her husband's name and found a critical letter to the editor of the Conway Daily Sun, signed by a Dickie V: More »

Cease And Desist, Baby! Vitale's Management Asks Website To Take Cartoon Down

Jack Dickey — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:20:00 EDT

PM Sports, a newish site which markets itself as a site for "sports-centric comedic videos that blur the lines between wrong and wrong," posted the above cartoon in February. It's a fairly whimsical premise: the impolitic Vitale, bored without March Madness games, causing a ruckus at a funeral. More »

Sports Network Snubbed By NCAA Tournament Especially Vocal About Teams Snubbed By NCAA Tournament

Emma Carmichael — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:10:00 EDT

Just over a year ago, ESPN lost out on the rights to broadcast the NCAA college basketball tournament after CBS and Turner Sports teamed up with $10.8 billion to secure the big dance for the next 14 years. It was a bit of a snub to the Worldwide Leader, which ultimately couldn't match the bill. A snub like the selection committee leaving Colorado, Alabama, Virginia Tech, St. Mary's, Boston College, Harvard — and whomever else you think deserved a bid — out of this year's 68-team field. Snubs abound. More »

Wait 'Til Next Year (When It Grows Out)

Dashiell Bennett — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:00:22 EDT

Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »

Tom Izzo Might Be The New Cavs Coach

David Matthews — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:55:29 EDT

Tom Izzo might be telling his MSU players that he intends to take the Cavaliers position; Dick Vitale might be wrong; and any grad students in the 216 might hold off on getting a new cellphone. Your move, Tad Carper. [WFNY] More »

Color Me Fucking Shocked: Dick Vitale Loves Tim Tebow

Barry Petchesky — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:00:00 EDT

You had to know Vitale would have a chubby for Tebow, the embodiment of heart. It was inevitable. The college basketball sportscaster chimes in today with an unbearable column about why Tebow should be taken high in the draft. More »

Erin Andrews and Dick Vitale Cut A Rug

Barry Petchesky — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:00:00 EDT

EA is going to be doing it with the stars, and Dickie V is getting psyched for the Big one. So why not share a dance before yesterday's Duke/Miami game? More »

It's #Awesome, #Baby (But Needs More Caps Lock)

Dashiell Bennett — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:45:00 EDT

Just so you know—Dick Vitale is now on Twitter. Your little "social media" playpen doesn't seem so cool anymore, does it? [Twitter] More »

Dick Vitale: It's The End Of The World As We Know It

Rick Chandler — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:00:53 EST

If you feel that the world of sports is falling apart, you're not alone. Dick Vitale feels your pain. Of course, your pain may be in large part to Dick Vitale, but let's move on. More »

The Greatest Sportscasters Of All Time; A List That's Sure To Confuse You

Rick Chandler — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:30:18 EST

Not sure when The American Sportscasters Association put out its list of the top 50 sportscasters of all time, but here it is. Berman's in there! And Joe Buck! More »

Dick Vitale Declares For The NBA

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:30:13 EST

Not content with running roughshod over the world of college basketball, Dickie V is taking his considerable, um ... "talents" to the next level, as he will call the Miami-Denver game for ESPN this Wednesday. More »

Dick Vitale Is Very Diligent About His Halftime Research

Rick Chandler — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:15:51 EST

Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Morning crap. More »

Dickie V: Impartial To The Very End

Rick Chandler — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:00:24 EDT

I have absolutely no doubt that, had he been on hand at the Little Big Horn in 1876, Dick Vitale would have been jumping wildly and screaming superlatives in support of Crazy Horse. "Custer has to pick up the defense, baby!" Not shown: The Red Sox jersey stashed under his seat, just in case. Video following the jump. More »

Dick Vitale Is Quite Diligent

Leitch — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:15:48 EDT

If you've seen "Hoop Dreams," or if you've seen one of his "motivational" speeches, you see a very different Dick Vitale than the one shilling for pizza or Duke. He's impassioned, sure, but he's also optimistic and, occasionally, legitimately uplifting. You get a sense that really does want to make a difference in the life of every person he meets. Aggressively so. More »

Roy Williams Will Scribble Near Your Naughty Bits

rickchand — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:20:28 EDT

Should Roy Williams be enjoying himself this much, considering how completely he screwed up your office pool brackets? Well, at least he's not trying to make money off of the back of the young lady, like someone we know. More »

NCAA Takes Rigid Anti-Hot Girl Stance

sussman — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:20:00 EDT

Never have I eaten at a Hooters Restaurant, although I always found it amusing that in Toledo there was a Hooters across the street from a Catholic grade school. (Fun infallible fact: Growing up, Katie Holmes went to school there.) I guess when one hears the food isn't that great, and the only gimmick is beautiful women, well, what's the point when you can basically find beautiful women everywhere? And furthermore, one probably doesn't want to see Toledo's attempt at the blonde bombshell. Which might be one thing the NCAA and I have in common, because they redacted a Hooters ad from their Final Four program for a SCANDALOUS! waitress appearing next to Dick Vitale. More »

Welcome To Today's Horrific Image

Leitch — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:40:38 EDT

FanIQ discovers the special supplement running in The Tampa Tribune this morning: This terrifying, awful and nightmare fueling cover. More »

Media Approval Ratings: Dick Vitale

Leitch — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:05:59 EDT

Now that Dickie V is back and at full throat capacity, perhaps it is time to judge him. More »

Racial Controversy In College Basketball? Certainly Not!

rickchand — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:45:19 EDT

CBS Sportsline columnist Mike Freeman has taken issue with all of the media attention afforded to North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough. So he wrote a column about it, and, as they say, hilarity ensued. It was a rather amusing rant by Freeman as he took aim at Dick Vitale, Sports Illustrated, and Bill Raftery. Let's listen in. More »

Duke Shows Off For Lover Vitale

Leitch — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:15:42 EST

We could go into a ton of detail about the Duke-North Carolina game last night, how Duke is probably the best team in the country right now just a year after a first-round tournament upset, or about how Coach K is able to adjust and elude irrelevance in a way Bob Knight wasn't able to late in his career, but we're gonna hold off on that, because, sheesh, what do we know? Instead we're going to talk about Dick Vitale. More »

Dick Vitale Wasn't Gone For Long

Jonah Keri — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:01:56 EST

With conference play under way and some big match-ups around the corner, the college basketball season's on its way to 11. Nearly ready to crank up the volume is the Master of Decibels himself, Dickie V: More »

Say what you will about Dick Vitale, but...

Leitch — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:05:34 EST

Say what you will about Dick Vitale, but we do hope the guy gets better. [ESPN] More »

Dick Vitale, Not Surprisingly, Can't Figure Out His Phone

Leitch — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:45:50 EST

It is perhaps not surprising that MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER Dick Vitale would have trouble using basic cellular technology, but it is surprising that Vitale might actually say something off-camera that could be construed as "controversial." Or, for that matter, that he would say anything; we always assumed they just pushed a button on the back of his neck once the camera light came on. More »

Dick Vitale's Attention Deficit Disorder

Leitch — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:45:48 EST

Some jobs in the world have to be considered a labor of hate; it's a ton of work, it drives you crazy, it's miserable ... but it's existence makes the world a better place. More »

Dominique Wilkins Gets His

mjdeadspin — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 16:12:30 EST

Dominique Wilkins, who somehow didn't get into the Basketball Hall of Fame on his first try, will be getting in on go-round #2. Official word hasn't come down yet, but various reports have him getting in, along with former Pistons guard and current GM Joe Dumars and UConn women's coach Geno Auriemma. More »

The Best Day Of Dick Vitale's Life

mjdeadspin — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 12:36:48 EST

ESPN is dedicating nearly all of their resources today to finally giving some publicity to little-known basketball personalities Mike Krzyzewski and J.J. Redick. You've probably never heard of them, but I think this attention is long overdue. Why has ESPN ignored them for so long? This little basketball program they call "Duke" is on the rise. Mark my words. More »

Dick Vitale Nominated For Basketball Hall Of Fame. No, Really.

mjdeadspin — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:23:39 EST

Up for induciton into the Basketball Hall of Fame are names like Charles Barkley. Dominique Wilkins. Joe Dumars. Gene Keady. Adrian Dantley. And when last night's SportsCenter made mention of the sixteen new nominees for the Basketball Hall, what name was the first out of Steve Levy's mouth? Dick Vitale. More »

Vitale Just Burst Into Flames: It Must Be Duke-UNC

Leitch — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:30:16 EST

Now that the Super Bowl is over, we can concentrate on college basketball, the sport where the players only pretend they're not just playing for money. Tonight is the big Duke at North Carolina matchup, which means that Dick Vitale will be able to commence his ritualistic J.J. Redick humping. More »

Merry Christmas, I Hate You

Leitch — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:15:15 EST

Deadspin weekend impresario calls it "the perfect gift for that special someone on your list that you'd like to see commit suicide," and, as usual, we couldn't put it any better. More »