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Dick Vitale Is Quite Diligent

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 »

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Roy Williams Will Scribble Near Your Naughty Bits


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 »

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NCAA Takes Rigid Anti-Hot Girl Stance

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 »

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Welcome To Today's Horrific Image


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

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Media Approval Ratings: Dick Vitale

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

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Racial Controversy In College Basketball? Certainly Not!


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 »

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Duke Shows Off For Lover Vitale

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 »

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Dick Vitale Wasn't Gone For Long

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 we do hope the guy gets better. [ESPN]

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

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 »

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Dick Vitale's Attention Deficit Disorder

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 »

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Dominique Wilkins Gets His

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 »

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The Best Day Of Dick Vitale's Life

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 »

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


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 »

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


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 »