Dick Vitale News

Published: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 21, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. Basketball Hall of Famer, ESPN commentator and local philanthropist Dick Vitale and his wife, Lorraine, brought Christmas cheer to their 10th annual Boys and Girls Clubs Christmas Party.

Dick Vitale, one of college basketball's most well-known analysts, is the featured speaker at the 36th Annual Gourmet Dinner to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana.

Dick Vitale, the voice of college basketball, has reported that Bob Knight won't attend his induction into the athletics Hall of Fame next week.

What pops into your mind when you hear, "super scintillating sensational slam jam bam bam!", or "dipsy-doo dunkeroo diddle dop slam-jam-bam,"? Perhaps your favorite jelly-filled donut or maybe an action packed super hero comic book.

Dick Vitale the "voice of college basketball'' talks with newsmen before appearing at the Mercer Executive Forum where he attributed his some of his greatest victories in life to winning a bet and getting a dance with a woman that became his wife.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, Single Page Famed ESPN college basketball sportscaster Dick Vitale has decided to pay the costs of a cemetery plot for a high school student who was inexplicably murdered last week outside of Southeast High School in Bradenton, FL.

Besides her family and friends, students who attended school with her at Bayshore High School, as well as teachers and staff members, came out to pay their final respects despite the soggy wet weather.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, Dick Vitale is one of the more polarizing personalities in college basketball.

Dick Vitale on Memphis: "Which Division I coach would keep Rose out of the lineup after the NCAA declared him eligible to play? There is an NCAA clearinghouse that determines player eligibility and they told Memphis that Rose could play.

Sign-up for InsideHilltopperSports.com Wireless Text Alerts sent right to your cell phone! Coming out of Cleveland High School in 1989, Darnell Mee had only one goal for his life story: Mee wanted to hear his name called by legendary college basketball commentator Dick Vitale .

Dick Vitale released his pre-season Top 40 today and has the Huskies 16th, one of only two Pac-10 teams mentioned.

Dick Vitale and his wife, Lorraine, present the scholarships to Kristopher Powell, Shane Sethi, Brittney Cannon, Sharod Campbell and Markus Black.

Dick Vitale released his pre-season Top 40 today and has the Huskies 16th, one of only two Pac-10 teams mentioned.

Dick Vitale has rolled out his Top 40 for the upcoming season in groups of 10 ... and at last we've arrived at the best of the best.

Dick Vitale and his wife, Lorraine, present the scholarships to Kristopher Powell, Shane Sethi, Brittney Cannon, Sharod Campbell and Markus Black.

For several Octobers, Mercer University's basketball preseason tipoff luncheon has been attended by some boosters, assorted staffers in administration and athletics, the coaches, a few select players and the media.

Dick Vitale says the teams that pass on Stephen Curry in the NBA draft are making a huge mistake.

Happy Birthday to Dick Vitale. The sports commentator, famous for his one-liners, turns 70-years-old today.

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Natalie Portman, 28; Johnny Depp, 46; Michael J. Fox, 48; Dick Vitale, 70 Happy Birthday: Subtlety will be what works for you this year.

Guitarist-inventor Les Paul is 94. Sports commentator Dick Vitale is 70. Actor Johnny Depp is 46.