October 18th, 2021 at 11:37 PM ^
Those two ‘i’s looked like one on my phone. Obviously, it’s Vitale, not Viitale.
October 19th, 2021 at 12:00 AM ^
Really sorry to see that about Dickie V. The first basketball game I ever went to as a very little kid was U of D with Vitale as the head coach and I remember his short stint with the Pistons.
College basketball wouldn’t be the same without him!
Get well soon Dickie V!!!!!
October 19th, 2021 at 1:07 AM ^
I was at his last game as a Piston coach. They had to drag him off the floor. He went beserk on referee Richie Powers.
October 19th, 2021 at 2:16 AM ^
Heal up Dickie V!!??
October 19th, 2021 at 7:19 AM ^
It's worth noting that this is Hodgkins disease, which is very curable. Still, it requires chemo and for an older man is going to be a tough road. Prayers for him and his family
October 19th, 2021 at 10:36 AM ^
Everyone always says that Hodgkins disease is curable. I've known four people with that flavor of cancer, including one of my sisters, and not one of them survived it. There is no "curable" cancer. It sucks OSU's collective balls - all of its different versions.
October 19th, 2021 at 7:55 AM ^
His Notre Dame football love always irked me more than his basketball schtick. But I don't wish this on anyone. Prayers to him and his family. F*ck cancer.
Please get better so I can happily go back to muting you.
October 19th, 2021 at 8:42 AM ^
Catholic guy. He can be forgiven. The people who enabled his slide into numbing schtick. . . less so!
October 19th, 2021 at 12:56 PM ^
I believe at least one of his daughters attended Notre Dame as well. While I was in college, I was a security guard in the gated community where Dick lived at the time. I have met him several times and spoken to him when he would call to give clearance for guys from ESPN to enter...and "Mean" Gene Okerlund. He was pretty authentic to what you see on tv....there was some degree of drama to the diaper dandy.stuff, but he just seems very excitable.
October 19th, 2021 at 8:25 AM ^
By "reported" you mean "published a letter from Vitale." Says doctors tell him 6 months of chemo, but 90% survival rate when caught this early. That much chemo at his age is rough though.
October 19th, 2021 at 9:07 AM ^
Dicky V...... "You got this babyyyyyy"
October 19th, 2021 at 9:42 AM ^
I know some people do not care for him, but this man has raised millions of dollars for cancer research through the JimmyV foundation and has a deep passion for kids that get diagnosed with cancer. I pray that he can beat this.
October 19th, 2021 at 9:47 AM ^
Yeah, he's a good dude while being an annoying broadcaster. Secretly has a great basketball mind too, it just gets lost in the schtick.
October 19th, 2021 at 10:20 AM ^
Dickie, like Lee Corso, should have retired years ago. IMO they've not added real content in years and are basically kept on as a token participant, or a novelty, which is pretty sad...
All that being said, they're both decent humans. Fight on Dickie..... prayers are with you.
October 19th, 2021 at 11:41 AM ^
I'm OK with the tokens....both of those guys have given so much to their respective games. Let them hang on as long as possible in a limited sense. Their originality is unsurpassed and something that the slew of younger talking heads can not duplicate. Wishing Dickie V a good fight and a quick recovery!
October 19th, 2021 at 10:19 AM ^
I don't care what anyone says, I like Dickie V AND his schtick. The guy is genuinely enthusiastic about college hoops. We should all be so lucky, to be that excited about stuff, especially at his age. I think his enthusiasm has been great for that sport and I don't think there's any doubt he's legitimately a good dude as well. Hoping for a fast recovery and many more years of that schtick.
October 19th, 2021 at 8:13 PM ^
I love Dickie V (and Corso too). They get that it's a game and it's supposed to be fun.
There are enough "serious" guys around them to balance it out.
I hope they both get to do their thing for years to come.
October 19th, 2021 at 10:29 AM ^
Yeah, that's rough. Hopefully he can recover, though this is apparently his second positive diagnosis of cancer this year.
October 19th, 2021 at 10:37 AM ^
I hope he gets through it.
Fuck cancer.
October 19th, 2021 at 11:07 AM ^
I know I am in the minority, but he's great. Dude got to live out his dream and he's just super enthusiastic about the sport.
For the people that think he's a big Duke slappy- he basically loves EVERY team. When he talks about Michigan on other broadcasts, he is off-the-wall positive.
Wish him well!
October 19th, 2021 at 11:26 AM ^
His original dream was to be a great coach (he did well at U-Detroit but then bombed in the NBA) but he moved on to announcing and clearly has enjoyed it.
As annoying as his shtick sometimes is, he’s a good guy and CBB would not be the same without him. It’s true, he’s always been very fair to Michigan.
Get well soon Dickie V.
October 19th, 2021 at 8:14 PM ^
He actually talks up Michigan football a lot too.
October 19th, 2021 at 11:12 AM ^
NOT awesome baby.
Get well soon Dickey V.
October 19th, 2021 at 12:33 PM ^
Given all his work with the Jimmy V foundation and the hundreds of millions he helped raise for Cancer research and awareness over the years....
This feels like a really cruel twist of fate. Wishing him the best.
October 19th, 2021 at 1:53 PM ^
Reminds me of a Dick Purtan, WXYZ radio impersonation of DV doing a Pennzoil commercial. Hilarious.