ESPN's Vitale hits mute button

 
Unbelievable, baby: Dick Vitale is speechless. But don't bother looking for flying pigs, because the unprecedented silence is ... [link]

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ESPN College Basketball to less loud, maybe more on the game?

As a rabid college basketball fan there is nothing like the atmosphere at a true school. When you watch at home you would like someone one with great enthusiasm and detailed analysis of the game at hand and of basketball. Well that is what Dick Vitale was before he became ESPN's #1 sideshow. Now that show will be silenced for a while... Vitale will sidelined with vocal cord surgery...
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Vitale OK after vocal cord surgery

ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale underwent surgery Tuesday to treat ulcers on his left vocal cord and is expected to be off the airwaves until at least February.
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Vitale Out of Commission Until February

Love or loathe Dick Vitale, you have to hope for a full recovery from surgery on his vocal chords . Vitale had the surgery to deal with ulcers on the left vocal chord. He will be unable to call games until at least February. "The past six weeks have ...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Dick Vitale, the voice of college basketball for almost three decades, had vocal cord surgery Tuesday and is expected to be off the air until at least February.