ESPN Holds Basketball Games Hostage

Dickie V is back after throat surgery

kcudah posted 2/7/2008 from www.mlive.com

Dick Vitale's first "Welcome Back" came well before the start of the Duke-North Carolina game. College basketball's signature analyst-ambassador arrived at the Smith Center on Wednesday about five hours before he was to return to the air after two months away while he underwent and recovered from throat surgery. And Vitale couldn't believe the reception he received.

Game of the Week: Duke at North Carolina

Super, Scintillating and Sarcastic found this 2/7/2008 on www.collegehoopsnet.com

Game of the Week: No. 2 Duke at No. 3 North Carolina (Tonight, 9:00 PM, ESPN) Aside from the NCAA Tournament, conference tournaments, Cinderella runs, what makes college basketball special are the rivalries. Nothing is better than those intrastate ...

The Post Where I Talk About Duke and UNC

College Basketball by Collegehoops.net found this 2/7/2008 on stopvitale.collegehoopsnet.com

Note: Tune in tomorrow for a fancy gamelog of tonight's game, replete with Dick Vitale jokes. I did one last year , too. It's a tradition just like this game! I had originally planned some giant opus on the Duke-UNC rivalry, posturing on its ...

Live Gamelog: Duke at UNC

College Basketball by Collegehoops.net found this 2/7/2008 on stopvitale.collegehoopsnet.com

Alright here we go. Everyone knows how much fun this little shindig is going to be, although judging by the ESPN promos and the idiot announcers from the Syracuse-UConn game, I'm supposed to be more excited about Dickie V than, you know, two of the ...

Lawson Update and Live Blogging Tonight

Carolina March: Front Page Posts found this 2/7/2008 on tarheelfan.wordpress.com

Reading the IC message boards and Mike Patrick was apparently on ESPN Radio saying Ty Lawson was shooting around and would be playing. Given the source I would probably take it with a grain of salt until he actually walks out on the court. At any ...