Dick Vitale Overwhelmed By Hall of Fame Honor - ESPN Video

So, This Is What Gets Vitale Into the Hall of Fame
The Sporting Blog — By Chris Mottram This was Dick Vitales prediction for tonights National Championship this morning on SportsCenter: [image] Yep, thats why he gets paid the big bucks: Hes smart enough to know that if you dont make any pick at all, you can never be wrong. Seriously though, Dick Vitale seems like a fine person (extremely obnoxious, but fine nevertheless), but he adds absolutely nothing to any broadcast and/or segment hes featured in. The guys job is to be a college basketball analyst, and he cant even muster up a straight prediction for the biggest college basketball game of the year? Literally any human is capable of giving a pick for tonight. Ask your ...

Vitale’s Emotional HOF Reaction
College Hoops Journal — Who wouldn’t be brought to tears by Jim Nantz’s presence… In all seriousness, Vitale does deserve to be in the HOF due to his name being synonymous—for better or for worse—with college basketball. Still, it brings up a surprising circumstance: Bob Knight campaigned to current HOF members to vote Dickie V in? That kind of taints it, right?

Closure For Billy Buck?
The Cub Reporter (TCR) | A Chicago Cubs Blog — Former Cub Bill Buckner threw out the first pitch before the Red Sox home opener Tuesday against the Tigers. In a tearful press conference--lot of that going around this week--Buckner said he had finally been able to forgive the media for the brutal treatment he and his family had received following Buckner's fateful error in Game Six of the Sox' 1986 World Series loss to the Mets. For a whole generation of fans, Buckner's connection to that Mookie Wilson-hit ground ball has obscured the fact that the guy was a terrific baseball player. The onetime Dodger played seven full seasons on the North Side after the Cubs had acquired him and ...