Dick Vitale

12/18/18 • 55 min

Rick welcomes the legendary voice of college basketball, Dick Vitale to the podcast. Dick is one of the pioneers of ESPN and talks about the early days of the network and how it contributed to the growth of college basketball. He also talks about how he contributed to the Celtics title runs in the 1980s and shares his dream of meeting Oprah one day. Dick is a huge advocate of cancer research through the V Foundation.

https://www.jimmyv.org/

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https://www.jimmyv.org/

📕Learn about Rick's book "Pitino, My Story" at https://www.rickpitino.com/

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