If college basketball hasn’t felt right this year, perhaps is because Dick Vitale hasn’t been screaming at you from the television.
A North Carolina vs. Duke game isn’t the same without Vitale, the colorful ESPN analyst, yelling “BABY!” about sixty times in a broadcast. Love or hate him, fans have to admit he brings an excitement to college basketball that many others can’t.
Vitale had surgery on his vocal cords to remove non-cancerous lesions in December. Everything went well for the 68 year old and he is expected to return on Feb. 6.
Guess which game he is calling. Time’s up. North Carolina and Duke.
Leave it to Vitale and the big wigs at ESPN to bring back their college basketball spokesperson for the arguably the biggest regular season game of every college basketball season.
You have to give Vitale credit; this was the first time he has missed work since 1979. If anything, the man is dedicated.
“I was in tears when (Dr. Steven Zeitels) asked me to speak my first words since the surgery,” Vitale said in a letter on ESPN.com. “Believe me, it was very difficult to go three and a half weeks without speaking! When he had me count to 10, I was relieved. …For the record, I am so proud baby! That’s right, I kept my mouth shut for almost four weeks. Now my wife Lorraine is off-duty from her role transcribing my handwriting. I will stop writing notes on the dry erase board now!”
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