Dick Vitale's passion for sports and life is unmatched, as his lengthy career as one of America's favorite sportscasters, but his dedication to fighting cancer long before it ever entered his body will go down as his greatest legacy. Watch him receive the Jimmy V award at the 2022 ESPY Awards.
See more on everything Dick has gone through with his fight with cancer.
You saw Dick talking about introducing Jimmy V when he received the Arthur Ashe award in 2004. See Dick talk about his journey to broadcasting, when he knew how big of an impact Jimmy V's speech would have, and much more from my interview with Dick back when I first started at WDAE. I asked Dick to sit down with me at a restaurant he used to sign autographs and sell books at, all to raise money for the Jimmy F Foundation because he was one of the men who made me want to pursue broadcasting. This interview, especially the moment he tells me about Jimmy V's speech and his final conversation with Jim Valvano remain one of my favorite moments of my career even nearly a decade later!