Dick Vitale's Living a Dream

by Vitale, Dick

• ISBN13: 9781596700901
• ISBN10: 1596700904
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-01
• Publisher: Sports Pub

Summary

Dick Vitale's Living a Dream: Reflections on 25 Years Sitting in theBest Seat in the House is more than just a memoir of an active life in sports. It is an intimate look at the man behind the TV persona. Vitale reveals details about his start at ESPN and shares his feelings about the most important people in the college basketball world, on both personal and professional levels. There are reminiscences of the celebrities he has met, as well as the deep friendships he has formed over the years. Living a Dream is not mired in the past, however. Vitale is eloquent on the LeBron James phenomenon and the controversy surrounding the breakup of the Big East Conference, both of which have had a huge impact on college basketball in 2003. He writes about the price coaches and players have to pay to be the best, the problems that beset the sport today, what he would want in a perfect basketball world, and his projections for the future of the sport he loves.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vi
Acknowledgments	viii
Cable Vision	1	(26)
Sounding Off	27	(31)
LeBron Mania	58	(23)
Michael and the PTPers	81	(27)
Brushes with Fame	108	(24)
The Fountain of Youth	132	(22)
Absent Friends	154	(27)
The Pressure Cooker	181	(21)
Big Brother Is Still Watching	202	(29)
The Pillars of the Sport	231	(23)
The Global Game	254	(22)
Gazing Into the Crystal Ball	276	(33)
Epilogue	309	(4)
It's Awesome, Baby: The Dickie V Dictionary	313