One of America's most popular sports analysts provides the inside track on NCAA basketball in a colorful anecdotal chronicle of the 1990-91 season

Time Out, Baby!

Vitale, Dick

Weiss, D.

Literature & Fiction

G.P.Putnam's Sons

Time Out Baby!

Sports & Outdoors

Basketball

BERKLEY

Profiles the meteoric career of Dick Vitale, who rose from high school coach to NBA coach in seven years and who has now found new life as a cable network broadcaster

Vitale: Just Your Average Bald, One-Eyed Basketball Wacko Who Beat the Ziggy and Became a PTP'er

Biographies & Memoirs

Simon&Schuster

Vitale, the nation's most popular college basketball commentator, teams up with Douchant, former basketball editor of The Sporting News, to write the ultimate book on America's most engaging sporting event--the NCAA Basketball Tournament. 50 photos.

Tourney Time: It's Awesome Baby!

Douchant, Mike

Baseball

Masters Pr

Dick Vitale's Fabulous 50 Players & Moments in College Basketball

In Dick Vitale's Fabulous 50 Players and Moments in College Basketball: From the Best Seat in the House During My 30 Years at ESPN, America's self-confessed number one college basketball junkie will go on the record, ranking his players and moments from 1 to 50. His personal pantheon might surprise you. The legends are here, of course. And they deserve to be. Consensus is that these are the greatest of the great. But some of his rankings may be unexpected. Kansas guard Mario Chalmers' three-point shot to force overtime against Memphis in the 2008 national championship game. Ralph Sampson of Virginia vs. Patrick Ewing of Georgetown in a 1983 reprise of the great showdown between Lew Alcindor and Elvin Hayes in the '60s. UCLA guard Tyus Edney's length-of-the-floor dash to glory against Missouri in the 1995 tournament. Michael Jordan's game winning shot against Georgetown in 1982 during his freshman year at North Carolina. Kentucky's 31point comeback against LSU in 1994. Cinderella George Mason upsetting Connecticut to make the Final Four in 2006. Every basketball fan has his or her favorites: the perfect player, the magical moments. But only Dick Vitale will go on the record, ranking them 1 through 50, and he'll do it as much as a fan as a commentator. This is from his heart, naming the top 50 players and moments in the wonderful world of college hoops. It's awesome, baby.

Weiss, Dick

Ascend Books, LLC

The popular sports broadcaster shares his views on college basketball, and discusses players turning professional early, the impact of television, coaches' salaries, and the commercialism of college sports

Holding Court: Reflections on the Game I Love

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Since joining ESPN in 1979, Dick Vitale has become the senior spokesman for college hoops. In Living A Dream, Vitale reveals details about his start at ESPN and shares his feelings about the most important people in the college basketball world. A must-have for any basketball fan.

Dick Vitale's Living A Dream: Reflections on 25 Years Sitting in the Best Seat in the House

Arts & Literature

Sports Publishing

In his 20 seasons on ESPN and ABC, Dick Vitale has been synonymous with college basketball. Through his passion and devotion to the game, Vitale has earned an ever-growing following with an enthusiasm for the game, its players and coaches never before seen in television. 
Having coached at the high school, collegiate and professional levels. Vitale brings an insider's perspective to each broadcast, and his lifelong relationships with the administrators, coaches and players provide him a wealth of knowledge few can equal. 
Behind every "get a TO, baby" and the "slam, jam, bam" resides in Vitale a growing concern for the sport that reels when yet another misguided underclassman announces he's going pro or a new recruiting or academic scandal arises. As much as Vitale is a fan courtside, he's also a champion of the game away from it, spending countless hours lobbying for rules changes or talking with athletic directors about ways to improve the game. 
Being so close to the sport, Vitale is infinitely aware of the big-business pressures that affect it today, from the billions of dollars spent by television networks to the controversy surrounding the entrance exam requirements. 
And having played and coached basketball, he truly cares about the kids and knows that the success of the sport rides on the shoulders of those student-athletes who proudly wear their school colors into battle. 
Here are Vitale's heartfelt thoughts on how to halt the off-court technical fouls of the sport he loves so deeply. 
In short, discusses the following: 
* clean up gambling * control agents and boosters * keep players in school * reform recruiting * restructure NCAA rules

Campus Chaos: Why the Game I Love Is Breaking My Heart

Time Out Pub

Dick Vitale celebrates his 75th birthday to bring you his 75 years of memories and a lifetime of opinions on the game he loves. It's hard to believe Dick Vitale, ESPN's perennially youthful basketball analyst, is 75. From his blue-collar roots in New Jersey, his first college coaching job at Rutgers, his ultimate dream job with the Pistons (where he got the Ziggy!), to his 35 years at ESPN as a ""Prime-time Performahhh."" This is Vitale as youve never seen him an inside look at Americas favorite basketball fan. Learn the secret of his longevity in the fast-changing world of TV. ""Dicky V"" provides the die-hard hoops fan with his outspoken opinions on a range of topics including: the most intriguing coaches, players and owners in the sport and the changing landscape of college sports following conference realignment. From 1939 to 2014, youll get to know 75 years worth of history, facts, and opinions, as well as his thoughts on family, the game of basketball, and his passionate fight against childhood cancer. This book will give you new insights into Dick Vitale both the sportscaster and the humanitarian.

It's Awesome, Baby!: 75 Years of Memories and a Lifetime of Opinions on the Game I Love

Williamson, Joan

Reji Laberje Writing and Publishing

Never Give Up

Business & Money

Nanton, Nick

Viscomi, Zack

Marketing & Sales

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