News about Jim Valvano
Fans of NC State honor legendary coach Jim Valvano as they leave flowers and trinkets on his grave... after the Wolfpack returned to glory in 1983, the Wolfpack pay tribute to him
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April 1, 2024
After winning a Final Four berth on Sunday, adoring supporters of North Carolina State University flocked to the gravesite of one of the school's greatest ever coaches. For the first time since winning the national championship in 1983, NC State defeated Duke in the Elite Eight. Jim Valvano, the Wolfpack's head coach, was as well known for his charisma as he was instructing.
Cancer free, baby! Dick Vitale, the college basketball announcer, gets a clean bill of health
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August 18, 2022
Dick Vitale is a cancer-free baby. On Wednesday evening, the beloved college basketball announcer and former coach shared the good news on Twitter. It's the second time he's beat cancer in the last year, following a melanoma battle last August that required six months of chemotherapy. Doctors found lymphoma in October, causing him to miss the bulk of the 2021-22 season, but he had been in remission since February. He returned briefly to an ESPN broadcast of a highly awaited Gonzaga-UCLA game in November, but then took a leave of absence after being hospitalized with vocal cord dysplasia.