This one should be fun (Vitale)

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Mark those calendars fellas



Job swapping. ESPN will announce today that for a Jan. 7 basketball doubleheader, its on-air crews will swap roles. NBA announcers Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson and Mike Tirico will call Duke-Davidson, followed by Dick Vitale — who called ESPN NBA games in the early 1980s — and Dan Shulman on a Denver Nuggets-Miami Heat NBA game. ESPN executive Norby Williamson says it's "a natural progression to make connections between college and the NBA. We try to cultivate basketball fans." So, can we expect more on-air swaps? "We never say no to anything," he says.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2008-12-18-nhl-outdoors_N.htm

[Beantown]

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That will definitely be interesting.

[BTB]

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nice. I'd like to hear Vitale do the Celtics-Lakers game

[ex carrabba fan]

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nice. I'd like to hear Vitale do the Celtics-Lakers game

Oh Gawd, he'd be all over Kobe's/K.G.'s nuts. But I guess pretty much everyone already does that anyways

I like the idea of this.. kind of like when Charles/Kenny/Ernie do a game.. a nice change of pace just please don't do it too often.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Make it a one time thing and that's it.

[OSUFan_88]

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Thank God that doesn't involve the Cavs. Dickie V is the most annoying announcer on the planet.

[BTB]

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Thank God that doesn't involve the Cavs. Dickie V is the most annoying announcer on the planet.

true but once in a while it would be entertaining

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Come on guys, this is the pinnacle of ESPN entertainment

Just think about it, have Mike Tirico or someone soft spoken as the middle man between these two commentators

[HHHRVD55]

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Stephan A. Smith and Dick Vitale would probably end up fighting in the booth cause neither one would shut up long enough for the other one to say a word. Or they would end up screaming at each other. Dickie V is probably gonna go crazy watching D-Wade play. If I'm not doing everything else, I might catch the games that night.

[toneloc99]

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Dicky V is going to be awful for NBA announcing. Talking about how Dwyane Wade is a "PTP'ER", "Diaper Dandy", etc.. geez. I'd watch that game on mute.

[ProjectRipCity]

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Dicky V...

Does anyone have a handgun or a running car in a closed garage?

I would rather listen to Razor blades going against a chalkboard 4000x all day instead of Dicky V for 2 1/2 hours.

[Jukeman]

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Thank gawd for TNT and CBS sports networts...

[X*Cell]

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I like stuff like this... I'll be watching for sure. I too am curious to see Vitale call another NBA game again.

[Cebby]

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I'd be much more interesting in seeing Dookie call an Orlando game against the Lakers, Celtics, or Cavs.

"YOU GOT TO PUT JJ IN BABY!!!!"

[Brankles]

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Dickie V will be doing his best to try to put down preps-to-pros players.

"Imagine KG and Kobe if they had gone to college!"