Dick Vitale Annual Gala tonight in Sarasota
Proceeds go to cancer research Sportscaster Dick Vitale was keynote speaker Wednesday night at a Team Luke event at the United Supermarkets Arena. (Twitter photo: @DickieV) By ABC7 Staff | May 7, 2021 at 3:28 PM EDT - Updated May 7 at 3:35 PM
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Legendary coach and basketball announcer Dick Vitale is hosting some of his top friends as part of his 16th annual gala to raise money for pediatric cancer research. Vitale is a champion of cancer awareness, fund raising and all things that benefit the Sarasota Community. In attendance will be several basketball coaches including Auburn’s Bruce Pearl and former Notre Dame women’s coach and Hall of Famer, Muffet McGraw.
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At the 2008 Dick Vitale Gala, Bruce Pearl then the men s basketball coach at the University of Tennessee had the honor of introducing one of that year s honorees, Tennessee legend Pat Summitt, who was the leader in wins for NCAA Division I women s basketball coaches at the time of her 2012 retirement (1,098).
Pearl said he felt the power of the gala room. He saw all the good that the evening did, as Vitale and company raised $1.2 million that year in its fifth year of existence. And as he was leaving the event, his wife, Brandy Pearl, turned to him and said, Maybe you ll be an honoree someday.
05/01/2021
Many ESPN figures are involved with a lot of charitable work, from direct V Foundation events to individual donation efforts. One of the later is ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale’s latest fundraiser for the V Foundation, the 2021 Dick Vitale Gala at the Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota, Florida on May 7. That event, part of Vitale’s long-running work on raising money for pediatric cancer research, will feature four notable honorees: Florida football coach Dan Mullen, Auburn men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl, former Notre Dame women’s basketball coach Muffet McGraw, and Vitale’s ESPN colleague Scott Van Pelt. Earlier this week, Van Pelt gave an interesting interview to Ryan Kohn of
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