Stealing a topic from sports radio: Dick Vitale is a finalist for the Basketball Hall of Fame. Should he get in?
Much as I hate the guy, I think I have to say yes. He’s an absolutely terrible game announcer at this point– more often than not, he’s so busy babbling about other teams, other sports, and Jim Boeheim’s hot wife that he forgets to actually comment on the game he’s being paid to watch. But he is widely liked by casual fans of the sport, and has been instrumental in raising the profile of college basketball, so he probably does deserve recognition.
Of course, some people think otherwise, with the extreme case probably being this overheated Greg Doyel column. And, honestly, if he got left out, I wouldn’t lose any sleep.
So what do my three basketball-watching readers think?