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Reporting from the Jock-o-Sphere

By Evan Bartsch

Friday, December 5, 2008

Hey, it's Jimmy V Week! Dickie V remembers the 'Don't Give Up, Don't Ever Give Up' speech at the 1993 ESPYs "I remember the night before, talking to Jimmy's lovely wife Pam," he writes. "She told me Jimmy was down after learning at his regular checkup that the cancer had spread throughout his body. I remember speaking to Jimmy, and we were both in tears. He shared with me his feelings about his children, Nicole, Leann and Jamie—how much he loved them and how he would miss so much of the ...

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