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Sci Fi ups Thomas Vitale to exec VP

Variety.com (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

TV News: Exec to oversee programming, original movies -- Sci Fi Channel has upped Thomas Vitale to exec VP of programming and original movies.

Vitale upset about Manny's Boston exit

Extra Bases (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008

Excerpted from today's Names column Dick Vitale is to the Tampa Bay Rays what Ben Affleck is to the BoSox. ESPN's high priest of hoops is the Rays' No. 1 fan. "It's an exciting time down here,'' Dickie V told us yesterday. "I've been a season ticket holder for 11 years, and I'll tell you, people used to humiliate me because the team was so bad. My buddies at ESPN laughed at me.'' Not anymore....

Mary Beth Vitale Named to Zynex Board

News On Women (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008

Zynex Inc, headquartered in Colorado, appointed Mary Beth Vitale to its Board of Directors. Mary Beth is Co-Founder of Pellera LLC. Read about it in the Business Wire press release.

Don't Worry Dickie V

Fenway West (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008

Dick Vitale is going to throw out the first pitch before Game 2 of the ALCS tonight. Rays Insider shows why he does not have to be scared: "No matter how poorly he throws the ball, Vitale can rest assured there have been a lot worse pitches thrown by people wearing Rays jerseys. Some of them were Rays pitchers." Fenway West- The Western Home to Red Sox Nation http://www.fenwaywest.com...

Red Sox at Rays, ALCS Game 2

Extra Bases (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008

B.K. JACKSON OWNS (8:12, TOP 1, 0-0) Saxophone player B.K. Jackson, a 17-year-old from this area, played the national anthem tonight, as he did in Game 1. What an immense pleasure. He played the best anthem I've personally seen at a sporting event. And then Dick Vitale tossed the first pitch.

A friend, indeed

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

All involved have denied everything. DiMasi has said he had nothing to do with the contracts that Cognos received from the state. McDonough, in a statement to the Globe last week, said he had complied with all requirements. Topazio said he could barely find the State House, and that he was paid for legal work, not lobbying - which was contradicted by Sullivan's findings. Vitale, who collected...

On Federal Hill, Columbus Day takes center stage

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday

... you look, you feel like you are in Little Italy.” Also at curbside were Sue and Salvatore Vitale and friends Jay and Jean Salzberg, all of Virginia Beach, Va., and the Vitales’ cousin Jean Vitale Davies, of Macon, Ga. All were in town for a wedding — and they felt they hit the jackpot when they learned the festival was in progress. “We came for the cannolis and the vino,” said...

SCI FI Channel, RHI in TV movie pact

Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008

NEW YORK, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Sci Fi Channel and RHI Entertainment announced Thursday they have entered into a network license agreement for a slate of U.S. premiere TV movies. The agreement was announced by Thomas Vitale, Sci Fi's senior vice president of programming and original movies, and Robert Halmi, Jr., president and chief executive officer of RHI Entertainment. RHI understands our audience...

• SCI FI, RHI Announce Film Slate - SCI FI Wire

The Next Bailout--States?

Going to the Mat (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

Its Bailout Fever Baby (you have to read that like Dick Vitale might say it). The federal government has bailed out the financial services industry, it has tried to bail out taxpayers with one stimulus package and Nancy Pelosi wants to do another stimulus package. Next up--state governments. This story lists ten states with big budget shortfalls and hints that they may decide to take a seat...

Galvin to investigate payments to lobbyists

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008

... by the company to win $17.5 million in state contracts.Two of them - DiMasi's accountant Richard Vitale and longtime DiMasi friend and Cognos lobbyist Richard McDonough - received large sums on the same day that the state wired Cognos $13 million as payment for one of the contracts, the largest in the company's history. On that day, Aug. 31, 2007, Vitale received $500,000 and McDonough...

Crasnick: After five long hours, Rays get even

ESPN (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Red Sox and Rays played so long Saturday night, Dick Vitale grew a full head of hair in his box seat. Boston manager Terry Francona was so short on relievers, he was ready to send out an all-points-bulletin for Dick Drago and Tom Burgmeier. And if Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon had warmed up golden child one more time without actually pitching him, principal owner Stuart...

A Prayer for the Tampa Bay Rays

SportsFilter (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

While the Cubs fan has the pity of national baseball writers and the consolation of a fraternity of similarly deluded millions, Rays fans are seen as a possibly spectral phenomenon. Dick Vitale is the team's only celebrity fan; a great proportion of the typical Rays crowd shows up wearing a Manny Ramirez or Derek Jeter shirt. In enemy territory, even at home in Floridathat's the life of a Rays...

Bettany Hughes on the RA Byzantium show

ARLT Weblog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008

... along the coast from Ravenna (famous for its wonderful Byzantine decoration in the Church of San Vitale) reminds us that Byzantium – the subject of a major exhibition opening at the Royal Academy later this month – is not just about icons, gold mosaics and pretty churches – it represents a visceral civilisation, a world power whose tentacles stretched from Tripoli to St Petersburg, from...

Season ticket holders to toss ALCS first pitches

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008

... ticket holders represent the 11 seasons since the team's 1998 inaugural year. Broadcaster Dick Vitale, who is also a Rays season ticket holder, will throw out the first pitch for Game 2 of the series.

Ya Gotta Start Somewhere

Power of Our Way Blog (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008

What do Neale Donald Walsch (Conversations with God), Dr. Joe Vitale, Mike Dooley (tut.com), John Assaraf, Arjuna Ardagh, Christine Kloser, Dr. Charlene Proctor, and Guy Finley have in common? In addition to be bestselling authors and some of the most...