It was about cancer and disease and never losing sight of what life is all about. But it’s a message that’s as important today as the day Jim Valvano first delivered it. The speech Valvano ...

Awful Announcing recently caught up with Bob Valvano, Jim’s brother.The ESPN broadcaster and ESPN 680 Louisville radio host hopes that this biopic will be an accurate reflection of his brother.

Jim Valvano celebrates after North Carolina State’s upset win over Houston in the 1983 National Championship. AP. True story: when he first got the job at Iona, ...

Jim Valvano’s grave at Oakwood Cemetary outside of Raleigh, North Carolina, was covered in NC State gear, Wolfpack red rose and much more to honor the late coach ahead of the Wolfpack’s Final ...

Jimmy V’s life and legacy: Valvano’s basketball accomplishments are worth marveling at. Raised in Long Island, New York, he was a local product for Rutgers where he finished his four-year ...

Jim Valvano still is reaching out for one more victory. “You can make a difference,” he says, his voice rising. Ten years ago, he might have been talking to Dereck Whittenburg, Sidney Lowe or ...

On March 4, 1993, Jim Valvano's impassioned speech at the ESPYs provided a cultural touchstone for millions, transcending sports and invoking the spirit of the "Cardiac Pack" teams he spearheaded.

Florida State basketball coach Pat Kennedy said recently of ** his mentor and former boss Jim Valvano: “We always thought Jimmy had nine lives, but I guess he only has one like the rest of us.” ...

Jim Valvano coached at NC State from 1980 to 1990, which included an improbable 1983 national title run that is still one of the most unlikely championships in the history of college sports.

Valvano's wife, Pam, answered the telephone and said that Jimmy V was not going to make the trip from North Carolina to New York. Vitale finally spoke with Valvano, trying to encourage him to attend.

Dee Rowe met Jim Valvano long before the money and the success, the celebrity and the excess, long before Jimmy V became a lounge act, long before he became a microcosm of college basketball, the g… ...

Ray Romano tried to get Jim Valvano biopic made 10 years ago Valvano’s legacy is a huge one, and it’s one Ray Romano thinks should be made into a biopic. The movie idea isn’t a new idea for ...