April brought viewers to the 6p ET edition of SportsCenter

• 482K avg. viewers
• Up 3% over April '23
• 1M watched on Monday, April 1 ahead of the #NCAAWBB Elite 8

This is amazing. Nobody has embodied the spirit of Jim Valvano’s mission with the V Foundation like Dick Vitale 🙌🏻

ESPN Chairman and The V Foundation board member Jimmy Pitaro introduced Dick Vitale at Friday's Gala, which was emceed by Kevin Negandhi

Honorees included:
🏎️ Jeff Gordon
🏀 Rick Barnes
⚾️ Derek Jeter
🏈 Jim Kelly
🏀 Nikki McCray-Penson (posthumously)

A record $24.8M raised at the Dick Vitale Gala. Nearly $93M raised in 19 years… all going to pediatric cancer research The V Foundation because of Dick and Lorraine’s tireless effort of giving back. Thank you to all the donors!! Honored to be the emcee of an incredible night.

Congratulations to ESPN's Dick Vitale on a record fundraising night for his 19th annual Gala

$24.8M was raised, more than double the previous high achieved last year
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Over two decades, Vitale has raised nearly $93M for The V Foundation in support of pediatric cancer research

The Dick Vitale Gala brings out the ⭐️ power…

Kevin Negandhi Jim Kelly Derek Jeter Jeff Gordon Rick Barnes Shane Jacobson

Tonight is Dick Vitale's 19th annual Gala in support of The V Foundation - a star-studded night in Sarasota featuring sports celebs, emcee Kevin Negandhi and other ESPNers.

What Dick has done in support of pediatric cancer research is just incredible: tinyurl.com/5n7czwf6

Malinda Adams is one of the great people in this business. Works hard, respectful and leads with kindness first. I’m glad apologies were made afterwards but it shouldn’t have even come to this.

Reed has a $7.7M non-guaranteed contract.

The contract would have been guaranteed if the 76ers reached the second round.

If Philadelphia waived their non-guaranteed contracts and traded their first, the max room they could create is $64.9M.

The offseason in Philadelphia

The most important in franchise history

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That’s goaltending and a foul.

Again, I ask… what must Maxey do? Seriously.

Well said by Derek. Both need each other and we have seen when they’re in sync, great things happen. Embiid has wanted a fearless star to help. He has that and much more w Maxey who understands it’s not about him. In today’s NBA, you need 2 stars and outstanding role players.

Josh Harris, David Blitzer, David Adelman and I just bought more than 2,000 tix for Sixers Game 6 - we absolutely CANNOT let Knicks fans take over our arena again!!! Giving them to first responders, health care professionals and other local Philadelphia-based organizations once…

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The Garden believed the game was over. The Knicks' victory song echoed through an arena that was loud enough to shake the rafters.

And then Tyrese Maxey happened. Because he has been training for this moment for all of his life:

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On an off night, Embiid still found ways to make winning plays late w loose balls, rebounds and blocks. And he still made history despite some really sloppy mistakes.

Night of the NBA draft 3.5 years ago.

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Some legendary people who helped build ESPN supporting a cause we all believe in. 100% of every donation goes to research in the fight against cancer. Since 1993, The V Foundation has raised over $350 million dollars.