Gavitt

He's loose yet, and most naturally he ain't signing his name 'Gavitt' any more whatever.

The Price Francis Lynde 1893

'Gavitt' was an assumed name; the man as good as told me so, you remember.

The Price Francis Lynde 1893

When I wrote of the passing of Dave Gavitt, the founder of the Big East Conference, J.D. wrote, "Nice kudos to Dave Gavitt, a truly good man in a world of scoundrels."

Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011

When I wrote of the passing of Dave Gavitt, the founder of the Big East Conference, J.D. wrote, "Nice kudos to Dave Gavitt, a truly good man in a world of scoundrels."

Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011

When I wrote of the passing of Dave Gavitt, the founder of the Big East Conference, J.D. wrote, "Nice kudos to Dave Gavitt, a truly good man in a world of scoundrels."

Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011

When I wrote of the passing of Dave Gavitt, the founder of the Big East Conference, J.D. wrote, "Nice kudos to Dave Gavitt, a truly good man in a world of scoundrels."

Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011

"Television had the ability to take something big and make it bigger," Gavitt says.

'When March Went Mad' 2009

Over the previous few months, Gavitt had secretly met with coaches and administrators from Georgetown University, St. John's University, and Syracuse University in hopes of convincing them to join Providence in a new basketball conference that would comprise schools located in the major television markets of the northeast.

'When March Went Mad' 2009

As Stern, Rasmussen, and Gavitt watched the 1979 NCAA championship game, each was optimistic that it would have a positive impact on his own corner of the basketball world.

'When March Went Mad' 2009

Gavitt, the soft-spoken, whip-smart athletic director at Providence College, was serving his first season as a member of the NCAA men's basketball committee, and having participated in the NCAA's negotiations with ESPN, he understood better than most the potential that the emergence of cable television offered.

'When March Went Mad' 2009