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UPDATED with latest: Veteran ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale offered an update on his years-long battle with cancer today, and it was a tough one. “My report on the Biopsy of the Lymph Node in my neck has arrived & it is cancerous,” wrote Vitale. He went on to note he will have surgery on…

Awesome, baby! ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale, whose enthusiastic game calls have been a staple of the sport for decades, announced today that he is cancer-free. Vitale had lengthy battles with lymphoma and melanoma, forcing him off television and causing him to lose his voice at one point. “Dr Rick Brown…

ESPN’s longtime college basketball analyst Dick Vitale will take the rest of the season off to rest his voice ahead of planned vocal surgery, he said Monday. He said he plans to be back in action at the start of the 2022-23 season, which would be his 43rd calling games for the network. Writing on ESPN’s Front Row…

The two top teams in college basketball met tonight as No. 1 Gonzaga faced No. 2 UCLA, but the highlight of the evening was legendary ESPN broadcaster Dick Vitale returning to call the game after battling two separate forms of cancer this year, with his latest diagnosis coming just last month. Before the game, Vitale…

ESPN college basketball announcer Dick Vitale revealed Monday that he has been diagnosed with lymphoma after being diagnosed and treated for melanoma this summer. After several tests over the past few weeks, doctors confirmed the new form of cancer is unrelated to his previous experience with the disease. Vitale will…