Dick Vitale Says He's Cancer-free

Dick Vitale says he’s cancer-free

5 AT FOUR. I’M EMOTIONAL. I’M EXCITED. I DIDN’T SPEAK. NOW, YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND FOR SEVEN MONTHS, YOU’RE THE FIRST PEOPLE HERE ARE MY VOICE AND A LONG, LONG TIME. HOW ABOUT THAT? IT’S A PRETTY MIRACULOUS UPDATE THERE. YOU KNOW THAT VOICE? IT’S THE VOICE OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL. LEGENDARY — VITALE SPEAKING PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, AS HE SAYS, IN SEVEN MONTHS. HE POSTED THAT VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY ALONGSIDE THE BOSTON DOCTOR WHO IS TREATING HIM FOR VOCAL CORD CANCER. SPORTSCENTER 5 DUKE CASTIGLIONE. YOU KNOW HIM PERSONALLY? HOW’S HE DOING? GOOD. HE’S DOING MUCH BETTER. I TEXTED WITH HIM THIS MORNING AND DICKIE V SAID HE MUST NOT OVERUSE THE VOCAL CORDS. HE’S BEEN THROUGH TOUGH TIMES AND THE DOCTOR WANTS THEM TO SAVE HIS VOICE FOR THE ESPN GAMES. WHICH IS AWESOME, BABY. IT IS GOOD. THE LEGENDARY ESPN AND BASKETBALL BROADCASTER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH VOCAL CORD CANCER IN JULY AND HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY BATTLING LONG BATTLES WITH LYMPHOMA AND MELANOMA. THE DOCTOR, STEVEN STEVEN ZEITELS, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR LARYNGEAL SURGERY AND VOICE REHABILITATION, SAID VITAL HAS DONE REMARKABLY WELL AND THAT HIS VOCAL ISSUES ARE MOSTLY HEALED. I SEE NO EVIDENCE OF THE CANCER WHATSOEVER. SO AGAIN, WE HAVE TO WATCH THIS FOR A WHILE. GIVEN THE REMARKABLE RECOVERY HE’S HAD IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. THE BEST PATHWAY NOW IS PATIENCE. AND LET’S SEE HOW — CAN HEAL HIMSELF AND GET BACK TO WHAT HE LOVES TO DO, WHICH IS BEING WITH ALL OF YOU AND ANNOUNCING AN INCREDIBLE UPDATE. VITAL SAYS THE TREATMENT HAS BEEN TOUGH. THANKS. HIS FANS FOR ALL THEIR PRAYERS AND THEIR SUPPORT AND THAT HE PLANS TO BE BACK DOING WHAT HE LOVES SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. NOVEMBER 28TH. PLANNING TO DO MY FIRST GAME, MIAMI AND KENTUCKY WITH ALL THE GUYS DOWN IN KENTUCKY. I HOPE AND PRAY I CAN BE THERE. I PLAN ON. WE’RE CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT GAME AND HEARING VITALS. LEGENDARY VOICE AGAIN. YOU KNOW, WE’D SAY ABOUT YOU BEN. WHAT WOULD HE DO? A BABY PRIME TIME PLAYER. NICELY DONE. DIAPER DANDY. I LOVE THEM AL

Dick Vitale says he’s cancer-free

Dick Vitale said he’s cancer-free after his fourth bout with the disease in just over three years.The 85-year-old ESPN college basketball analyst announced Thursday on social media that he got the news after a morning scan.Video above: Dick Vitale speaks in emotional video”SANTA CLAUS came early as Dr Rick Brown called & said that my PET SCAN at 7 AM came back CLEAN OF CANCER !” Vitale posted on X. “OMG thanks so much to ALL of YOU for your (prayers). Yes I’m cutting the nets down baby it’s my National Championship!”Vitale had surgery in the summer to remove cancerous lymph nodes from his neck. He was previously treated for melanoma and lymphoma, and had radiation treatments last year for vocal cord cancer.The Basketball Hall of Famer has been with ESPN since 1979, the year the network launched. The former college and NBA coach called ESPN’s first college basketball broadcast.He’s also a longtime fundraiser for cancer research, helping friend Jim Valvano to the stage at the 1993 ESPYs, where Valvano delivered his famous “Don’t give up” speech. Valvano died of adenocarcinoma less than two months later.

Dick Vitale said he’s cancer-free after his fourth bout with the disease in just over three years.

The 85-year-old ESPN college basketball analyst announced Thursday on social media that he got the news after a morning scan.

Video above: Dick Vitale speaks in emotional video

“SANTA CLAUS came early as Dr Rick Brown called & said that my PET SCAN at 7 AM came back CLEAN OF CANCER !” Vitale posted on X. “OMG thanks so much to ALL of YOU for your (prayers). Yes I’m cutting the nets down baby it’s my National Championship!”

Vitale had surgery in the summer to remove cancerous lymph nodes from his neck. He was previously treated for melanoma and lymphoma, and had radiation treatments last year for vocal cord cancer.

The Basketball Hall of Famer has been with ESPN since 1979, the year the network launched. The former college and NBA coach called ESPN’s first college basketball broadcast.

He’s also a longtime fundraiser for cancer research, helping friend Jim Valvano to the stage at the 1993 ESPYs, where Valvano delivered his famous “Don’t give up” speech. Valvano died of adenocarcinoma less than two months later.

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