The legendary college basketball broadcaster, who has dealt with four bouts of cancer since first being diagnosed in 2021, shared the happy news on social media Thursday.
“SANTA CLAUS came early as Dr Rick Brown called & said that my PET SCAN at 7 AM came back CLEAN OF CANCER ! OMG thanks so much to ALL of YOU for your ,”“Many ask about my status -Dec 12 I have a full body scan that will determine if cancer free,” Vitale wrote. “ for good news as I feel terrific but have lots of anxiety about the exam. Cancer patients I’m sure know that feeling.”
LeBron James steps away from Lakers for 'personal reasons' as he plays some of the worst basketball of his careerMichael Jordan finally sells $14.8 million mansion after 12 years on the market — but at a steep discount Dick Vitale prepares to announce an NCAA college basketball game between Michigan State and Kentucky, Nov. 15, 2022, in Indianapolis.Vitale has yet to call a game for ESPN this season, although the most recent update is a good sign for his chances at getting back in the announcing chair.The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer’s first confrontation with cancer came more than three years ago when he was diagnosed with melanoma and, later that year, lymphoma.
In November 2021, Vitale made an emotional return to the college basketball booth, his first broadcast since his first cancer diagnosis. Vitale called the first-ever college basketball broadcast on ESPN’s airwaves and has been a mainstay at the network since its inception in 1979.
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