Hall of Famer Dick Vitale announced he will have surgery Tuesday to remove cancer in his neck. The 85-year-old has been an ESPN broadcaster since 1979.
ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale announced Friday that he will have surgery to remove cancer from his neck.Vitale said surgery is scheduled for Tuesday.
My report on the Biopsy of the Lymph Node in my neck has arrived & it is cancerous . With all the 🙏🙏🙏 I have received & the loving support of my family,friends & colleagues I will win this battle .🙏🙏🙏 surgery on Tues. will be a success . Thanks for All the prayers.This is the latest cancer diagnosis for the 85-year-old Vitale.
In 2021, Vitale was diagnosed with lymphoma, months after he had multiple surgeries to remove melanoma. He chronicled his treatments and recovery on social media, posting photos of doctor visits and hospital stays while issuing motivational tips recorded before he was put on voice rest. In 2022, he announced that he was cancer-free. Vitale had vocal cord cancer last summer and underwent radiation treatment.
A member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the College Basketball Hall of Fame, Vitale has been with ESPN since 1979, the year the network launched. He called ESPN's first college basketball broadcast.
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