Veteran ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale has been going through cancer hell over the past few years.
Days ago, Vitale announced his cancer had returned and that he would eventually undergo surgery.
The broadcast veteran stated on X, formerly Twitter, that doctors biopsied a mass in his neck early last week, and the results were cancerous.
“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 Tuesday before pledging, “I will win this battle.”
On Tuesday, the decorated college basketball broadcaster posted a photo of him giving two thumbs-ups in his hospital bed after the procedure.
Dick Vitale added his doctor was “pleased” with the results as he thanked everyone for their prayers.
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This marks Vitale’s fourth battle with cancer.
Vitale has been with ESPN since 1979, which is the same year the network launched. He would call ESPN’s first college basketball broadcast and become known for his trademark saying of “Awesome, baby,” among many more.
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Dick Vitale Has Dealt With Many Cancer Episodes In The Past
Dick Vitale has been down this road before.
In 2021, Vitale was diagnosed with lymphoma, which came months after he had multiple surgeries to remove melanoma.
The following year, in 2022, he would announce that he was cancer-free before announcing in 2023 that he had vocal chord cancer. He would go through surgery to remove that as well.
The 84-year-old is not just dealing with his many situations as he remains active in fundraising efforts against cancer.
Dick Vitale has raised more than $50 million for the V Foundation for Cancer Research, the foundation of his former Rutgers colleague and longtime friend, Jim Valvano.
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