ESPN Announcer Dick Vitale Says He Has 'Lots of Anxiety' as He Shares Latest Cancer Update

Mar. 15, 2025

A photo of Dick Vitale announcing during an ESPN broadcast.Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty

Dick Vitaleis anxiously anticipating an appointment that will determine if he’s free fromcancer.

“I’m constantly thinking about Dec. 12 when I have a major scan to determine if I’m cancer free after my recent 30 radiation treatments. 🙏🙏🙏,” the longtime sports announcer, 85, said in apost on X(formerly Twitter) on Dec. 4.

“If I am, it would be my NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!” he added.

In aDec. 5 update, Vitale said, “I feel terrific but have lots of anxiety about the exam. Cancer patients I’m sure know that feeling.”

The sports announcer told theSarasota Herald-Tribune, viaThe Spun, that he had high hopes for the scan.

“Obviously, I would love to be able to sit at courtside and do what I love: talk about what is happening in college basketball,” Vitale said. “At this moment, I am simply focusing on what I am currently dealing with and that is to follow the advice of my medical team and become cancer-free at the conclusion of my six weeks of radiation treatments.”

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Sportscaster Dick Vitale broadcasts before a semifinal game of the West Coast Conference basketball tournament between the San Francisco Dons and the Gonzaga Bulldogs at the Orleans Arena on March 9, 2020.Ethan Miller/Getty

In June, Vitale revealed through a post onInstagramthat he had to undergo a biopsy after a new cancer wasfound in one of his lymph nodes.

“Certainly not the news I wanted but I plan to do whatever I can control to win this new battle. 🙏🙏🙏,” he wrote in his caption.

Vitale added, “Thanks so much to those that have been in my corner. Means a great deal to me.”

Back in 2023, Vitalereceived radiation treatment for vocal cord cancerfollowinghis initial diagnosisin July of that year.

Vitale was previouslydiagnosed with lymphomain October 2021 andmelanoma.  Heannounced that he was in remissionfrom the cancers in August 2022.

source: people.com