Famed College Basketball Announcer Dick Vitale, 85, Is Cancer-Free: ‘It’s My National Championship!’

Mar. 15, 2025

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Dick Vitalehas a lot to celebrate this holiday season — the legendary sports broadcaster has revealed that he is cancer-free.

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Earlier this month, Vitale shared that he was fixated on the date, when he was set to undergo “a major scan” to determine if he was cancer-free after 30 radiation treatments.

Vitale has been vocal about the ongoing anxiety he has faced regarding his health.

“I feel terrific but have lots of anxiety about the exam. Cancer patients I’m sure know that feeling,” Vitale previously wrote on X.

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Back in June, the ESPN announcer confirmed that he had to undergo a biopsy after cancer was found in his lymph nodes.

Vitale previously revealed he had vocal cord cancer in July 2023.

In 2021, he was diagnosed with both lymphoma and melanoma that he announced were in remission in August 2022.

He shared at the time that he “felt trapped” because he was unable to speak for three months during treatment.

“[Talking has] been my livelihood … Here’s what I’m known for, being a talkative kind of guy, going out, having fun,” he said. “Not only just the games, but all my life … And I missed that. I missed being me. I felt trapped. I felt trapped. I couldn’t express myself. I just felt trapped,” Vitaletold Graham Bensinger on his show,In Depth with Graham Bensinger, at the time.

source: people.com