Dick Vitale determined to return to booth, focused on cancer fight
"I would love to be able to sit at courtside and do what I love: talk about what is happening in college basketball."
"I would love to be able to sit at courtside and do what I love: talk about what is happening in college basketball."
"Oh please let the players WEAR THEIR TEAM UNIFORMS."
"I can’t ever recall in all the years as a baseball lover so many starters hitting .195 and lower."
"THANKS for all of your prayers."
A biopsy found cancer in Vitale's lymph nodes.
"I’m really optimistic that the future is really bright for what you want to do, returning to the court."
"One of my absolute favorites at ESPN. Greatest stat brain ever and hell of a human."
Talk about March Madness!
After a lengthy spell on the sidelines battling with cancer, Dick Vitale is finally ready to return to broadcasting next season.
Dick Vitale's voice is back, baby.
Proceeds from Until My Last Breath: Fighting Cancer with My Young Heroes will benefit the Dick Vitale Pediatric Cancer Research Fund at the V Foundation for Cancer Research.
"I do not think it is FAIR to eliminate someone that doesn’t win a championship."
ESPN's beloved college basketball commentator Dick Vitale announced on Thursday that his doctors told him he was cancer-free.
“The cancer is gone, which is amazing news, yet the impact of the treatments has taken its toll on my voice and requires more healing."
"You’re the first people hearing my voice in a long, long time."
Dickie V underwent 35 radiation treatments following his third cancer diagnosis in as many years.
Beloved sports broadcaster Dick Vitale recently finished radiation for his vocal cord cancer, and awaits tests to see how the procedure went.
Vitale has had a remarkable run at ESPN, and as the voice of college basketball for many.
"I plan to fight like hell to be ready to call games when the college hoops season tips off in the Fall."
Vitale's doctor is optimistic that they can have him ready for his 45th season on ESPN's airwaves.
"Four, three... Lamont Butler, Lamont Butler, pull-up jump shot... GOOD! GOOD! GOOD! GOOD! THEY'RE STORMIN' THE COURT! THEY'RE STORMIN' THE COURT!"
Vitale has been a surprising absence from the NCAA Tournament on American TV over the last 40+ years.
At 83, Dick Vitale is cancer-free.
‘Dickie V’ takes you inside his passion for college basketball, and his health battles.
"Vitale’s journey of resilience is one that I know will resonate universally. His is a story of loss, triumph, giving and humanity. It’s one I simply had to tell."