Awesome, baby! ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale, whose enthusiastic game calls have been a staple of the sport for decades, announced Wednesday that he is cancer-free. Vitale had lengthy battles with lymphoma and melanoma, forcing him off television and causing him to lose his voice at one point.
The two top teams in college basketball met Tuesday night as No. 1 Gonzaga faced No. 2 UCLA, but the highlight of the evening was legendary ESPN broadcaster Dick Vitale returning to call the game after battling two separate forms of cancer this year, with his latest diagnosis coming just last month.
After 40 years as the voice of college hoops on ESPN, Dick Vitale seems to be just getting started. “I want to do this until I’m 100!” he says.
