Dick Vitale announces 5th cancer diagnosis
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At a time where so much is changing in college basketball, a familiar voice has returned to the sport. After a yearslong battle with several types of cancer, resulting in a long hiatus, Dick Vitale returned to the headset for the 2025-26 season, getting ...
ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale shared another health update on Monday in which he announced he was diagnosed with melanoma.
Dick Vitale, after attending Seton Hall University, began his college basketball career as an assistant coach for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in 1971. Two years later, the now 86-year-old earned his first head coaching job with the Detroit Mercy Titans ...