The iconic college basketball broadcaster has battled four different types of cancer since 2021.

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Awesome, baby! ESPN sets date for Dick Vitale’s return

Dick Vitale will grace the ESPN airwaves to call his first game in almost two years, week after the college basketball icon announced he is cancer-free. The 85-year-old will be on the call when Duke visits Wake Forest on Jan. 25.

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Cancer-free Dick Vitale returning for ESPN after almost two years away

For the first time since 2023, after battling four types of cancer, Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame broadcaster Dick Vitale, 85, will return to the air to call the Duke-Wake Forest men's college basketball on Saturday, Jan. 25.

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Vitale to call 1st game after beating cancer again

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On Friday, ESPN announced some news that college basketball fans can only describe as “awesome, baby!”

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ESPN makes major announcement about college basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale

It’s awesome, baby. Dick Vitale received his first broadcasting assignment from ESPN this season, marking his return to the air for the first time since 2023. Vitale battled four types of cancer for more than three years and is only months removed from a 2024 surgery to address a lymph node in his neck diagnosed as cancer. ESPN announced Friday that the Hall of Fame broadcaster is scheduled to be on the call of Duke at Wake Forest on Jan. 25 in …

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Dick Vitale to make broadcasting return Jan. 25

ESPN announced iconic broadcaster Dick Vitale will return to calling games courtside on Jan. 25 after beating cancer for the fifth time.

ESPN announces Dick Vitale will return to broadcasting for Duke at Wake Forest on January 25

He’s back, baby. Dick Vitale, the most-recognizable voice in college basketball broadcasting, will return to the airwaves Saturday, Jan. 25, for the Duke-Wake Forest game, ESPN announced Friday.

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Awesome, baby! Dick Vitale, cancer free, set to call first hoops game since 2023

Vitale hasn't called a game for ESPN in nearly two years.

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Dick Vitale will return to the microphone for ESPN and will call the Wake Forest-Duke game at Joel Coliseum

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Dick Vitale, now cancer free, returning to broadcasting for first time in nearly 2 years

Fuck yeah, man. Dick Vitale is the guy who we all have grown up with in the college basketball world. He's the guy who was always on the call when we had one channel to watch games and the guy who was...

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It's Awesome, Baby - Next Week Dick Vitale Will Be Broadcasting His First College Hoops Game In 2 Years After He Kicked Cancer's Ass

Awesome, baby! ESPN sets date for Dick Vitale’s return

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