College basketball: Dick Vitale reflects on cancer journey during ACC final

Legendary College basketball During the championship of the Atlantic Coast Conference at the Atlantic Coast, the announcer was moved to tears on Saturday evening when he thought about his latest cancer battle and what it meant to be back to the Court of Justice after he announced that he was free of cancer in December.

The 85-year-old announcer by Dave O’Brien and Cory Alexander von Espn was in the last moments of the first half of the Duke-Louisville Finale.

Dick Vitale at Coleman Coliseum for the game between Alabama and Kentucky on February 22, 2025. (Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News)

“It’s my last game this year and I am praying, hopefully I can be back next year, maybe even better – maybe even better,” said Vitale and thanked everyone who helped with this process.

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“I hope and pray, my doctor really helps me with my voice.”

Vitals were operated on last summer to remove Cancer lymph nodes From his neck. Previously, he was treated for melanoma and lymphoma and had radiation treatments for vocal cable cancer last year.

After the game Alabama, Tennessee players celebrate with thick vital on March 1, 2025 in the Thompson Boling Arena in the Food City Center. (IMagn)

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“It was a miracle for me to really sit with you here,” continued vital tearful. “I can’t tell you how much it meant for me. It was incredible. A difficult three years. These four cancer fights. I don’t wish anyone. Cancer is shit.”

“I will tell you that everyone is fighting cancer, please listen to: Always think positively and have believed and believe.”

The ESPN analyst Dick Vitale before the game between the Tennessee volunteers and the Alabama Crimson Tide on March 1, 2025. (Randy Sartin-Mimagn pictures)

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Vitale said the ACC final on Saturday would be its last season season. He used to say to X that due to instructions from the doctor, he could only announce one game a week.

“Those who ask themselves that I do not make more than 1 game a week – it is the orders of my medical team after 5 large vocal cable cancer surgery.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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