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Dick Vitale Shares an emotional message as he says goodbye to the final game he will call this season.
“It’s been a great thrill for me. I get emotional. I’m probably going to be emotional, you know, tomorrow, this weekend. This is my final game this year, I pray and hope I can be back next year. Maybe even better, ”said Vitale, 85, in the Saturday Championship game, March 15, ACC. “I hope and pray that my doctor helps me with my voice a lot. … I have to listen to my doctor right now. He told me, voice rests right after this game for a week. “
Vitale shouted out to his supporters and the people who have supported him, including ESPN for “tolerate and give up with me in terms of my issues I have had.”
“It’s been a miracle, really. To sit here with you guys. I can’t tell you how much it meant to me. It has been unbelievable, ”Vitale said through tears, per Espnat. “Three difficult years, those four cancer battles. I do not wish on anyone. Cancer sucks. “
“I can’t tell you how much it has meant to me. In fact, it has been unbelievable. “@Dickiev emotionally thanks to the fans and broadcast for supporting it through its cancer treatments ❤️ pic.twitter.com/f8ndycdwc8
– ESPN (@espn) March 16, 2025
He continued, “I’ll tell you, anyone fighting cancer, listen, always think positively, and have faith and believe that if you’re out there, a person who knows someone with cancer, text them, send them a phone call, make a phone call. The bottom line is that it means so much. I know it meant a lot to me in my darkest moment when I was in hospital doing a chemo and had a bad dad day. Man, it was a difficult, difficult time. I had to stay overnight and left my family. “
Vitale remembered “crying like crazy” before a nurse came in and “shouted”. He remembered getting “messages from all over the country” on his phone.
Sports publisher received treatment for Melanoma and lymphoma in 2021 and could not speak for four months following surgery for frivolous dysplasia and ulcers. He was diagnosed with vocal cord cancer in 2023 and stepped away from publication.
Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Dick Vitale is officially back in the booth. The iconic sports publisher-best known for borrowing his voice to NCAA-Men’s basketball his victory returned to college circles on Saturday, February 8 during the Duke-Clemson game at Coliseum Littlejohn Clemson in South Carolina. The appearance identified the first (…)
In June 2024, Vitale shared that he had another surgery Remove cancerous lymph nodes from his neck. Months later Vitale shared that He was free of cancer.
“Santa Claus came early as Dr. Brown rick It was called and said that my pet scan for 7 and came back clean of cancer! Omg thank you so much for your (prayers), ”wrote through X in December 2024.“ Yes, I cut the nets down baby, this is my national championship! “
