Famed ESPN college basketball voice Dick Vitale diagnosed with cancer for a fifth time

Famed ESPN broadcaster Dick Vitale is facing another cancer diagnosis

Famed ESPN broadcaster Dick Vitale is facing another cancer diagnosis.

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Vitale said Monday that biopsy results had confirmed a diagnosis of melanoma in his lung and liver cavity, which will have him starting immunotherapy. It marks his fifth diagnosis of cancer, which sidelined him from the airwaves for two years before his return shortly before March Madness in 2025.

"I've beaten melanoma," the 86-year-old Vitale said in a statement released by ESPN. "I've beaten lymphoma. I've beaten vocal-cord cancer. I've beaten lymph-node cancer. I'm 4 for 4 and I'm fully confident I'm going to make it 5 for 5."