Overview

• Vitale posted Wednesday that his doctor, Rick Brown, told him his PET scan showed no cancer, writing that he heard the words "YOU ARE CANCER FREE."
• The broadcaster has confronted melanoma and lymphoma in 2021, vocal cord cancer in 2023, and a cancerous lymph node in 2024 that was treated successfully.
• He returned to ESPN broadcasts early in 2025 after nearly two years away from the booth.
• ESPN extended his contract through the 2027-28 season and introduced the Dick Vitale Invitational, which debuts Nov. 4 with Texas vs. Duke in Charlotte.
• Vitale has helped raise more than $105 million for pediatric cancer research through efforts tied to the V Foundation.