#Dick Vitale celebrates after learning he’s cancer-free

#Dick Vitale celebrates after learning he’s cancer-free

“Dick Vitale celebrates after learning he’s cancer-free” Dick Vitale, the ebullient ESPN legend, announced on Thursday that he is cancer-free after seven months. Vitale rang in the news, literally, outside Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Florida. The college basketball broadcaster thanked his physician, Dr. Richard Brown, and credited the famous speech from the late Jim Valvano…

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#Dick Vitale to miss rest of college basketball season

#Dick Vitale to miss rest of college basketball season

“#Dick Vitale to miss rest of college basketball season” Dick Vitale is shutting it down for the rest of the college basketball season, he announced Monday.  The 82-year-old will spend the time resting his throat and voice ahead of necessary surgery.  Vitale made a brief return for an ESPN broadcast in November after being diagnosed…

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#John Madden’s death brings sports world Twitter reactions

#John Madden’s death brings sports world Twitter reactions

“#John Madden’s death brings sports world Twitter reactions” Legendary NFL coach and broadcaster John Madden died Tuesday morning at 85, the NFL announced. News of the football icon’s passing hit Twitter on Tuesday evening, and athletes, coaches and broadcasters from across the sports world reacted. Fellow broadcasting legend Dick Vitale, who is currently battling cancer,…

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#Dick Vitale won’t let cancer win this fight

#Dick Vitale won’t let cancer win this fight

“#Dick Vitale won’t let cancer win this fight” Dick Vitale invites you to sit ringside for this heavyweight bout, on his dime, because he knows it is going to be a doozy. He posts pictures with the men and women working his corner — the doctors, nurses, and priests charged to help him — because…

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