ESPN’s Vitale states he has singing cable cancer
Jul 12, 2023, 08:03 PM ET
Longtime ESPN college basketball analyst Cock Vitale stated on Wednesday that he has vocal cord cancer and will require 6 weeks of radiation to treat it.
“I prepare to eliminate like hell to be ready to call games when the college hoops season pointers off in the Fall,” Vitale composed in a statement posted on Twitter.This is an update on
my conference today with Dr ZEITELS. Though I was disappointed with the pathology report, I plan on winning this battle like I did vs Melanoma & Lymphoma! pic.twitter.com/pu61XJSm43!.?.!— Penis Vitale(@DickieV)July 12
, 2023 The 84-year-old Hall of Famer stated last
month his”previous concerns on my singing cords have actually returned “and that he would be on”on total voice rest for 6-8 weeks”while recuperating from a July 11 procedure.Vitale has actually been with ESPN given that 1979, the year the network released.
He called ESPN’s first college basketball broadcast.In 2021, Vitale was detected with lymphoma, months after he had several surgeries to remove melanoma. He chronicled his treatments and healing on social media, posting images of doctor visits and medical facility stays while releasing motivational ideas taped before he was put on voice rest. Last year, he revealed that he was cancer-free.