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ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale said Thursday that his most recent scan showed he is cancer-free. Vitale, 85, had surgery this summer after a biopsy of a lymph node in his neck showed cancer. "SANTA CLAUS came early as Dr Rick Brown called & said that my PET SCAN at 7 AM came back CLEAN OF CANCER !" Vitale posted on X. "OMG thanks so mu...

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Dick Vitale got some tremendous news on Thursday afternoon. The legendary college basketball announcer announced that he is cancer-free after he had a call with two of his doctors.  "Santa Claus came early for me & my family. Just was on the phone with Dr Rick Brown (my oncologist ) and Dr Ken Meredith (bloodwork). They gave me super news that the...

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Dick Vitale announced that he would be taking a break from announcing games on ESPN, on the advice of his doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital. He used one of his signature commentary lines to make the announcement via ESPN’s public relations site. In the release, Vitale revealed that his doctor at Mass General, Dr. Steven Zeitels, diagnosed h...

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