Hall of Fame college basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale was hospitalized after a fall at his Florida home.
“I’m sorry that unable to post about sports but I’m recovering from a tough fall & being kept active at the hospital,” Vitale said.
“Good news is the neurosurgeons have said I am making great strides & surgery not necessary. So sorry that I can’t get at courtside as was planned,” he added.
I’m sorry that unable to post about sports but I’m
recovering from
a tough fall & being kept active at the hospital .Good news is the neurosurgeons have said I am making great strides & surgery not https://t.co/4YS3rCLZpF sorry that I can’t get at courtside as was planned.— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) January 19, 2025
Per ESPN:
The news comes one day after ESPN announced Vitale would call the Duke-Wake Forest men’s college basketball game Jan. 25 at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston Salem, North Carolina, which would have been his first time on air since 2023.
Vitale, 85, has battled four different types of cancer in the past 3½ years. Most recently, he underwent surgery in summer 2024 after a biopsy of a lymph node in his neck showed…
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