Dick Vitale's return to broadcasting following cancer treatments will be delayed after the ESPN college basketball analyst had an accident at his Florida home. Vitale announced Saturday he will not be on the call for next Saturday's game between No.

Dick Vitale received his first broadcasting assignment from ESPN this season, marking his return to the air for the first time since 2023. Vitale battled four types of cancer for more than three years and is only months removed from a 2024 surgery to address a lymph node in his neck diagnosed as cancer.

Dick Vitale was set to return to college basketball broadcasting next week after a multi-year cancer battle. He now has to wait a little longer. ESPN released a statement from Vitale on Saturday explaining that an accident at his home in Florida had left him with "new health challenges and near-term physical limitations,

Dick Vitale is back and it’s awesome, baby! ESPN’s Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame broadcaster will return to the air for the first time since 2023 to call a game between Duke and Wake Forest on Jan.