Dick Vitale shares update after being diagnosed with cancer for fifth time

Source: New York Post

Longtime college basketball announcer Dick Vitale says he is making positive strides after announcing in April that he had been diagnosed with cancer for the fifth time. The 87-year-old Vitale said on social media Wednesday that recent blood tests came back “very good” and that the immunotherapy treatments that he has been receiving are “very effective in wiping out the cancer. ” Dick Vitale is seen watching the game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees in Tampa, Florida, on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.