ESPN faculty basketball analyst Dick Vitale cancer-free, rings bell to suggest finish of chemotherapy remedy

Longtime ESPN faculty basketball analyst Dick Vitale stated on Thursday he is cancer-free.

The 82-year-old marked the tip of his sixth chemotherapy remedy by ringing a bell at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Florida.

It was RING THE BELL TIME ! Sure it was a troublesome 7 months nevertheless it was tremendous listening to Dr Brown @SMHCS say that I’ve zero most cancers at present .I used to be impressed every day by the well-known phrases of my late buddy Jimmy V “Do not Quit DON’T EVER GIVE UP!” @amyuf @jksports @ESPNPR pic.twitter.com/uRQEzjOug2

— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) April 14, 2022

Vitale stated within the fall he had been recognized with lymphoma, months after a number of surgical procedures to take away melanoma. He has chronicled his therapies and restoration on social media, posting photographs of physician visits and hospital stays whereas issuing motivational suggestions recorded earlier than he was placed on voice relaxation.

Final month, he made an look on the SEC match, getting acknowledged for his contributions to the game, the league and his combat towards most cancers.

Vitale has been with ESPN since 1979, the yr the community launched. He referred to as ESPN’s first faculty basketball broadcast.

For almost so long as Vitale has been part of faculty basketball, he has been preventing towards most cancers. He helped Jim Valvano to the ESPYs stage the place Valvano delivered his iconic “Do not hand over” speech.

A outstanding fundraiser for kids’s most cancers analysis, Vitale is planning his 17th annual Dick Vitale Gala in early Could in Sarasota. The occasion has raised greater than $50 million for the V Basis for Most cancers Analysis.

The Related Press contributed to this report.