Dick Vitale's broadcast return delayed after home accident creates 'health challenges,' 'physical limitations'

Famed hoops broadcaster Dick Vitale volition not beryllium making his anticipated instrumentality to the booth adjacent week to telephone Duke vs. Wake Forest connected ESPN aft an mishap successful his Florida home. 

Vitale announced Saturday that helium has been hospitalized aft falling down successful his home. In a statement, Vitale said the incidental has near him with caller health challenges and carnal limitations. 

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Dick Vitale attends the ESPYs astatine Dolby Theatre connected July 20, 2022, successful Hollywood, California. (Leon Bennett/Getty Images)

"I had an mishap astatine my location successful Florida, and that has created immoderate caller wellness challenges and near-term carnal limitations for me," Vitale said. 

"Now, I'm conscionable going to person to hold immoderate more. I'm not definite precisely erstwhile that volition be, yet l'm expected to marque a afloat betterment and volition supply updates erstwhile I person much information. Despite this latest setback, I consciousness blessed to person the enactment of my family, friends, and ESPN teammates."

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Vitale has not called a crippled successful 2 years amid battles with assorted wellness conditions, including crab successful his vocal cords. 

Vitale was diagnosed with melanoma successful the summertime of 2021, past diagnosed with lymphoma months later. He returned successful the autumn of 2021, but aboriginal had to measurement distant to acquisition country connected his vocal cords.

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College hoops fable Dick Vitale earlier the SEC Tournament betwixt the Texas A&M Aggies and the Arkansas Razorbacks connected March 11, successful Tampa. (Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Vitale announced successful summertime 2023 that crab had dispersed to his vocal cords, and aboriginal to his lymph nodes, leaving him with battles against 4 types of crab successful a four-year span. 

He underwent radiation therapy, chemotherapy and much surgery, implicit the past 2 years, earlier announcing helium was cancer-free earlier this month.

However, aft his caller fall, Vitale volition person astatine slightest 1 much betterment to marque earlier assemblage hoops fans get to perceive him telephone different game. 

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