ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale to have surgery on vocal cords

ESPN’s Dick Vitale To Take Remainder Of Basketball Season Off To Rest Up For Vocal Surgery

ESPN’s longtime college basketball analyst Dick Vitale will take the rest of the season off to rest his voice ahead of planned vocal surgery, he said Monday. He said he plans to be back in action at the start of the 2022-23 season, which would be his 43rd calling games for the network.Writing on ESPN’s Front Row site, Vitale, who returned to work in November after battling two separate forms of cancer in 2021, said he was diagnosed with Dysplasi…

ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale to have surgery on vocal cords

Legendary college basketball analyst Dick Vitale won't return to ESPN this season as he prepares for surgery on his vocal cords.

Dick Vitale writes that he'll need surgery for his vocal cords

Dick Vitale has been off ESPN since December, resting his vocal cords after a dysplasia diagnosis. He now needs to sit out the season.