The sportscaster said he’ll undergo a procedure to remove a lymph node in his neck next week.

Dick Vitale has been diagnosed with cancer.

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Vitale added that he will undergo surgery on Tuesday, July 2.

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - NOVEMBER 15: ESPN analyst Dick Vitale calls the game between the Kentucky Wildcats and the Michigan State Spartans during the Champions Classic at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on November 15, 2022 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Thanks for All the prayers, he wrote.

Vitale was cancer free by 2022, but was diagnosed withvocal cord cancerin 2023.

He pivoted to broadcasting in time to announce the first-ever college basketball game shown on ESPN in 1979.

GLENDALE, AZ - APRIL 03: TV personality Dick Vitale looks on before the game between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Gonzaga Bulldogs during the 2017 NCAA Men’s Final Four National Championship game at University of Phoenix Stadium on April 3, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona.

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Vitale frequently posts uplifting messages and videos to his followers on social media.

The key to life: find something you love, and do it to the best of your ability.

Keep that head up high, he continued.

If youre gonna drop it, it means that you didnt do a good job during that day.