ESPN college basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale announced Wednesday night he'd be taking an extended break from the airwaves. Vitale said his doctor told him he now has pre-cancerous Dysplasia on his vocal cords and that he needs to rest them.
Vitale said he's "heartbroken" that he won't be able to do what he loves moving forward, but added that he plans to be doing games when he's "100"—so he's clearly still staying positive.
Vitale previously revealed in October he'd been diagnosed with lymphoma—just a few months after having multiple surgeries to remove melanoma. In November, Vitale announced that between his chemotherapy treatments, he'd been cleared to return to calling games for the network.