ESPN’s Dick Vitale hit a setback a little more than a week from his planned return to the airwaves, thanks to an accident he suffered in his home in Florida late this week. The good news is Vitale has now been released from the hospital following that hiccup,

Dick Vitale was set to return to college basketball broadcasting next week after a multi-year cancer battle. He now has to wait a little longer. ESPN released a statement from Vitale on Saturday explaining that an accident at his home in Florida had left him with "new health challenges and near-term physical limitations,

Legendary sports broadcaster Dick Vitale, 85, encountered a 'tough fall' at home, revealing that his return to the booth would have to be postponed following his hospitalization.

Dick Vitale’s return to broadcasting following cancer treatments will be delayed after the ESPN college basketball analyst had an accident at his Florida home

Dick Vitale’s planned return to the broadcast booth is being put on hold after an accident that created “near-term physical limitations,” ESPN said Saturday. The accident, which the 85-year-old Hall of Fame broadcaster said he suffered at his home in Florida, is not related to the four cancer battles he’s had for the past three and a half years.

Legendary ESPN broadcaster Dick Vitale’s return to broadcasting was delayed after an accident at home, according to a statement released on social media.

Dick Vitale said he will have to delay his return to the broadcast booth as he's "recovering from a tough fall."

Hall of Fame broadcaster Dick Vitale's expected return to action will be delayed after the broadcaster announced Saturday he suffered an accident at his home that will cause him to take some time to recover.

The vocal-cord cancer (requiring 30 rounds of radiation) left Vitale especially wary. A year after that diagnosis, Dr. Steven Zeitels — internationally renowned director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation in Boston — approached Vitale about a tricky procedure that could rejuvenate his voice.

According to ESPN, the 85-year-old Vitale suffered an accident that will prevent him from calling the Duke-Wake Forest game on Saturday.

Basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale announced Saturday that he has been hospitalized after falling down in his home, delaying his return to the broadcast booth.

Just one day after announcing an anticipated comeback, Hall of Fame broadcaster Dick Vitale said he will have to delay his return due to a health issue unrelated to the cancer that has kept him out of the booth since 2023.