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V Week 2021 - As Dick Vitale battles cancer, his legacy shines brightly in the next generation of cancer fighters he helped inspire

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Art Korney will never forget the day he found out his son Coleton had cancer.

Coleton Korney was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a type of tumor that forms on bone or tissue. At the hospital, shortly after hearing his son's diagnosis, Art Korney got a phone call.

"An absolute low of our lives and he calls you up," Korney said. "He said, 'This is Dick Vitale.