It's awesome, baby. Dick Vitale received his first broadcasting assignment from ESPN this season, marking his return to the air for the first time since 2023. Vitale battled four types of cancer for more than three years and is only months removed from a 2024 surgery to address a lymph node in his neck diagnosed as cancer. ESPN announced Friday that the Hall of Fame broadcaster is scheduled to be on the call of Duke at Wake Forest on Jan. 25 in Winston Salem, N.C. Vitale's most recent game assignment was April 3, 2023, calling the international broadcast of the San Diego State vs.