ESPN analyst, former Rutgers basketball assistant Dick Vitale details his day of doctor visits

Beloved ESPN analyst Dick Vitale announced on Wednesday that he has vocal cord cancer. Vitale, who started his college career as an assistant at Rutgers basketball, has detailed what his first day of treatment was like this week.

Having already undergone a previous battle with cancer, Vitale has been upbeat and positive on social media about his cancer diagnosis. In his message on Wednesday, he mentioned that his doctor has told him “to be ready to call games when the college hoops season tips off in the Fall.” That is something that Vitale says is “entirely possible” according to his doctor.

Last April, Vitale’s cancer went into remission. As he did last time, Vitale used social media to show the start of his treatment, something he said he hopes provides comfort and understanding for those also facing a diagnosis of cancer.

He made a couple of social media posts on Friday about where things stand as he begins his six weeks of treatment.

Tributes have poured in online for Vitale, who has thanked his fans for their encouragement.

After several seasons as a high school basketball coach in north Jersey, Vitale spent three years at Rutgers as an assistant beginning in 1971. He went on to coach several seasons in college at Detroit before heading to the NBA and the Detroit Pistons.

In 1979, he became one of ESPN’s first hires and provided commentary for their first college basketball broadcast.

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Story originally appeared on Rutgers Wire