 Pets don't understand that time. They just hear the loud noises. Allison Keys, CBS News. Longtime ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale will undergo surgery on Tuesday. He said this week on social media that he's been diagnosed with cancer for a fourth time. Friday, he said a biopsy of a lymph node in his neck showed cancer. He's 85. He's previously been treated for melanoma, lymphoma, and vocal cord cancer.