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. UConn national championship for ESPN.Vitale announced on Jan. 8 that he was cancer-free, the most recent disclosure in the health battle he chose to make public through social media platforms.”I am absolutely ecstatic and I can’t believe this is happening after going through five major vocal cord surgeries, 65 radiation treatments and chemotherapy for six months,” Vitale, 85, said. “It’s been a very tough journey, but all of the prayers and messages from the beautiful fans have inspired me. I just hope that I can offer the people some basketball insights that can bring even more excitement to the game.”In 2021, Vitale was diagnosed with lymphoma, which followed multiple surgeries to remove melanoma. In 2022, he announced he was cancer-free. Then in 2023, he was diagnosed with vocal cord cancer and underwent radiation.