Legendary sports broadcaster Dick Vitale, 85, encountered a 'tough fall' at home, revealing that his return to the booth would have to be postponed following his hospitalization.

Hall of Fame broadcaster Dick Vitale's expected return to action will be delayed after the broadcaster announced Saturday he suffered an accident at his home that will cause him to take some time to recover.

Dick Vitale said he will have to delay his return to the broadcast booth as he's "recovering from a tough fall."

Dick Vitale was set to return to college basketball broadcasting next week after a multi-year cancer battle. He now has to wait a little longer. ESPN released a statement from Vitale on Saturday explaining that an accident at his home in Florida had left him with "new health challenges and near-term physical limitations,

Dick Vitale’s planned return to the broadcast booth is being put on hold after an accident that created “near-term physical limitations,” ESPN said Saturday. The accident, which the 85-year-old Hall of Fame broadcaster said he suffered at his home in Florida, is not related to the four cancer battles he’s had for the past three and a half years.

Dick Vitale’s return to broadcasting following cancer treatments will be delayed after the ESPN college basketball analyst had an accident at his Florida home.

Dick Vitale will grace the ESPN airwaves to call his first game in almost two years, week after the college basketball icon announced he is cancer-free.

Vitale has been with ESPN since 1979, calling ESPN’s first-ever NCAA game. He’s called over 1000 games in his career and has been inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame.

Dick Vitale is set to return to the booth for Duke and Wake Forest's January 25 clash, and the basketball community couldn't be happier.