Boston Globe columnist and 98.5 sports radio host Chris Gasper shares prostate cancer diagnosis
"I love sports, but some things are much bigger than sports. I encourage you all not to take your health for granted."
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ESPN’s Dick Vitale announces melanoma diagnosis, will begin treatment soon
"I'm four-for-four, and I'm fully confident I'm going to make it five-for-five."
49ers’ radio announcer Greg Papa preparing for bone marrow transplant from sister
"I just wish my mom and dad were alive to see one of their children saving their other child's life. It would be pretty amazing."
Holly Rowe shares heartwarming story about Nick Saban’s support during cancer battle
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away - Miss Terry and Nick Saban"
49ers radio broadcaster Greg Papa announces cancer diagnosis, steps away from broadcasting
"As I fully focus on my treatment and work toward a full recovery, I’m stepping away from my broadcasts but look forward to returning soon."
ESPN’s Jay Harris provides update on cancer battle, return to ‘SportsCenter’
"I'm looking forward to July 12, getting back to SportsCenter and getting back to work."
Jim Ross offers encouraging update following colon cancer surgery
"Progress is good. I believe they got all the cancer, which is great."
Legendary pro wrestling announcer Jim Ross reveals cancer diagnosis
The announcement comes amid a slew of health issues for the pro wrestling legend in recent years.
Woody Paige lambasts Lauren Boebert: ‘Stupidest questions I’ve ever heard’
"The luckiest person in Colorado is Lauren Boebert."
Longtime Dodgers radio voice Charley Steiner says cancer in remission
"Remission is a beautiful word."
Dick Vitale is battling cancer again
A biopsy found cancer in Vitale's lymph nodes.
Dick Vitale is cancer-free and poised to work for ESPN this fall
"I’m really optimistic that the future is really bright for what you want to do, returning to the court."
Dick Vitale says he ‘feels like he won the lottery’ after vocal cord surgery
Dick Vitale's voice is back, baby.
Dick Vitale releases new book to benefit his V Foundation pediatric cancer research fund
Proceeds from Until My Last Breath: Fighting Cancer with My Young Heroes will benefit the Dick Vitale Pediatric Cancer Research Fund at the V Foundation for Cancer Research.
Tony Granato talks cancer battle on NHL on TNT, describes his bald haircut as ‘The Panger’
"You just kind of build yourself back up between the chemo weeks, and today, I feel great."
Michael Strahan’s daughter Isabella, 19, announces brain tumor diagnosis
"I just hope anyone who sees this knows that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and that things will get better."
ESPN’s Chris Evert will miss Australian Open due to cancer recurrence
Evert was originally diagnosed with ovarian cancer in January of 2022.
Dick Vitale speaks publicly for first time in months, announces plans for broadcast return
"You’re the first people hearing my voice in a long, long time."
Barry Melrose stepping away from ESPN after Parkinson’s diagnosis
Melrose is stepping away from the ESPN family, to spend more time with his.
Eli Gold says he will call Alabama football games this season following stage 3 cancer
"You've got to fight. You can't give up. I learned that."
Dick Vitale issues statement revealing he has vocal cancer
"I plan to fight like hell to be ready to call games when the college hoops season tips off in the Fall."
Philly sports radio host John Kincade stepping away from show after cancer diagnosis
"I’m expecting a fantastic outcome, because that’s the attitude that I have."
After losing 148 pounds amidst cancer battle, Eli Gold hopes to return to call Alabama football this fall
"The doctors told Claudette, my wife -- they told her a couple of times that I might not make it through the night."
After The Ringer’s Jonathan Tjarks passed away at 34 following battle with rare cancer, a GoFundMe page is helping his family
Tjarks had been battling a rare sarcoma since 2021, and had written about that for The Ringer.
“That’s like him not having breath, Dick not talking”: Graham Bensinger talks with Dick Vitale, family, and doctors on Vitale’s treatment
Dick Vitale and his family spoke to Graham Bensinger about the challenges of Vitale's cancer and vocal cord dysplasia treatments, and Vitale's wife and daughter told Bensinger how hard it was to see him unable to talk.
