Former ESPN reporter Adrian “Woj” Wojnarowski revealed on Thursday he was identified with prostate most cancers a number of months earlier than his sudden retirement from the community.
Wonjarowski, ESPN’s resident NBA insider, give up the high-paying job in September to grow to be the overall supervisor of the boys’s basketball crew at his alma mater, St. Bonaventure, in southwestern New York.
“Time isn’t in endless supply and I want to spend mine in ways that are more personally meaningful,” he wrote in his retirement announcement on the time.
On Thursday, he confirmed that assertion was a reference to his well being.
“That was about the cancer,” Wojnarowski informed Sports activities Illustrated’s Chris Mannix.
He stated he discovered of his prognosis simply earlier than an episode of “NBA Countdown” in early March after present process rounds of blood checks, an MRI and a biopsy.
The 55-year-old stated the scenario has given him readability on the larger image of life and the way he intends to reside his remaining years.
“I didn’t want to spend one more day of my life waiting on someone’s MRI or hitting an agent at 1 a.m. about an ankle sprain,” Wonjarowski stated.
“It made me remember that the job isn’t everything,” he informed Sports activities Illustrated. “In the end it’s just going to be your family and close friends. … Nobody remembers [who broke a story first] in the end. It’s just vapor.”
Wojnarowski stated his prognosis is sweet and that he’s presently symptom-free.
“When you hear cancer, you think about it going through your body like Pac-Man,” he stated. “Prostate cancer, it generally stays confined to your prostate and is typically slow growing.”
