LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Bob Valvano, a mainstay on radio broadcasts of Louisville men's basketball games, has been diagnosed with leukemia and an aorta aneurysm, he announced Monday on social media.
"I don't know when or if I need treatment for leukemia," the Cards' color analyst wrote in a tweet. "But prognosis good says Doc!"
https://www.wdrb.com/sports/u-of-l-sport...5c6be.html
Poor guy!! I am sure that is tough!! Will be keeping him in my prayers.
Get well Bob...one of my favorite basketball guys
Thanks CJ for letting us know.
Bob announced last week, the cancer is in remission...great news for him and for medical science in fighting stage 4 leukemia!
(08-14-2021 11:19 AM)dgrace4cards Wrote: [ -> ]Bob announced last week, the cancer is in remission...great news for him and for medical science in fighting stage 4 leukemia!
Wow! This is great news! We must think about his brothers legacy for a moment, the Jimmy V Foundation. This is a short excerpt from Jimmy V’s famous speech at the ESPY’s in 1993:
“We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children’s lives. It may save someone you love. And it’s very important. And ESPN has been so kind to support me in this endeavor and allow me to announce tonight, that with ESPN’s support, which means what? Their money and their dollars and they’re helping me—we are starting the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research. And its motto is, “Don’t give up . . . don’t ever give up.”
Maybe, just maybe the work from the foundation contributed to saving and prolonging his own brother’s life. I think that’s really cool when you think about it.