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Former ESPN Insider Adrian Wojnarowski Shares He Has Prostate Cancer [Video]

Adrian Wojnarowski has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the longtime ESPN basketball reporter revealed in a new interview this week.

Wojnarowski, 55, first spoke about the diagnosis in a profile about his recent career change published by Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix this week.

The longtime NBA insider says he was diagnosed in March after two blood tests the previous month showed elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and his doctor recommended taking a biopsy.

Wonjarowski told SI the cancer is “pretty limited in scope” and that he has no symptoms. “When you hear ‘cancer,’ you think about it going through your body like Pac-Man,” the longtime reporter said, adding that he now goes for quarterly checkups to monitor the disease. “Prostate cancer, it generally stays confined to your prostate and is typically slow growing.”

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Wojnarowski — widely known among sports fans and reporters simply as “Woj” — later wrote on Xthat he hopes discussing his …

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