ESPN “Sportscenter” anchor Jay Harris revealed Thursday that he had received a diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Sportscaster, 60 Written for the first row espn. Harris is planned for surgery on June 10.
“I will be far from” sportscenter “for about a month to recover, then I come back, better than ever,” said Harris, who has anchored the show since 2015.
Harris said he had received an “optimistic” prognosis from his doctors and, according to his last scan, “nothing has spread”.
“Once we released the prostate, I hope it will be that. That's the goal,” he noted.
Harris said he was made public with the news in part because men “did not speak” openly from their health and that he hopes to encourage others to have conversations that could potentially save lives.
“We must all talk about these things because we all have them in our families,” said Harris, whose father and cousins ​​also had prostate cancer. “I hate being morbid but we condemn ourselves to death for not having spoken.”
In his article for ESPN in the front row, Harris wrote that he had been diagnosed with cancer last month, and although “shakes”, it was not entirely unexpected given his family history and demographics.
“Prostate cancer Disproportionately affect black men“, He said.” This is something that I have always been aware of, and my doctor and I are talking about each annual visit. And I share all this with my 26 year old son. Maybe I sometimes surpose – lol – but he needs to know.
