Adrian Wojnarowski, aka Woj, has revealed the true purpose behind his shock exit from ESPN, after being on the outlet since 2017.
The previous lead NBA insider was identified with prostate most cancers six months earlier than he determined to depart, Sports activities Illustrated reported on Thursday.
Woj left ESPN to turn into the final supervisor for the lads’s basketball program at his alma mater, St. Bonaventure and hinted at his prognosis on the time, he says.
“Time isn’t in infinite provide and I wish to spend mine in methods which might be extra personally significant,” he wrote.
And instructed SI this week, “That was concerning the most cancers.”
He underwent a biopsy after two blood exams revealed an elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and acquired the information of the the prognosis simply minutes earlier than showing on a video name for NBA Countdown.
“Once you hear most cancers, you concentrate on it going via your physique like Pac-Man,” Woj defined “Prostate most cancers, it typically stays confined to your prostate and is often gradual rising.”
The most cancers is “fairly restricted in scope,” and Wojnarowski says he’s asymptomatic, doesn’t presently want surgical procedure and can hold monitoring the most cancers for any adjustments.
He additionally made it clear the most cancers wasn’t the only real purpose he left ESPN.
“I didn’t wish to spend yet another day of my life ready on somebody’s MRI or hitting an agent at 1 a.m. about an ankle sprain,” Wojnarowski instructed Sports activities Illustrated.
The 55-year-old instructed SI that the loss of life of longtime NFL insider Chris Mortensen from throat most cancers made him rethink what was essential to him.
“It made me keep in mind that the job isn’t every thing,” Woj says. “Ultimately it’s simply going to be your loved ones and shut associates. And it’s additionally, like, no person provides a s—. No person remembers [breaking stories] in the long run. It’s simply vapor.”
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