Adrian Wojnarowski reveals cancer diagnosis after stunning ESPN exit
He left ESPN to become the general manager for the men’s basketball program at his alma mater, St. Bonaventure.
Former ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March, six months before his shocking retirement from the network.
The news was revealed in a Sports Illustrated profile of the 55-year-old published Thursday morning, in which he said his prognosis is good.
When Wojnarowski said in his statement announcing he was leaving ESPN that “time isn’t in endless supply,” that was a reference to his cancer, he told SI.
He underwent a biopsy after two blood tests revealed an elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and received the diagnosis minutes before appearing remotely on “NBA Countdown.”
“When you hear cancer, you think about it going through your body like Pac-Man,” Wojnarowski told SI. “Prostate cancer, it generally stays confined to your prostate and is typically slow growing.”
The cancer is “pretty limited in scope,” Wojnarowski says. He’s asymptomatic, does not currently need surgery and will have the cancer monitored.