Digger Phelps, former basketball coach of Notre Dame, was told by his physician on Monday, July 1, that after six weeks of intensive treatment for bladder cancer, he is now cancer free. Phelps, a prostate cancer survivor, was dianosed with bladder cancer in April 2013. Less than three months later, his doctor gave him the good news.
He [his doctor] said, “You’re cancer-free; you’re fine,” said Phelps, who spoke to the South Bend Tribune during Tuesday’s Weekday Sportsbeat on WSBT radio. “I got a little emotional. I was tearful when I thought about it.”
Phelps, no stranger to cancer, beat prostate cancer more than three years ago.
Video shows Digger Phelps speaking about getting the message to men about prostate cancer.
Phelps is most recognized as the former coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s basketball team from 1971 to 1991. Since 1993, Phelps has served as an analyst on ESPN.
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