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Former Pittsburgh TV News Anchor Reveals Cancer Battle
A former Pittsburgh TV news anchor has been diagnosed with cancer.
PITTSBURGH, PA — Former Pittsburgh TV news anchor Jay Harris, who now anchors ESPN SportsCenter, has disclosed he is suffering from cancer.
Appearing on ABC's "Good Morning America" Thursday, Harris said he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will undergo surgery next week.
"My doctor is quite optimistic," Harris said. "Per my last scan, nothing has spread, so once we, you know, take out the prostate, hopefully that will be it. That's the goal."
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Harris said the surgery will keep him off the air for about a month.
Harris, 60, has been with ESPN since 2003.
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Before joining the sports network, Harris worked for many years at WPGH-TV in Pittsburgh as a weeknight news anchor. He also has local morning radio news experience at WAMO-FM and national news experience at American Urban Radio Networks, also in Pittsburgh.
He also did local radio news at WOWI-FM in Norfolk.
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