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Daily Mail
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
ESPN anchor Jay Harris makes emotional return after devastating cancer battle
After revealing a shocking cancer diagnosis back in June, a popular ESPN anchor has made his return to television - and received a warm welcome from his colleagues. Jay Harris, who has been with the company for over two decades, made his return to the 'SportsCenter' desk on Saturday. Harris recently underwent surgery for prostate cancer last month, which was a successful procedure. In his first episode back, Harris was welcomed by 'Inside the NBA ' star Charles Barkley, who left a video message for him. Harris' co-host Brian Custer also welcomed the veteran broadcaster with a dap up on the desk. Custer reportedly served as a major help to Harris after undergoing a similar procedure. 'So glad to be back!! Appreciate all the well wishes!!!' Harris, 60, wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. Charles Barkley and @BCusterTV welcomed back @JayHarrisESPN to SportsCenter for his first show since his successful prostate cancer surgery ❤️ — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 12, 2025 Toward the end of June, Harris provided a positive update on his condition. 'My doctor said the surgery went really well – so well, in fact, that the cancer that was in my prostate stayed there,' the 60-year-old married father said in a self-shot social media video. 'Didn't spread to any surrounding areas. So when he took the prostate out, he took that with it. So it's all good. 'There are other details that I won't bore you with. The main thing is, we're all good and looking forward to July 12, getting back to SportsCenter, getting back to work. 'Just home, resting up, chilling,' he continued. 'Appreciate the prayers and the thoughts and the messages and the calls and the deliveries. Thank you so much. Appreciate all the love and I will holler.' Harris has worked for ESPN since 2003 and has become one of the most recognizable faces on the network since his debut - having hosted 'SportsCenter' as well as 'Outside the Lines', 'NFL Live', 'Baseball Tonight', and 'First Take' in the past.
New York Post
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
ESPN's Jay Harris shares major health update after prostate cancer reveal
'SportsCenter' anchor Jay Harris said he is recovering from a successful surgery to remove his prostate after revealing his cancer diagnosis earlier this month. In a social media video posted Monday, the 60-year-old ESPN stalwart explained his prostate cancer did not spread and that he's doing well while recovering at home. 'My doctor said the surgery went really well,' Harris said. 'So well, in fact, that the cancer that was in my prostate stayed there. It didn't spread to any surrounding areas. So when he took the prostate out, he took that with it. So it's all good. Harris added he'll be resting at home and will return to work next month. 'There are other details that I won't bore you with, but the main thing is, we're all good. And [I'm] looking forward to July 12, getting back to 'SportsCenter,' getting back to work. 3 'SportsCenter' anchor Jay Harris said he is recovering from a successful surgery to remove his prostate after he revealed his cancer diagnosis earlier this month. X/Jay Harris 'So just home resting up, chilling. [I] appreciate the prayers and the thoughts — and the messages and the calls and the deliveries, thank you so much. Appreciate all the love and I will holler. Peace.' Harris received an outpouring of support on Instagram from his ESPN colleagues, including Kimberley Martin, Kelsey Riggs and Ryan Clark. 3 'SportsCenter' anchors Hannah Storm and Jay Harris on the ESPN set. ESPN Harris revealed his prostate cancer diagnosis on June 5 during an appearance on 'Good Morning America,' explaining at the time that his doctor was 'quite optimistic' about his prognosis. Around the same time, Harris shared in an essay for ESPN Front Row that he learned of his prostate cancer diagnosis 'over a month ago.' He added his dad 'had a bout with prostate cancer, which he won.' 3 ESPN's Jay Harris attends the 2017 Derek Jeter Celebrity Invitational gala at the Aria Resort & Casino on April 20, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. FilmMagic 'It's jarring news for sure, yet unfortunately, it's not unexpected, given my family history and demographic. Prostate cancer disproportionately affects Black men. My dad had a bout with prostate cancer, which he won. 'I'm 60. It's something I've always been cognizant of, and my doctor and I talk about it every annual visit. And I'm sharing it all with my 26-year-old son. Maybe I'm oversharing at times — lol — but he needs to know.' Harris joined ESPN in February 2003 as an 'ESPNews' anchor.
Daily Mail
23-06-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
ESPN star Jay Harris shares major update amid devastating cancer battle
SportsCenter host and popular ESPN anchor Jay Harris received good news after his recent prostate cancer surgery. 'My doctor said the surgery went really well – so well, in fact, that the cancer that was in my prostate stayed there,' the 60-year-old married father said in a self-shot social media video. 'Didn't spread to any surrounding areas. So when he took the prostate out, he took that with it. So it's all good. There are other details that I won't bore you with. The main thing is, we're all good and looking forward to July 12, getting back to SportsCenter, getting back to work. 'Just home, resting up, chilling,' he continued. 'Appreciate the prayers and the thoughts and the messages and the calls and the deliveries. Thank you so much. Appreciate all the love and I will holler.' Harris' t-shirt in the clip is emblazed with the image of wrestling legend Ric Flair, who recently revealed his second battle with skin cancer. Harris recently announced his prostate cancer diagnosis and his planned surgery on ABC's Good Morning America earlier this month. 'My doctor's quite optimistic, per my last scan, nothing has spread,' he told ABC host and former New York Giants star Michael Strahan. 'So, once we take out the prostate, hopefully that will be it. That's the goal.' So far, so good, as Harris revealed Monday. Harris told Strahan he came forward with his diagnosis to help other men, especially African Americans, see the signs of the disease and get themselves checked. 'Because we don't talk. I was at a golf trip with some buddies of mine and we were just sitting around talking about things that I probably can't talk about on television right now. And I mentioned the news to them, I told them what was going on with me. And then the conversation from there was fantastic,' Harris added. 'By not talking about them, I hate to be morbid, but we sentenced ourselves to death for not talking. They had no idea until I brought it up.' Harris also revealed that his dad had the same disease. The broadcaster also stated that men should take a cue from women and get regular health check-ups. Harris' frequent co-anchor Hannah Storm was diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer last year and has been checking in on her on-screen partner throughout the process. Fellow ESPNer and former Showtime boxing announcer Brian Custer has also been a help after undergoing a similar surgery, Harris said.
BBC News
21-06-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Toy car 'parked illegally' in sewers in Cornwall
A water firm has asked the public to be more careful of what they flush away after a "bizarre collection" of items were found washed down from South West Water (SWW) said they had found various items in the sewers including a toy car in Hayle, a plastic Iron Man model in Penzance and a traffic cone and football in said blockages in pipework caused by inappropriate items caused a variety of problems including Harris, SWW director of waste water operations, said: "We're always working to stay prepared for the unexpected, but when a toy car was parked illegally in a sewer pipe, we knew this wasn't your average day." Mr Harris added: "It's amazing what turns up in our sewers and we really don't know how these mysterious items get there."He said SWW's teams were "constantly battling with culprits like wet wipes, cooking fat and cotton pads"."But sometimes we have a little surprise," added waste water operations manager Jenny said: "Some more recent finds have been a toy car that's blocked the sewer, a football, we've had traffic cones and once upon time we found a toy kids scooter."So yes, we never quite know what we may find when we're doing CCTV and sometimes we can't understand how an item the size that it is has managed to find its way into our sewer."The water firm clears about 8,500 avoidable blockages each year "at a cost of millions", Mr Harris Eamer said: "Sewer pipes can be all sizes, they're not all big sort of London huge ones you can walk down."Be careful about what you're putting down sinks and the toilet. "All we really want are our three Ps, which is pee, paper and poo."
New York Times
10-06-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Is Thomas Frank ready to make the step up to Tottenham?
Following the announcement that Tottenham Hotspur had parted ways with head coach Ange Postecoglou — the man who ended the club's 17-year trophy drought — their attention quickly shifted to Brentford's Thomas Frank. The 51-year-old Dane has firmly established Brentford in the Premier League since earning promotion in 2021 but the Spurs job would represent a significant step up. Advertisement On the latest episode of The Athletic FC Podcast, Adam Leventhal was joined by Tottenham writer Jay Harris and Seb Stafford-Bloor to discuss whether Frank is ready to take the reins at Spurs. A partial transcript has been edited for clarity and length. The full episode is available to watch on YouTube below or listen via The Athletic FC Podcast's feed on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Adam Leventhal: Seb, how do you think Frank will deal with the tumble dryer of Tottenham? Seb Stafford-Bloor: I've never seen anything that makes me think he wouldn't deal with it well. He seems to be a really balanced person, thoughtful and intelligent, and his man-management is very good. I don't think there are many egos at Tottenham, even though Spurs players will be earning more in wages. But you're not talking about going from Brentford to Real Madrid. Where the difficulty lies is in the context of the situation. When the new season starts, there will be a lot of people in the stadium who still hanker after Ange Postecoglou, and who are still emotionally in Bilbao. You could make a case that this is one of the hardest times to become a new Tottenham head coach in recent memory. If he can deliver quickly and show competence, flexibility, tactical acumen, and knock over a couple of big teams in the Champions League, people will get on board. Postecoglou would become this historic legacy figure who allowed a new era to happen. It's going to be hard because Tottenham's summers are really difficult. It's only June and people are already getting nervous. We're already hearing conversations starting with comments like, 'We haven't done anything for two weeks, but look at what Manchester City are doing. Liverpool are about to sign Florian Wirtz and they've already signed Jeremie Frimpong, but Tottenham have done nothing'. It doesn't take much for people to get really nervous and negative, so these are the difficulties. But you just can't know. Jay Harris: Replacing Postecoglou is really tricky. Thomas Frank started badly at Brentford and at Brondby in Denmark, he didn't win any of his first eight games there. But there's no major international competition in Europe this summer, so he can go into pre-season and have a bit more time with the players. Advertisement They go on tour to Hong Kong and Korea, but they're only there for a week, which is shorter than last year when they went for two weeks. But he will get a significant chunk of time to work with the players early doors. Whereas last year, I can remember a lot of Spurs players were all over the place. Cristian Romero reached the Copa America final, and lots of players got to the latter stages of the Euros, including Micky van de Ven. So that will help Thomas Frank. I'm intrigued to see how he handles the media because when I covered Brentford for three years, he was always fantastic, very warm and very friendly. But a lot of the time, there were not that many people at those press conferences, especially for Brentford's away games. I would often be the only Brentford reporter there. At Spurs, he's going to have 10 or 12 people turn up every Friday to hear his thoughts, it's going to go on for ages, and we're going to pick the same wounds over and over again. So it'll be interesting to see if he still bats those questions away and deals with them well, or if he finds that step up in focus and scrutiny challenging. He's said multiple times that he's had 'close to the perfect football life at Brentford', and that he'd only leave if it was for a special project. Well, it's fair to say Spurs is going to be a difficult project, and I don't think he'll have 'close to the perfect football life' anymore. But he will have the right attitude and try to make a success of it. You can listen to full episodes of The Athletic FC Podcast free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and watch on YouTube.
