Sports media: Former KNBR host diagnosed with cancer
Longtime Bay Area sports-talk personality Ray Woodson announced this week that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Woodson, who retired from his radio duties in 2017, revealed the news via a video on Twitter. He told his followers that a recent PSA test showed “elevated levels” of the prostate-specific antigen.
In his video announcement, Woodson took a defiant stance.
“I’m going to fight it,” he said. “I’m not going anywhere.”
Woodson, who enjoyed a long tenure at KNBR (680-AM) before finishing up at KGMZ (95.7 FM — The Game), revealed that his father died from prostate cancer 30 years ago.
“So I knew it was a possibility,” he said. “After he passed, I made a promise to my stepmother to get tested every year. I’ve done that … .”
Before closing, he encouraged men over the age to 50 to get regularly tested, pointing out that the cure rate for the disease is over 90 percent if detected early.
“It’s a sneaky little bastard,” he said. “You don’t have to show symptoms to have the disease.”
Though Woodson is no longer a sports-talk radio reporter/host, he remains connected to the Bay Area sports scene as the co-host of the “Dubs OT” weekly podcast, covering Warriors news.
An announcement before I take an extended timeout: pic.twitter.com/A0Uj4pCBM7
— Ray Woodson (@RayWoodson925) July 16, 2019