Canuck reveals cancer diagnosis
Dakota Joshua won't be at the Vancouver Canucks training camp this week in Penticton and with good reason: He's dealing with testicular cancer.
The bruising forward revealed his diagnosis in a statement released Tuesday through the team's social media channels.
He found a lump on one of his testicles this summer, he said, and after examination by doctors, they found it was a cancerous tumour.
“This news was obviously scary to hear, but thankfully, doctors were able to successfully remove the tumour,” he said in his statement.
“The last several weeks have been extremely challenging and I've been fortunate to have the support of my family, friends, teammates, and doctors.”
Joshua said he hoped to return to action as soon as possible, but revealed no timeline.
— Patrick Johnston
COLORADO PLAYS BIG 12
For the first time in 14 years, the Colorado Buffaloes will play a Big 12 league game. So don't even try to rain on the program's big weekend.
Colorado coach Deion Sanders quickly pulled out his phone to consult his weather app when told there was a chance of showers Saturday night against Baylor.
“We've got rain? What forecast you got?” Sanders said Tuesday at his weekly news conference. “I'm one of those good weather (people) — when you say 60% (rain), I say there's a 40% chance that it won't.”
“We know we've got to win no matter who's on the opposing side,” said Sanders, whose team finished its nonconference schedule with a 2-1 mark. “But no, we don't say, 'Oh, this is a conference game. We've got to go harder. If you've got to go harder, you shouldn't be going anyway.”
The last time the Buffaloes played a Big 12 conference game was Nov.
26, 2010, in a 45-17 loss at Nebraska. Colorado relocated to the Pac-12 in 2011 before returning to the Big 12 this season.