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David Pollack gives 'stunning' update on wife's cancer fight

The former Georgia star and broadcaster says the news in his wife Lindsey's brain cancer battle is great, and the couple can't fully explain it.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorGeorgia football great David Pollack says his wife Lindsey has received stunning news in her fight against brain cancer.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo this is a good-news update, Hank. For people who missed the earlier chapters, who is David Pollack?

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe's a former Georgia defensive star who went on to play in the NFL and then became a well-known broadcaster.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd Lindsey is his wife. What exactly happened in this latest update?

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe New York Post reports the couple received great news amid her battle with brain cancer, and David Pollack calls it stunning.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe is quoted saying, we don't understand it, which is how the Post headlines the story.

  7. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorDo we know the medical details, like what the doctors found or what changed?

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe details are the family's to share, and the Post's summary doesn't lay out the specifics of the results. We'll stick to what they've said.

  9. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFair enough. How did we get here? Because this fight has been public for a while.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLindsey's brain cancer fight has drawn real sympathy from football fans, and David has talked about it openly as a broadcaster.

  11. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo who does this news affect most?

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFirst, the Pollack family, of course. And beyond them, a lot of Georgia and college football fans who have followed along and rooted for her.

  13. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIs there any debate here, any competing view of the story?

  14. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNot really. This is a family sharing an update, and the only tension is how cautious to be about one good report.

  15. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCancer is unpredictable, and a family saying they don't understand it is pretty human. Most of us wouldn't either.

  16. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRight. Doctors often can't explain why one patient responds the way they do, and the family isn't claiming to.

  17. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWhat should people watch for next?

  18. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhether the Pollacks share more about her treatment. It's not clear yet whether they will, and that's their decision.

  19. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd the reaction from the football world has been warm, from what we're seeing.

  20. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt usually is for the Pollacks. Fans of rival schools tend to put the jerseys aside for something like this.

  21. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo the one-sentence version is, a family facing brain cancer got great news and says they can't fully explain it.

  22. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's it. Good news is allowed to be good news without a full explanation attached.

  23. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWe're wishing Lindsey and David all the best.

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