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A family member of a lost victim of the 9/11 attacks at the 2019 memo- amid the COVID-19 pandemic Page 4 rial service in Lower Manhattan. PHOTO BY TODD MAISEL BATTLING Ed Randall devotes his PROSTATE CANCER life to prostate cancer awareness

New York market but at pital referrals, provide BY JOE the turn of the new mil- educational materials, PANTORNO lennium, Randall faced and, most recently, host joseph.pantorno @metro.us a challenge that was far bi-weekly men’s health more harrowing than support groups,” Ran- sports media. dall said. “Given that For more than four In 1999, a 47-year-old there will be approxi- decades, Ed Randall has Randall was faced with mately 33,000 deaths been a familiar voice the unimaginable that nationwide in 2020, we and a mainstay on the so many men have gone pledge to commit all airwaves, becoming through as he was di- of our human and fi- synonymous with base- agnosed with prostate nancial resources to in- ball and one of New cancer after a routine crease the number of York’s greatest sports- annual physical that men who will live with- entertainment exports. showed elevated levels the disease rather than Rising to fame in prostate-specific anti- die of it.” in the 1980s with gen (PSA), a protein pro- For those numbers his show,Talking duced by the prostate to improve, men must Baseball,Randall re- gland which helps de- clear the all-too-often corded 500 half-hour tect prostate cancer. hurdle that comes with television shows with “As with most men, the anxiety of just go- what he describes as there were no symp- ing to the doctor. All too “the greatest baseball toms,” Randall said. often there is unease at legends you can imag- “Besides being stopped the thought of hearing ine,” ranging from in my tracks by the bad news, which is why to Ted word ‘cancer,’ I was also many won’t get checked Williams, to , struck by how few of my up. to Cal Ripken, and even friends or colleagues “If you worried about Hollywood star and knew anything at all being scolded by a doc- noted fan, about the disease. All I PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK tor for no annual physi- Bill Murray. knew was that guys in Ed Randall cals in 20 years, then He’s worked on the ra- their forties were not remember to nod vigor- dio, served as an emer- supposed to get this dis- lumbia Medical Center. tion to both extend and help of some big-time ously, don’t interrupt, gency broadcaster for ease.” With his diagnosis save lives. When caught names throughout the and the speech will be tele- According to the and later, his recovery, a early, the survival rate years, ranging from for- over in a minute,” Ran- casts, and even filled in American Cancer So- vow was made. of prostate cancer is mer dall advised. “Then you for legendary Yankee ciety, prostate cancer “During treatment, nearly 100%. linebacker, Harry Car- and your doctor can get Stadium PA announcer will affect 1 in 9 men I made a promise to In order to do so, son, to Baseball Hall of about the important Bob Sheppard. during their lifetimes myself to use my plat- he enabled the help of Famer Andre Dawson, business of taking con- “Numbah 23, Don and is the second most form to help make men some of the organiza- and 10-time MLB All- trol of your health, im- Mattingly. First base. common type of cancer more aware of this hor- tions that got him to Star Steve Garvey, who proving how you feel Numbah 23,” he remi- found in American men. rible disease and how where he is today — serves as a chairman of each day, and extending nisced while doing his It is generally found in to make informed deci- most notably, Minor Fans for the Cure. your life.” best Sheppard impres- older men, with the av- sions about dealing with League Baseball. All three had battles Now over 20 years sion. erage age at diagnosis it,” he said. Since 2007, Fans for with prostate cancer, cancer-free, the 69-year- No one could possibly being approximately 66. So, in 2003, Randall the Cure has visited and their reach helps old Randall continues fill the shoes of the man Thankfully for Ran- founded Fans for the more than 1,200 ball- spread the good work to do the work he loves, nicknamed “The Voice dall, it was detected Cure, a non-profit orga- parks across 39 states that Randall’s organiza- hopping on the radio, of God,” who served as early, and he was able nization that helps men and was designated as tion is doing. talking baseball, and the soundtrack to sum- to make a full recovery recognize the risks of the official homegrown “We coordinate PSA helping ensure that men mer days in thanks to the care of Dr. prostate cancer while charity of Minor League screenings, sponsor across America don’t for so many years, but Nick Romas, now at New broadcasting the im- Baseball in 2009. medical seminars, of- miss life’s moments be- Randall’s rise to success York-Presbyterian at Co- portance of early detec- He’s also enlisted the fer physician and hos- cause of prostate cancer. is just as sentimental for New Yorkers rooting for the hometown kid. “I’m a son of the Bronx. It was where I discovered baseball,” Randall said. “I am a product of 12 years of Catholic school educa- tion at All Hallows con- veniently located three blocks from Yankee Sta- dium.” Over the decades, the show moved from TV FANS FOR THE CURE to radio in the volatile Randall (right) with 1969 Mets legends (from left to right) , , , and .

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