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NJ's Woj, Famed NBA Insider, Drops Cancer Diagnosis Bomb: Report NJ's Woj, Famed NBA Insider, Drops Cancer Diagnosis Bomb: Report
NJ's Woj, Famed NBA Insider, Drops Cancer Diagnosis Bomb: Report Adrian Wojnarowski, a Glen Rock resident who became the preeminent NBA insider for ESPN before his shocking retirement in September, revealed to Sports Illustrated he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year. In a profile about his retirement, Wojnarowski, known for his "Woj bombs" that altered the NBA landscape, discussed his decision to leave a job that paid him $7.3 million annually to become general manager of the St. Bonaventure college basketball team, making $75,000, living in an apartment above a bar in upstate New York. Last February, blood tests revealed Wojn…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
'WE'RE FAMILY': Glen Rock Police, Colleagues Rally For Dad Of 6 Fighting Esophageal Cancer 'WE'RE FAMILY': Glen Rock Police, Colleagues Rally For Dad Of 6 Fighting Esophageal Cancer
'WE'RE Family': Glen Rock Police, Colleagues Rally For Dad Of 6 Fighting Esophageal Cancer Glen Rock police are banding with their brothers and sisters in blue in Ridgewood, Franklin Lakes and Ho-Ho-Kus to help a borough family struck by cancer. The esophageal cancer diagnosis came for Bob Allison, a father of six, in July. “The primary tumor was about 4.5 cm,” according to the Glen Rock PBA. “There was a smaller 4 mm tumor in the upper esophagus, and a few cancerous lymph nodes.” Initial chemotherapy rounds weren’t effective. Allison has begun a new chemo treatment, along with radiation, to be followed by surgery in January or February. Glen Rock police are dedicating this y…

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by Jerry DeMarco