Browns radio announcer Jim Donovan said after Sunday's 24-3 win vs. the Bengals that he will step away from broadcasting as he undergoes leukemia treatment.
“There’s a story to the new look and hairstyle that I’m sporting here tonight,” he said during 3News Front Row. “It was about a year and a half ago that I noticed that something was amiss with my health. And if you’ve known me and if you’ve followed me through the years here at Channel 3 and with the Cleveland Browns, you know that I’ve had a long battle with leukemia to the point where I had a bone marrow transplant about 11 and a half years ago.
He also revealed at the time that he had undergone chemotherapy for the previous 18 months and also taken some intravenous and oral medication. Donovan had been diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in 2000 and had been monitoring his health since having a bone marrow transplant in 2011.columnist Terry Pluto did a three-part series earlier this summer about Donovan as he began his 24th season as the team’s play-by-play radio announcer, which ties him with the late Gib Shanley for the longest tenure in team history. Check out all three parts below.
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