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DEION SANDERS, the Colorado Buffaloese head coach, revealed that he needed his bladder removed following a cancer diagnosis during the offseason, but he does not intend to move away from his work.
The Temple of Professional Football Devin Hester, a good friend of Sanders, was not surprised at all to learn that he is always attached to the Buffaloes program.
“I do not think it’s surprising,” he told PK Press Club Digital on Monday after his time with the members of the service “Salute to Service Boot Camp” of the USAA to the installation of Chicago Bears. “When you know Deion Sanders and you know what type of person he is, that’s what he likes. He loves football. He loves young boys in men. This is what he feeds. He is his passion. He is his heart.
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Devin Hester, on the left, cries while he embraces Daion Sanders at the renowned temple of 2024 football conducive the dinner of the golden jacket in the canton Memorial Civic Center. (Scott Galvin / USA TODAY SPORTS)
“I knew he was not going to move away from the game because he is still young and he always appreciates him.”
Hester and Sanders have had a solid relationship for years, and when the first joined the latter at the Temple of Professional Football last year, the emotions of the legend of the Bears could not be contained when he embraces Sanders after receiving his golden jacket from him.
So, knowing the person that Sanders is on and out of the field, Hester understands why “the coach prime” always wants to be on the sidelines despite his medical situation.
Deion Sanders reveals that he fought bladder cancer
“He has the possibility for many men who dream of coaching and dreams of being part of something special,” added Hester. “He opens doors, and that is how he looks at things in life. He opened doors not only for himself, but for his peers and the great men around him. He used him to his advantage, and it is something he was blessed with God, to be in this situation where he can bless other young men.
“He takes advantage of it, and he makes sure he does the right thing.”
Sanders and medical officials held a press conference on Monday to approach the health of the coach, during which Deputy Sports Coach of Colorado Lauren Askevold and Dr. Janet Kukreja in UC Health broke the calendar of his diagnosis and his cancer surgery.
Askevold noted that Sanders had an act scanner of his vascular model to verify if his blood clots were absent. Although everything was checked in this regard, Sanders’ primary care doctor wanted to refer it to an urologist, which finally led Kukreja, director of urological oncology at UC Health, to give a look at Sanders.
According to Askevold, Sanders’ primary care doctor told him that he had a bladder tumor.
Colorado head coach, Deion Sanders, speaks during the Big 12 NCAA College Football Media Day in Frisco, Texas, Wednesday July 9, 2025. (Photo / lm otero)
“We have eliminated the bladder tumor. We removed the tumor. It was very high, invading the wall of the bladder, not in the muscle layer, something that we call non -invasive bladder cancer,” said Kukreja.
Sanders then elected for the withdrawal of the bladder and the creation of a new bladder after Kukreja denounced his options.
“I am delighted to point out that the results of the surgery are that it is cured of cancer,” she said.
Sanders’ health has been a concern for months now, because it was previously a mystery with which he was dealing. He also revealed Sunday in a video published by his son, Deion Sanders Jr., whom he made a will in the middle of his health battles. The video was shot on May 9.
“Mentally, emotionally, last night was difficult, yesterday was difficult, because I had to do a will. It is not at all easy to think that you may not be here,” he said in the video.
The former temple player of the Devin Hester renown receives a ring of excellence at halftime of the match between the Bears of Chicago and the Packers from Green Bay to Soldier Field. (Daniel Bartel / Imagn Images)
Sanders said in the Big 12 Media Days that he was now ready to embark on another season of Buffaloes, where he is a new group with his son, Shedeur Sanders, and the winner of Heisman Travis Hunter ready to face their seasons recruited in the NFL.
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Meanwhile, in Chicago, Hester took the ground after the Bears had their last training camp firm to place the military through a real combination thanks to the USAA, the official partner of the NFL.
These training camps include exercises similar to those used by NFL coaches to assess talents at the NFL screening combination, including the dashboard of 40 yards, the wide jump, the three -side shuttle and more.
These training camps have been in place for years, but they now have a live ranking to capture and monitor participants’ scores in real time, which said that Hester has added tons of competitiveness among people on the field.
“It was very exciting, and it was a unique situation among these guys and seeing them have fun. In the end, they all had fun and competed, so it was a great cause for today,” said Hester about the experience.
The temple of renown of professional football Devin Hester was not surprised to hear the friend Deion Sanders wanted to continue training despite a recent battle against cancer. (Getty Images)
“I can identify with them because I have a few cousins who are my age that were in these types of services. Just to choose the brain of these guys, their daily routine, and it is similar to the stories that my family told me. Of course, family members were also football fans, so they had the opportunity to choose my brain as well as there was a great time.
