Minnesota sports broadcaster Marney Gellner breast cancer-free after surgery
Beloved Minnesota sports broadcaster Marney Gellner says she is cancer-free after undergoing surgery.
Gellner announced in March that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and would have to undergo a lumpectomy. However, she revealed in an update Monday evening that she ended up having a single mastectomy, but now requires no further treatment.
"2 weeks ago today, I had a single mastectomy. Definitely not part of the original plan, but sometimes the plan changes and you gotta pivot like Ross Geller," she tweeted.
"I finally got clear margins and I am now breast cancer free! No further treatment needed."
The Bally Sports North host continued to encourage women, particularly those over the age of 40, to get regular mammograms, saying: "Let’s forever give a hoot about our hoots!"
"It’s been an absolute roller coaster of emotions, but I remain extremely thankful and grateful that this was found so early. What a blessing! Early detection is SO IMPORTANT!" she added.
A personal health update: 2 weeks ago today, I had a single mastectomy. Definitely not part of the original plan, but sometimes the plan changes and you gotta pivot like Ross Geller. I finally got clear margins and I am now breast cancer free! No further treatment needed 🙌🙏 pic.twitter.com/jaOwI04xmD
— Marney Gellner (@MarneyGellner) May 8, 2023
Gellner, 49, has spent her career in Minnesota covering the Twins, Timberwolves, Wild and Lynx as a jack of all trades sportscaster, serving as studio host, play-by-play announcer and sideline/field reporter.
She made history in March 2019 when she became the first woman to do play-by-play for a Minnesota Twins broadcast, calling games for Fox Sports North and WCCO Radio three days in a row. She went viral with her spring training home run calls, using a catchphrase "better call mama" after Twins players hit home runs.
In December 2018 she became the second woman ever to serve as the lead television play-by-play announcer of an NBA game, doing so for a Timberwolves game.
Raised on the Isle of Man, Adam has 15 years experience as a reporter and editor at regional and national level in the U.K. and the U.S. He moved to Minnesota in 2014 and became a writer for Bring Me The News. He is now the co-owner and editor of Bring Me The News and Bring Me The Sports, mixing in some occasional sports writing with his other editorial duties. He lists his three great loves as his family, Liverpool F.C. and baked beans (the British kind).