Cancer survivor, advocate brings home his own Lombardi Trophy
Joshua Rivera of Tampa was recognized with his own replica Super Bowl trophy by the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation.
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TAMPA, Fla. â Winning the Vince Lombardi Trophy is the greatest achievement in football, but a Tampa man was awarded his own Lombardi for winning a whole different kind of battle.
âI was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma at the age of 27; it was October 2007,â said Joshua Rivera.
Rivera was given just a 15% chance to survive.
âWith the help of my family and my friends and above all my physicians, I was able to quickly put that data point behind me and really focus on getting better,â said Rivera.
10-year-old cancer survivor interviews Aaron Rodgers
As part of the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation 50 Faces of Cancer fundraiser, 10-year-old Milwaukee native Itzel interviewed Aaron Rodgers. Itzel spoke with Stephen Watson about the experience chatting with her favorite quarterback. Share Updated: 9:07 AM CST Mar 7, 2021
10-year-old cancer survivor interviews Aaron Rodgers
As part of the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation 50 Faces of Cancer fundraiser, 10-year-old Milwaukee native Itzel interviewed Aaron Rodgers. Itzel spoke with Stephen Watson about the experience chatting with her favorite quarterback. Share Updated: 9:07 AM CST Mar 7, 2021
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Show Transcript STEPHEN: TWO YEARS AGO, THIS 10-YEAR-OLD WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKEMIA. SHE WILL RING THE BELL LATER THIS MONTH SIGNIFYING THE END OF HER FIGHT AGAINST CANCER. AS PART OF THE VINCE LOMBARDI CANCER FUNDRAISER, SHE GOT TO SPEND 15 MINUTES CHATTING WITH HER FAVORITE QUARTERBA
Buccaneers Mike Evans has Fortnite invite for excited young fan
Jennifer Holton reports
TAMPA, Fla. - Talking superheroes and video games, little Landen Sapien was quite the natural interviewing his sports hero, Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans. The chatting part was pretty fun, and I was pretty excited, Landon admitted.
The 8-year-old Tampa boy is a hero in his own right. He’s been battling T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia for a year and a half.
His mother Amy says it’s the less common kind. It is three and a half years of chemo, and we still have 90 more weeks, she explained.
Courtesy of Tony Moll
Tony Moll is a former Green Bay Packers player who opened a winery in Sonoma, California with his former teammates, Daryn Colledge and Jason Spitz. They named it Three Fat Guys.
Lessons from football like coordination, quick thinking, and rolling with the punches have helped the cofounders tackle challenges.
This is his story, as told to freelance writer Molly O Brien.
I grew up in Sonoma, California and played sports year-round as a kid. The wine industry was always a fascination growing up here, and part of my family history. My great-grandparents on my mom s side moved to Sonoma County from the Lucca province of Italy in the early 1900s, and on their ranch, they grew zinfandel to sell to the local wineries along with making a little for themselves.
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