{"id":118578,"date":"2025-09-04T15:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/118578\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T15:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:54:09","slug":"nfl-icon-randy-moss-had-parts-of-several-organs-removed-for-bile-duct-cancer-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/118578\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Icon Randy Moss Had &#8216;Parts of Several Organs&#8217; Removed for Bile Duct Cancer Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Hall of Fame wide receiver Randy Moss revealed doctors removed &#8220;parts of several organs&#8221; after his diagnosis with Stage 2 bile duct cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Moss spoke with Good Morning America&#8217;s Robin Roberts, who reported he had a six-hour procedure in addition to undergoing chemotherapy and radiation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The six-time Pro Bowler said he was &#8220;hit with a ton of bricks&#8221; when his doctor first told him he had cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;I was nervous because of the doctor talking about that &#8216;C&#8217; word. Me?&#8221; Moss <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/GMA\/Culture\/randy-moss-opens-cancer-battle-return-espn-2025\/story?id=125225203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">said<\/a>. &#8220;I just think that when you live your life, you know, a certain type of way of, you know, eating right, taking care of your health, and all of a sudden you get diagnosed with cancer. I was overwhelmed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">His cancer went into remission after he completed all of his treatments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Moss <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DDCfkVdxVxK\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">first announced<\/a> last December on social media he was &#8220;battling something internal&#8221; that would require him to <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/42815159\/randy-moss-taking-extended-leave-espn-role-due-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">take a leave of absence<\/a> from his on-air role at ESPN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The 48-year-old returned in February ahead of Super Bowl LIX.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">ESPN confirmed to The Athletic&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6465895\/2025\/07\/01\/randy-moss-espn-sunday-nfl-countdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Andrew Marchand<\/a> in July that he&#8217;d be back for his full-time role during the 2025 NFL season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;Randy&#8217;s return on Super Bowl Sunday was an emotional lift \u2014 not just for our team but for the entire football community \u2014 and knowing he will resume his full Sunday NFL Countdown schedule, beginning in Week 1, has been the highlight of the offseason,&#8221; the company said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Moss is widely regarded as one of the greatest wide receivers of his generation. He ranks fourth all time in receiving yards (15,292) and second in touchdown reception (156).<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots legend was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018, his first year of eligibility.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hall of Fame wide receiver Randy Moss revealed doctors removed &#8220;parts of several organs&#8221; after his diagnosis with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-118578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}