Ex ESPN host David Pollack calls for ‘prayers’ as wife undergoes brain surgery after devastating diagnosis
The former ESPN anchor David Pollack shocked his fans on Monday when he revealed that his wife was set to undergo brain surgery.
The 42-year-old host, who was fired by ESPN in 2023, revealed on X (formerly Twitter) that his wife Lindsey Pollack, was going under the knife as she battles brain cancer.
He asked his fans for their ‘prayers’ ahead of the grueling ordeal.
‘I do not share much of my personal life on social media but today is gonna be different,’ he began his post. ‘If you are the praying type please lift up my wife Lindsey. She has brain cancer and surgery is Wednesday at Duke.
Pollack — who stirred up controversy in the past by saying that women should not be able to serve on the College Football Playoff selection committee — added that he was ‘So thankful to serve a loving God that meets us in our struggles!’
Pollack doesn’t appear to have previously revealed that his wife was battling brain cancer.
The former ESPN anchor David Pollack shocked his fans on Monday when he revealed that his wife was set to undergo brain surgery
The 42-year-old host, who was fired by ESPN in 2023, revealed on X (formerly Twitter) that his wife Lindsey Pollack, was going under the knife as she battles brain cancer
Prior to his stint on ESPN as a College GameDay host, Pollack was known for being a college football star at the University of Georgia.
He became only the second player for the Bulldogs to earn first-team All-American honors three times, following in the footsteps of star running back–turned–failed US Senate candidate Herschel Walker.
Pollack went on to be a first-round pick for the 2005 NFL draft, where he was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals.
But his NFL career was cut short in just the second game of his second season with the Bengals when a tackle broke one of his vertebrae.
Although he was miraculously not paralyzed by the injury, doctors determined that he could not safely play football again after the devastating injury.
He was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2020.
Pollack transitioned into TV sports show anchoring in 2008, beginning for CBS before moving to ESPN as an analyst in 2009.
Two years later, he joined College GameDay and began co-hosting Palmer And Pollack.
Prior to his stint on ESPN as a College GameDay host, Pollack was known for being a college football star at the University of Georgia, followed by a short career in the NFL; seen with wife Lindsey
Pollack (seen with his wife and two children) transitioned to anchoring in 2008. In 2009 he joined ESPN as an analyst and two years later joined College GameDay
