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KNICKS PREZ HAD CANCER SURGERY SOON AFTER DRAFT
KNICKS PREZ HAD CANCER SURGERY SOON AFTER DRAFT
DONNIE Walsh asked me not to make a big deal of this when I requested permission to break the news . . . so I won't . . . though, I'm sure we all agree, it is a big deal. Four days after last June's draft, the Knicks' president, 67, entered Memorial...
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Knicks prez Walsh had cancer surgery
SmackCaster SmackBlog — ... Peter Vecsey of the New York Post writes in an exclusive that Knicks  president Donnie Walsh had cancer surgery in New York shortly after the June NBA Draft. ...

Donnie Walsh Had Tongue Cancer Surgery Days After His First Knicks Draft
FanHouse — ... 's schedule the last week of June: the New York Post's Peter Vescey reports Walsh had surgery to remove cancerous growths on his tongue -- a result of five decades of smoking -- just for days after his first draft as boss of the Knicks. ...

Donnie Walsh Had Cancer Removed From Tongue
SLAM Online — As Peter Vecsey told the Knicks GM: “Something tells me your French kissing days may be over.”

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