‘I Hear U’ – Chris Evert Finds a New Partner in Legendary NBA Analyst to Spread Cancer Awareness

In January this year, legendary player Chris Evert opened up about her Stage 1C Ovarian Cancer. Since then, she has been highly vocal about it. She regularly puts up posts related to her diagnosis, treatment among other procedures and precautions concerning the ailment. Even though many think that it might be a publicity stunt. That isn’t the actual case. As per Evert, she is doing so to spread awareness and education about cancer.

In a quest to educate people about the life-threatening disease, Evert recently came across another Tweet of the same nature. Not giving it a second thought, Evert instantly took to her Twitter, retweeting the tweet.

Chris Evert gets help in her cancer education move

Scrolling through her Twitter, Evert came across a post by Dick Vitale. The 81-year-old Vitale is a basketball sportscaster based in the USA. He is widely known for his 41-year-long tenure as the College Basketball Analyst on ESPN. In 2008, Vitale was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

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In October last year, Vitale admitted that he had been diagnosed with lymphoma. Being under steroids and chemotherapy for 6 months, it was only last month that he declared himself cancer-free. However, in Vitale’s words, ‘fight doesn’t stop after ringing the bell.’ Taking to his Twitter, he revealed the after procedures of a cancer patient. He suggested cancer patients do regular blood work post-cancer treatment.

He wrote, “Only cancer patients know the fight doesn’t stop after ringing the bell & in total Remission. Must do constant bloodwork like I did 2 times this week to make certain white blood cells r elevated. Waiting for Doctor’s call always an anxious moment / my call was GOOD NEWS.”

Seeing the tweet, Chris took to her Twitter handle, resharing it. She captioned her tweet, “I hear u.”

Revisiting the gracious career of Evert

Chris Evert is undoubtedly in the elite list of legendary players. Turning pro in 1972, Evert took just 2 years to win her first singles Grand Slam title and also becoming the World No. 1. Going forward, she won a number of other Grand Slams in both the regimes- singles and doubles.

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Evert announced her retirement in 1989. The American became one of the few players who could look back at her professional years with head held high. In her 17-year long career, Evert won a total of 18 singles Grand Slam titles and 3 Doubles Grand Slam titles. She also held the top spot in the WTA rankings for a remarkable period of 260 weeks.