MINNEAPOLIS — Editor’s word: The video above first aired on Dec. 27, 2018. 

Longtime Twin Cities sports activities character Marney Gellner revealed in a social media post Tuesday that she is mounting a battle in opposition to breast most cancers. 

Gellner, a beloved studio host, play-by-play announcer and sideline reporter for Bally Sports North, shared that she went in Feb. 20 to have a routine mammogram carried out. 

“Then 2 mammograms and 1 biopsy later, I received a diagnosis: breast cancer,” she posted.  

Gellner went on to clarify that her most cancers was detected “very early” and that her remedy plan is to have a lumpectomy, adopted by 3 weeks of radiation. 

“I am SO thankful and blessed to have this option,” Gellner tweeted to her followers. “Without early detection, I would be going down a much different road.” She went on to induce all girls to schedule a mammogram yearly and referred to as on males to assist their companions.

Marney Gellner has constructed a robust following throughout greater than twenty years of labor within the Twin Cities sports activities market. She at present handles studio internet hosting duties for Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx telecasts and commonly seems on Bally’s protection of the Minnesota Twins. She can also be a frequent visitor on the KFAN Power Trip morning present, enjoying The Initials Game many Fridays. 

Gellner made a little bit of historical past in 2018 when she did play-by-play for a Wolves recreation in opposition to the Chicago, changing into solely the second lady in historical past to be the lead voice of an NBA recreation.  In the spring of 2019 she broke down one other barrier by changing into the primary feminine in Twins historical past to do play-by-play throughout spring coaching simulcasts on Fox Sports North and WCCO Radio. 

The announcement triggered an outpouring of affection and assist for Gellner from each media colleagues and followers. 

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