Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs Former ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March, just six months before his unexpected retirement from the network.In a Sports Illustrated profile published Thursday, Wojnarowski revealed the news, telling SI’s Chris Mannix that a memorable line from his retirement statement in September was referencing his cancer diagnosis.”Time isn’t in endless supply,” 55-year-old Wojnarowski’s statement read.Last February, Wojnarowski had a physical, where his blood tests revealed an elevated PSA, or prostate-specific antigen, according to SI. A biopsy he had in March revealed early-stage cancer, a diagnosis Wojnarowski learned of minutes before an appearance on “NBA Countdown.” Wojnarowski told Mannix that the prognosis though, is good.”When you hear ‘cancer,’ you think about it going through your body like Pac-Man,” Wojnarowski said to Maddix. “Prostate cancer, it generally stays confined to your prostate and is typically slow growing.”Wojnarowski is asymptomatic and his current treatment consists of active surveillance, according to SI. He’s been advised to improve his eating habits, exercise more and get better sleep. He could opt to have surgery, SI reported, but the only reason to have it would be if he were unable to mentally cope with the idea of having the cancer inside him.But his diagnosis wasn’t the reason for Wojnarowski’s retirement, according to the profile.”I didn’t want to spend one more day of my life waiting on someone’s MRI or hitting an agent at 1 a.m. about an ankle sprain,” Wojnarowski told Maddix.Despite leaving a $7.3 million annual salary with ESPN to earn only $75,000 a year at his alma mater, St. Bonaventure, in the newly created position of general manager of the men’s basketball program — essentially a 99% pay cut — SI said that Wojnarowski’s family was “ready for him to go.””In the end it’s just going to be your family and close friends. And it’s also, like, nobody gives a s—,” Wojnarowski told Maddix. “Nobody remembers (breaking stories) in the end. It’s just vapor.” ESPN has since hired Wojnarowski’s former colleague at Yahoo Sports, Shams Charania, as its new NBA insider.
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