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Last updated: June 9, 2010 9:11 p.m.

Digger Phelps recovering from prostate surgery

Associated Press

SEATTLE – Digger Phelps had prostate cancer surgery and is recovering at the University of Washington Medical Center.

His daughter said Wednesday that the former basketball coach and current ESPN analyst is resting comfortably. The 68-year-old Phelps was diagnosed with prostate cancer on April 28.

Daughter Karen Moyer said the cancer was detected during a routine physical.

Moyer is a supporter of early cancer detection research through The Moyer Foundation, a nonprofit organization she established with her husband, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jamie Moyer.

In 2003, the foundation created The Gregory Fund at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. It is dedicated solely to early cancer detection research.

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The Journal Gazette's Assistant Sports Editor Tony Krausz covers The University of Notre Dame. Krausz, a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and a native of St. Louis, has been assistant sports editor since October 2005. Prior to joining the JG, he worked at two papers in Mississippi covering high school and college athletics.
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