Here is some REAL good news. The Showtime Network is telling us that former Baltimore and DC sportscaster Nick Charles is returning to the ShoBox series on Friday, January 29 after a six-month battle with bladder cancer.
Charles recently announced that his cancer is 80 percent in remission and doctors have given him the go-ahead to return to work. So, Charles will rejoin broadcast partners Steve Farhood and Antonio Tarver on January 29 in Albuquerque, NM.
“I never really lost hope and faith that I’d be back on ShoBox working with the finest people I know professionally and personally,” said Charles. “The boxing community has been overwhelmingly supportive. Their inspiration has moved me deeply. As important to me though are the fans of ShoBox who have expressed to me beyond all expectations their concern and encouragement through a difficult illness.”
Charles took a leave of absence in August of 2009 because of the illness. Charles worked at WJZ-TV in Baltimore and WRC-TV and WTOP Radio in DC before becoming one of the first sportscasters at the fledging network called CNN in 1980. Charles has been with ShoBox since its inception in 2001.
THIS JUST IN: Tonight (January 18), Nick Charles will be a guest of the nationally-syndicated "Jim Bohannon Show" that is heard locally on Federal News Radio 1500 AM WFED during the 11 PM ET hour. He will take questions so call the show at 1-866-505-4626.
Nick Charles is a down-to-earth guy to meet in person, and it is good to see him back behind the mike in boxing.
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