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Life of Fitz | A Cancer Warrior's Conversations about Life

Life of Fitz | A Cancer Warrior's Conversations about Life

By: 247Sports Tim Fitzgerald
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When Covid-19 shut down America, veteran Kansas State sportswriter Tim Fitzgerald, who is battling Stage 4 prostate cancer, laid low. Fitz took it as an opportunity to catch up with the friends he made during his many decades in sports, and now he's reaching out to create new bonds. The result of those conversations is the Life of Fitz podcast.Spirit Street Publishing, Inc. / 247Sports Hygiene & Healthy Living Physical Illness & Disease
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  • Brent Stover in New York City
    Aug 4 2025

    Brent Stover joined CBS Sports Network in 2010 as a play-by-play announcer, calling football, basketball, and various other Olympic sports. He also serves as a studio host for the Network's coverage of college basketball and college football. Before CBS Sports Network, Stover served as host, anchor, reporter, and play-by-play voice for the Big Ten Network and Fox Sports Net Midwest/Southwest. He was also the play-by-play voice for the WNBA's Chicago Sky. In addition, Stover hosted and reported for the pre- and post-game shows of the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates, as well as the St. Louis Rams post-game radio show. Stover received a degree in journalism from Kansas State University, where he competed in track and cross-country.

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    Blueville Nursery in Manhattan, Kansas, sponsors the Life of Fitz podcast.

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    Tim Fitzgerald is a sports journalist who writes, appears on TV and radio, produces daily YouTube videos, and is a long-time podcaster. He has served as the publisher of GoPowercat.com, a website focusing on Kansas State sports, for over 25 years. Fitz also has metastatic Stage Four prostate cancer, so during the initial stages of the pandemic, his doctors advised him to stay home and lie low. Now, after a brief period of remission, Fitz is back in the fight for his life, but this podcast lives on. Welcome to his life and the Life of Fitz podcast.

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    58 mins
  • Damion McIntosh in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
    Jul 28 2025

    Damion McIntosh came to Kansas State in 1995 out of McArthur High School in Hollywood, Florida. A native of Jamaica, McIntosh began playing football in high school to maximize the potential of his immense size. Playing both defensive and offensive tackle, McIntosh received recruiting interest from all over the country, but picked Kansas State based on his recruitment by former K-State defensive coordinator Bob Stoops. McIntosh redshirted his first season, and then played defensive tackle his first three years of eligibility, becoming an All-Big 12 performer. Then, in his senior season (1999), Coach Bill Snyder convinced McIntosh to fill a need at left offensive tackle, and his fate was sealed. McIntosh was drafted as an offensive tackle in the third round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers. During his 10-year NFL career, McIntosh played for the Chargers, the Miami Dolphins, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Seattle Seahawks. Now 48 years old, McIntosh lives with his family in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, area, where he fills his time as a volunteer high school football coach and manages his varied business interests. *** Blueville Nursery in Manhattan, Kansas, sponsors the Life of Fitz podcast. *** Tim Fitzgerald is a sports journalist who writes, appears on TV and radio, produces daily YouTube videos, and is a long-time podcaster. He has served as the publisher of GoPowercat.com, a website focusing on Kansas State sports, for over 25 years. Fitz also has metastatic Stage Four prostate cancer, so during the initial stages of the pandemic, his doctors advised him to stay home and lie low. Now, after a brief period of remission, Fitz is back in the fight for his life, but this podcast lives on. Welcome to his life and the Life of Fitz podcast.

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    56 mins
  • Joe Tillery in Prairie Village, Kansas
    Jul 21 2025

    Recent Kansas State graduate Joe Tillery was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when he was an infant, and his life expectancy meant he wouldn't live to attend college. He did, benefiting from advances in medicine and a positive spirit to live beyond the years of most patients of this deadly disease. Now 25, Tillery finds himself in the hospital less and living life more, including his passion for sharing his thoughts about Kansas State sports on his YouTube channel. Tillery, like Fitz, is living beyond his life expectancy, so call it stolen, borrowed, or earned extra time; passing that expiration date is liberating. After a year in Minnesota with his fiancée, Lauren, Tillery has returned to the Kansas City area to live a life beyond what medicine expected for most of his life.

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    Blueville Nursery in Manhattan, Kansas, sponsors the Life of Fitz podcast.

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    Tim Fitzgerald is a sports journalist who writes, appears on TV and radio, produces daily YouTube videos, and is a long-time podcaster. He has served as the publisher of GoPowercat.com, a website focused on Kansas State sports, for over 25 years. Fitz also has metastatic Stage Four prostate cancer, so during the initial stages of the pandemic, his doctors advised him to stay home and lie low. Now, after a brief period of remission, Fitz is back in the fight for his life, but this podcast lives on. Welcome to his life and the Life of Fitz podcast.

    Sign up for GoPowercat VIP access and get your first month for just $1!
    Want the latest Kansas State headlines sent to your inbox? Click to sign up for GoPowercat's daily newsletter!
    Make sure you subscribe to Life of Fitz at your favorite podcast provider, including Apple, Spotify or Amazon.
    Follow @LifeofFitz

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    1 hr and 2 mins
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