Digger Phelps fighting bladder cancer

ESPN is reporting that former Notre Dame men's head basketball coach and current TV analyst Digger Phelps has been diagnosed with bladder cancer.

Phelps already had surgery  and will start follow-up treatment in South Bend, Indiana.

He has been a college basketball analyst for the past two decades. Phelps coached the Notre Dame men's basketball team between 1972-1991.

Phelps is 71.

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