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George Karl an Inspiration to Cancer Victims

For the past half-decade, Denver coach George Karl has been telling anybody who would listen the U.S. government needs a national program to cure cancer. Karl beat prostate cancer after he was diagnosed in 2005. Then his son, Coby Karl, now a Nuggets guard, successfully fought thyroid cancer in 2006 and 2007. And Karl...

For Now, Nuggets Are Dantley's Team

DENVER -- This is Adrian Dantley's team now. Denver coach George Karl, undergoing chemotherapy and radiation for a form of throat cancer, missed his sixth game out of the last seven in Saturday night's 102-97 loss to Milwaukee at the Pepsi Center. But there was one major difference this time. Dantley didn't even talk...

George Karl Will Miss Some Games Due To Cancer

Denver Nuggets coach George Karl revealed Tuesday he likely will miss some games later this season to get radiation and chemotherapy due to being recently diagnosed with a treatable form of throat cancer. "Most people believe the treatment is manageable,'' Karl said of the condition known as squamous cell head/neck...