What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles
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SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
It was just back pain. That’s what Boston Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester kept telling himself. When you throw like a 25-year-old left-hander does, muscles are often sore—but the pain wouldn’t go away. Lester went to see doctors and heard words he never expected: He had cancer. It wasn’t just any form of the disease, but a rare form of blood cancer known as anaplastic large-cell lymphoma.
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