Former ESPN analyst David Pollack asked for prayers while providing a difficult update about his wife Lindsey’s brain cancer.
“We didn’t get the best news today at a doctors visit,” David, 44, shared via X on Tuesday, September 15. “Surgery #3 coming for my Babydoll (wifey). She looked at me and said God has been building me for this, And thank goodness its on a bye week so Nicholas doesn’t have game 🙄.”
David and Lindsey share son Nicholas, 18, and daughter Leah, 16. Nicholas is a senior tight end at North Oconee High School in Bogart, Georgia, where Leah is a junior on the varsity basketball team.
“No blink! No doubt! No fear! Just Jesus!” David wrote. “Its humbling to watch. It doesn’t mean I’m not scared as hail, but man the Peace of God is incredible.”
He added about his wife, “She is weak right now, but our God isnt. If you are the praying type we will take em all.”
David revealed Lindsey’s cancer diagnosis in March 2025.
“I do not share much of my personal life on social media but today is gonna be different,” he shared via X at the time. “If you are the praying type please lift up my wife Lindsey. She has brain cancer and surgery is Wednesday at Duke.”
A year later, David announced that Lindsey was “cancer-free.”
“Some of Lindsey’s first steps after surgery last spring,” David shared alongside a video of Lindsey via Instagram in March. “We’re a year into a battle that wasn’t always pretty, and sometimes really scary. But we are thankful to be cancer-free. We are thankful for Heavenly grace.”
He added, “All glory to God for being with us every step of the way. Praising through the storm. God’s got us! Thank you to everyone who has supported us up close and from far away. It’s meant everything.”
Last month, Lindsey wrote about Nicholas starting his senior year of high school in a reflective social media post.
“SO many memories brought us to this senior season!” she wrote via Instagram on August 28. “So many great teammates, coaches, families… football has truly blessed our family more than words can explain! It has been such a fun ride! Faith will always be our #1. Family (and friends) will always be #2. But football (and girl’s basketball😉) will always be a part of our family’s story! ❤️🏈 There’s just nothing like it! GRATEFUL!!!! 🥹.”
David, who played linebacker at the University of Georgia, worked as a college football analyst at ESPN from 2009 to 2023, when he was laid off by the network due to budget cuts.