WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon

Celtics Owner Steve Pagliuca joins the show to discuss the off season, Brad Stevens stepping into the front office, Ime Udoka, the KD rumors, and more!

2 year old Quinn Flanagan joins the show with her parents Kerin and Dan, and brothers Seb and Charlie Quinn was diagnosed with a Wilms tumor in December 2021. Her dad, Dan, was putting on her diaper after a bath and noticed her belly button and abdomen were shifted to the left and harder to the touch.  Kerin is a nurse practitioner and instantly knew something was wrong. By the end of the week, fo...

14 year old Jarred Eagan joins the show along with his with parents, Charyn and Angelo, and sister, Gabrielle Jarred was diagnosed in October 2021 with ALL. Jarred presented signs of exhaustion and petechiae on his leg. He started out with a lot of cancer to treat, including a mediastinal tumor in his chest. He was reclassified from High Risk to Very High Risk only a few months after his diagnosis...

Jamie Erdahl, Host of Good Morning Football on NFL Network joins the show to discuss The Jimmy Fund, Good Morning Football, and her best Nick Saban interview. 

Tonight's Anthem performer, 16 year old Kaylee Chambers joins the show along with her parents Kristina and Tim During the COVID lockdown in 2020, Kaylee started to get headaches and noticed weight loss. After many Zoom calls with doctors about the symptoms, she was brought in for a CT scan and a colonoscopy. It was confirmed it was adenocarcinoma of the colon that had metastasized to the liver, wh...

Sarah Montgomery (@Montysunflower on TikTok) joins the show along with her Doctor, Andy Lane join the show and get a tik tok dance with Christian! After feeling flu-like symptoms and not herself, Sarah went to a hematologist for blood work.  A bone marrow biopsy revealed BPDCN, which is a rare cancer. Sarah's father researched specialists and found Dr. Andrew Lane at Dana-Farber and scheduled an a...

Alex Cora joins the show to discuss The Jimmy Fund, the team's struggles this season, and why the team is hesitant to bring Triston Casas to the big leagues.

4 year old King Gaylor joins the show along with his parents Nasharis and Tim, and younger brother Kyro. King was diagnosed with ALL in January 2021. He had been sick in December, and was prescribed antibiotics. His mother insisted they weren't working and the doctor ordered a blood test. King was admitted to the hospital where he remained for 48 day, beginning his treatment journey.  King had to...

Cindy Smith joins the show along with her sister Susan, and Doctor James Cleary Cindy is with her twin sister Susan and they are both tremendous Red Sox fans.  Cindy was diagnosed in May 2015. She wasn't feeling well and was having stomach issues. Initially she was misdiagnosed with having food allergies. Further tests showed spots on her liver and neuroendocrine cancer was discovered.  The cancer...

Sam Kennedy joins Gresh and Keefe to discuss the Jimmy Fund as well as the Red Sox plans for Bogaerts and Devers

Brock Holt joins Gresh and Keefe to discuss his role in the Jimmy Fund 

5 year old Celia Jan joins the show with her mom, Nicole. Celia was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia while living with her father in Pakistan in October 2020. She came to Boston to live with her mom and get treatment at the Jimmy Fund Clinic. Her treatment has included chemotherapy and she is slated to finish active treatment in spring of 2023.  In her spare time, she loves going to the...

Cynthia Collin and Dr. Ben Schlechter join the show Cynthia was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in July 2017 when she was only 35. She had two young children at the time, her son was 8 and daughter was 6,  Given her age, cancer was the last thing she suspected. She wasn’t feeling well, had stomach pain and was unexpectedly losing weight. She went to her doctor and kept following up with them beca...

Former Revolution Forward, and current CBS Sports Soccer Analyst Charlie Davie joins the show to discuss how cancer affected his playing career. 

Magnolia Contreras, Vice President of Community Health at Dana-Farber joins the show Magnolia joined Dana-Farber in 2007 and currently serves as the Vice President of Community Health.  In this role, she is charged with helping the Institute carry out its community benefits mission through the delivery of evidence-based cancer prevention, screening, and early detection programs.  She is committed...

Ludmila Svoboda, Program Nurse, Cancer Care Equity Program at Dana-Farber joins the show.  One of Ludmila’s responsibilities is to triage the patients as they come to the program for consultations. She obtains their health history and coordinates any referrals and care they may need.  Ludmila also does a lot of educational events in the community about cancer prevention, early diagnosis and screen...

Liz Rounseville, along with her Husband Robby, Son Owen, Daughter Lilly, and Doctor Beth Buchbinder join the show In March of 2018, Liz noticed a mole on her right leg near her knee that was itching and bothering her. Liz made an appointment with her dermatologist right away. As soon the dermatologist examined her, he told Liz that it was cancer but had to have it sent out for further testing.  Wh...

Comedian Denis Leary joins Gresh and Keefe for the 20th annual WEEI/ NESN Jimmy Fund Radio Telethon. 

Inigo Vega ,10, with parents, Lyndell and Alfonso and Mary Ann Zimmerman, PNP, Pediatric Neuro Oncology Department, Dana-Farber  Inigo was diagnosed in September 2021. He had been sick, followed by trouble with his vision, so the ophthalmologist sent the family to the emergency room where an MRI showed a brain tumor. He was kept overnight due to very high intracranial pressure. His family was in s...

Deb Goldberg and Mark Bracken of Find Mass Money join the show to make a donation!

Mark Singer 58, anaplastic thyroid cancer, Barrington, RI   In the early stages of the pandemic, Mark knew something was wrong when he noticed a small lump on his neck. Soon after, he went to an ER for testing and received a diagnosis of anaplastic thyroid cancer, a very serious form of the disease which prior to 2017 had a one-year survival rate of 10% -20%.  After Googling “Best Cancer Hospitals...

David Ortiz joins the show to discuss the Jimmy Fund, Rafael Devers' contract situation, and of course, food. 

Eric Ricci , 54, kidney cancer, Peabody, and Dr. Brad McGregor, Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber join the show What started as regular back pain, that could be explained as kidney-stones, soon evolved into extreme pain that called for medical attention. In December 2016, Eric was diagnosed with kidney cancer after a CAT scan identified a lump on his kidney and enlarged lymph nodes.  Shortly aft...

Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher, President and CEO, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Director of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center and the Richard and Susan Smith Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School  Dr. Glimcher is a distinguished immunologist, widely renowned for her work in one of the most promising areas of cancer research.  Dr. Glimcher speaks nationally and internationally on cancer, imm...

David Feldman joins Joe and Sean in the booth and talks about his diagnosis and what treatments he has gone through. David also talks about the research and advancements they still need to make when it comes to glioblastoma