Chicago Radio: WMVP's Marc Silverman Discloses Cancer Fight

Marc Silverman, as WMVP 1000 AM “Waddle & Silvy” listeners long have known, is an emotional guy. Yet something about his recent cancer diagnosis has steeled him.

The Chicago Tribune reports Silverman was among those surprised he didn’t tear up as he told his audience Tuesday about the swollen lymph nodes he discovered in his neck and then groin a few weeks ago and the subsequent doctor visits, bloodwork, tests and scans that led to discovering he has non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

But in bed a few hours later, reading some of the texts and tweets he had received, the response got to him as almost nothing has since the first few days after learning just what he is up against.

THANK YOU!!
I am truly overwhelmed.

As the journey begins, we get back to sports & fun!

Check out @TWaddle87 & me on @ESPN1000, the @ESPNChicago app, and your smart speakers. pic.twitter.com/b4CJSmktuT

— Silvy (@WaddleandSilvy) April 22, 2020

Silverman, 48, tends to mark his 13 years and two months hosting an ESPN 1000 sports talk show alongside former Bear Tom Waddle in terms of personal life events as much as the changes in the Chicago sports landscape they’ve covered.

Marc Silverman

As Silverman reminded listeners, he was single and 34 when the show started in February 2007. Now he’s 48 and married. He and his wife, Allie, have two kids. Mason will be 6 at the end of next month. Braxton recently turned 4.

Stage 3 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, or DLBCL, isn’t the sort of life event everyone experiences, but everyone knows and loves someone who has dealt with cancer. Now everyone shares the dull ache of knowing one more.

“Just know that you are loved, you are family and you are not in this fight alone,” Waddle reassured his partner on the air Tuesday just as social media started to light up.