MLB Giants Broadcaster Reveals Cancer Diagnosis

Duane Kuiper

San Francisco Giants broadcaster Duane Kuiper, 76, has been diagnosed with throat cancer and began treatment last week at Stanford Medicine, his longtime partner Mike Krukow’s final homestand approaching.

Kuiper will miss Monday and Wednesday broadcasts for treatment but plans to call Tuesday’s game and the final three games of the season against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He said the diagnosis is unrelated to an earlier cancer that required chemotherapy and caused him to miss much of the 2021 season, and he is “optimistic that it will be successfully treated.”

Kuiper Former MLBer

“I’ll miss the broadcasts tomorrow and Wednesday as I continue treatment, but I’m looking forward to returning Tuesday and this weekend to celebrate my partner, Mike Krukow, and his remarkable career as he calls his final game before retirement,” Kuiper wrote Sunday. “I’m incredibly grateful for the care I’m receiving and for the tremendous support from my family, the Giants organization, my broadcast partners and so many others.”

Kuiper, a 12-year major-league player who has broadcast games since 1986, has said he intends to keep broadcasting after this season.

The news arrives a week before Krukow’s last game of a 36-year broadcasting career. Krukow announced his retirement in early August, ending the “Kruk & Kuip” pairing. The Giants plan to honor Krukow after next Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Dodgers.