Former New York Giants edge rusher Michael Strahan is intimately familiar with cancer. His daughter, Isabella, fought and beat a brain tumor, putting Strahan's life in perspective and forcing him to come face-to-face with the illness.

Perhaps that made him the right host to share someone else's cancer story.

On Thursday, the Giants legend helped ESPN's Jay Harris make his sad announcement, putting an optimistic spin on his prostate cancer diagnosis.

"I'm having surgery on Tuesday," he said . "I'll be away from ‘SportsCenter' for about a month to recover. Then I'm coming back better than ever."

Harris is best known for his work on "SportsCenter," although he has appeared on several shows on the sports network.

Speaking on " Good Morning America ," Harris elaborated on his exper

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