Figure skater-commentator Scott Hamilton has 3rd brain tumor
Sports commentator Scott Hamilton arrives at the ESPY Awards at the Microsoft Theater in July 13 in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/AP)
FILE - In this April 9, 2007 file photo, former Olympic figure skating gold medalist Scott Hamilton arrives for Figure Skating In Harlem's annual gala "Skating with the Stars" at Central Park's Wollman Rink in New York. Hamilton told People magazine for a story published online on Oct. 23, 2016, that he has been diagnosed with another brain tumor. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Olympic figure skating champion and commentator Scott Hamilton has been diagnosed with a third brain tumor.
People magazine reports Hamilton has been diagnosed with a benign pituitary tumor.
In a video for People magazine, the 58-year-old Hamilton joked that he has “a unique hobby of collecting life-threatening illness.” Hamilton has survived two previous brain tumors and also a bout with testicular cancer. He says the current tumor was discovered during a routine checkup.
Hamilton won gold at the 1984 Winter Games and has served as a skating commentator for several networks.
He says on Twitter that he has “been blessed beyond my wildest imagination.”
