James Conner’s treatments going well, tumors continue to shrink

Posted Jan 26, 2016
Pitt running back James Conner, who is undergoing chemotherapy for Hodgkins lymphoma, has finished four of 12 treatments and the tumors continue to shrink. The tumor that was blocking blood flow to the heart has been reduced. One game Conner has circled on the schedule, released Tuesday, is the Sept. 24 ACC opener at UNC. Tar Heels quarterback Mitch Trubisky is a high school rival from Mentor, Ohio. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

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