Devs’ Boyle diagnosed with cancer
DEVILS forward Brian Boyle has been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia, a type of bonemarrow cancer that the team’s doctor said can largely be treated with medication. Boyle, a former Ranger, has been away from the team during training camp while getting diagnosed. On a conference call Tuesday, Boyle said he hopes to start playing hockey again soon.
“We have a good plan of attack here and I’m looking forward to getting on the ice and playing,” Boyle said. “When that happens I don’t know, but my mindset is Oct. 7.”
Boyle, who played last season with the Tampa Bay Lightning and Toronto Maple Leafs and whose wife, Lauren, had a baby girl in May, said he felt mostly fatigued but chalked it up to life events. General manager Ray Shero said the cancer was discovered in bloodwork during the Devils’ team physicals at the start of camp. CML is the same disease that former NHL forward Jason Blake played through after being diagnosed in 2007.
OLSEN OUT AT LEAST 8 GAMES
Greg Olsen will miss a minimum of eight games after the Carolina Panthers placed the three-time Pro Bowl tight end on injured reserve with a broken right foot.
The earliest Olsen is eligible to return Nov. 26 when Panthers visit the Jets.
l Linebacker Lawrence Timmons has been suspended indefinitely by the Dolphins after he went AWOL on the eve of the team’s season opener. Timmons disappeared Saturday in Los Angeles the day before Miami’s game at the Chargers. The Dolphins filed a missing person report before making contact with Timmons, who apparently was dealing with a personal matter.
EX-BOXER KILLED
Former heavyweight boxing champ David Bey, who was defeated by Larry Holmes, died in a construction accident on Thursday. Bey, 60, of Philadelphia, was struck by a piece of metal and killed while working on a mixeduse real estate development project in Camden, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Bey made his professional boxing debut in 1981 and he went on to defeat Greg Page in 1984 for the USBA heavyweight championship. He was beaten by TKO after going ten rounds with Holmes in 1985.