“I do not share much of my personal life on social media but today is gonna be different,” he wrote on X. “If you are the praying type please lift up my wife Lindsey. She has brain cancer and surgery is Wednesday at Duke. So thankful to serve a loving God that meets us in our struggles.”

Pollack and Lindsey grew up in Gwinnett County in Georgia. They attended rival high schools, he at Shiloh High School and she at Parkview High School. In a 2005 interview, Pollack said his friends told him he couldn't date a girl from their rival school. He went on to married his high school sweetheart in June 2005.

Former ESPN anchor David Pollack, who was fired from the network in June 2023, revealed his wife, Lindsey, is scheduled for surgery on Wednesday, March 12

Former ESPN anchor David Pollack asked for “prayers” on Monday (March 10) as his wife, Lindsey Pollack, prepares to undergo brain cancer surgery.