Jet, July 17th, 2006
NBA legend Earl "The Pearl" Monroe says he has something to talk about it and it isn't basketball.
Monroe suffers from a common health condition known as BPH, or enlarged prostate, and he wants men to go to their doctors and get checked for it.
"The thing that really fascinates me right now and gives me the greatest joy is going around and talking to people about BPH," said Monroe during a visit to the Johnson Publishing Company headquarters in Chicago.
"I find that there are people and friends whom I have had for a long time who were suffering from this and didn't know it. And now all of...
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