ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit reveals his beloved dog Ben has cancer

The two have been a fixture on the network's college football broadcasts for years, with Ben accompanying Herbstreit on the College GameDay set, on the field before games and occasionally in the broadcast booth.

Unfortunately, Herbstreit said, Ben is being treated for cancer and can no longer move his back legs. After spending Monday night at a veterinary clinic, he is scheduled for another round of intravenous vitamin C treatment, which Herbstreit said will hopefully “flush the toxins out of his body and give him a fighting chance.”

Ben is the oldest of four golden retrievers the family owns, and Herbstreit called the ordeal “one of the hardest things I've been through in my life.”