After nine years as a defensive tackle in the NFL, Mike Golic, co-host of the popular ESPN radio show "Mike and Mike in the Morning," was used to getting through tough workouts. Diabetes wasn't always so high on Golic's radar. “No one is going to feel sorry for me if I don’t beat him. After teaming up with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Golic and his doctors came up with a game plan to keep his blood sugar levels in check. Golic's son, Mike Golic Jr., will host an ESPN evening radio show with WNBA star Chiney Ogwumike. According to colleague Adam Schefter, Golic will return to work as a college football analyst with the network. “You’re also a 2- to 3-fold increase risk of heart attack and stroke.”. It’s not something to run from, hide from, [and] keep it a secret from everybody else. He can’t believe anything can ever go wrong with it. If I don’t have good numbers, it’s my fault. “You’re also a 2- to 3-fold increase risk of heart attack and stroke.”. DSM: Your dad kept his diabetes very private. For my father’s generation, things that had to do with himself he kept to himself. “[In football,] if you want to beat out the guy in front of you, you’ve got to outwork him,” said Golic. It’s constant. Sign up for our e-newsletter to receive your gift, strategies for glucose management, healthy recipes and more. I did not think [about] what or how I was eating before I was diagnosed. But these “wins” don’t come without adversity. Other risk factors include being overweight, having an unhealthy diet and high blood pressure. And the concept of taking medications to manage a disease was something he was not happy with. As an award-winning broadcaster, Mike knows that preparation is the key. He’s a chef, an actor, an author, a filmmaker, a dad. He is one of the two “Mikes” on Mike and As a former NFL player, ESPN’S Mike Golic is used to talking sports news and game drama on his radio show Mike and Mike in the Morning. If left untreated, type 2 diabetes can cause serious and even deadly complications. For one, he didn't notice any common diabetes signs — "I didn't have the tiredness, the frequent urination," he says. He turned to INVOKANA® (canagliflozin), a prescription medicine his doctor recommended. Mike Golic, co-host of ESPN's Mike & Mike in the Morning, sits down with PGA Tour Pro DJ Trahan at the Hootie and the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament to … In addition to medicine, eating healthy and regularly exercising can also help manage the disease. He was aware of what diabetes was and what it meant to his father, but he had no idea of the scale of this national epidemic. ESPN’s Mike Golic is used to talking sports and game drama on his radio show Mike and Mike in the Morning. According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), having a parent or sibling with the disease can increase your risk. Diabetes Self-Management recently asked ADA CEO Tracey Brown and JDRF President and CEO Aaron Kowalski about the impact of their work…, Are you a fan of the hit TV show black•ish? "I didn't eat breakfast because I'm trying to lose weight — mistake number one. But Golic also has had a third career — 12 years of successfully managing Type 2 diabetes.