JONESBORO -- Two days after his wife underwent successful breast cancer surgery, Arkansas State University Coach Blake Anderson dismissed his players after practice at Centennial Bank Stadium.
It was a return to routine after Anderson missed the first of the team's weekly news conferences Monday because he was with his wife, Wendy, at a hospital near Memphis.
Since then, nationwide support was voiced for the Andersons, including from Jeff Long, the athletic director at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, who tweeted "join me in wishing Wendy Anderson all the best in her battle with cancer!! Never Yield!