Broncos LB Alex Singleton on his testicular cancer discovery

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- "Cancer ... the word still freaks me out a little bit," Denver Broncos linebacker Alex Singleton said. "And then you hear it ... and your mind just goes."

On Monday, Nov. 3, Singleton and his wife, Sam, listened intently as a doctor explained that Alex almost certainly had testicular cancer. The cancer was discovered when a random NFL drug test flagged an abnormally high level of a hormone (hCG) in Singleton's sample.

The ensuing surgery was scheduled four days later on Nov. 7. Scenarios unfolded: worst cases, best cases, the forks in all the roads that might be on the horizon as they hoped the cancer hadn't spread to other…