When she received the cancer diagnosis that would require surgery in February and an intense round of chemotherapy this summer, ESPN sideline reporter Holly Rowe made sure to set up little goals to get her to the start of the college football season.
Whether it was reporting a feature on a softball player or covering the Big 12 basketball tournament as she had done for years and years, those assignments were what Rowe always looked forward to the most. So if there was an opportunity to continue working and looking forward to the next broadcast, the next big event, Rowe was going to take it.