Former South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia announced on social media that he has been diagnosed with Stage 4 colorectal cancer.
“Wasn’t overly excited to share this news but it is what it is," Garcia wrote on his Facebook page. “We have a great team of doctors and staff that’s confident we can beat this! It’s the only option.”
Garcia, 38, shared the news to raise awareness about the cancer.
“If there’s one lesson to be learned, get checked and don’t be afraid to visit the doctors’ office when you don’t feel 100%,” Garcia wrote. "We got this and I appreciate all yall!”
As of Thursday, Garcia was close to reaching his goal of $150,000 through a GoFundMe page created by his wife Maria Garcia.
She wrote that her husband was starting chemotherapy on Wednesday.
“They are taking the most aggressive treatment path available to fight this,” she wrote on the page. “Following these initial rounds, he will be meeting with specialized liver and colon surgeons to determine the next steps in his treatment plan. Stephen’s entire focus is now dedicated to one thing: fighting this disease with everything he has.”
Garcia served as the Gamecocks' starting quarterback from 2008-2011 and finished as one of only six players to throw for at least 3,000 yards in a season. He finished his collegiate career with 7,597 passing yards and 47 touchdowns in 40 games. He did not play in the NFL.
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FILE - This Sept. 3, 2011 file photo shows South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia (5) warming up before an NCAA college football game against East Carolina, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Bob Leverone, File)
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s new Prime Minister Péter Magyar on Friday personally removed fencing around a historic building in the capital Budapest that served as the office of his autocratic predecessor Viktor Orbán.
Magyar announced that the famous Karmelita, located at Budapest's landmark Castle Hill, overlooking the Danube river, will be open for public until authorities decide on its future role.
The former Catholic monastery become a symbol of Orbán’s rule after he had it cordoned off in 2021.
“There is no place for cordons in Hungary after the change of regime,” Magyar told reporters as he symbolically pushed open the fences. He said the institutions had been built “from the money of the Hungarian taxpayers and made so beautiful with those funds.”
Magyar and his center-right Tisza party swept Orbán from power in an election in April, winning a two-thirds majority that gave him a clear mandate for major changes after his predecessor's 16 years in power.
Magyar has vowed to restore democratic institutions and governmental checks and balances that were heavily eroded during Orbán’s rule, and to clamp down on alleged corruption.
He has revealed the luxury renovations that former government members carried out on their offices. Magyar himself has said he would move his seat to the administrative part of the city on the other bank of the Danube.
The Karmelita building, he said, will now be accessible for an “extensive period.” Already, a website has been set up where visitors can book a tour. Magyar said some buildings in the castle zone have been renovated while other are under construction.
The situation “is likely to generate a number of new ideas,” he added without elaborating.
The prime minister has promised to repair his country’s ties with its European Union partners and restore Hungary’s place among Western democracies.
Magyar plans to form a National Asset Recovery and Protection Office, an authority tasked with investigating and seeking to recover public funds misused during Orbán’s tenure.
A construction sign prohibits entry to the former Karmelita Palace, which has previously housed the Prime Minister's Office, in the Castle District of Budapest, Hungary, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Robert Hegedus/MTI via AP)
Hungary's Prime Minister Peter Magyar, second left, flanked by Minister of Transport and Innovation David Vitezy, second right, Minister of Interior Gabor Posfai, right, and Government Spokeswoman Vanda Szondi, attend the public dismantling of the barricade surrounding the former Karmelita Palace, which has previously housed the Prime Minister's Office, in the Castle District of Budapest, Hungary, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Robert Hegedus/MTI via AP)
From left, Hungary's Prime Minister Peter Magyar, Minister of Transport and Innovation David Vitezy and Minister of Interior Gabor Posfai begin to dismantle the barricade surrounding the former Karmelita Palace, which has previously housed the Prime Minister's Office, in the Castle District of Budapest, Hungary, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Robert Hegedus/MTI via AP)
