LIVE: All-Star Week and 40 Years of the Celebrity Golf Tournament

FARGO — We’ve been following Roger Maris All-Star Week all week long.

But for one man, this year’s All-Star week comes with special significance.

That’s because the annual Celebrity Golf Tournament turns forty years old this week.

Roger Maris Junior was there for the first one.

They started it the year after his dad, baseball legend Roger Maris, was diagnosed with the cancer that would eventually end his life.

Maris Junior says cancer-treating treatments and technology have come a long way since then, including cellular therapy, which is something Sanford does for its patients.

He says if those treatments had been available for his father at the time, he likely could have survived.

But some things haven’t changed, and exercise being a cornerstone of wellness is one of them.

Maris Junior says he was lucky to be raised by a dad who insisted his kids get out and get exercise, and he’s pleased to see kids at the sports camps get a chance to pick up that life lesson.

Maris Junior sat down for a live interview on the Morning Show to talk about what’s different this year about All-Star Week and what he’s taking away from forty years of fighting back against cancer.

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