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By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged

Deion Sanders can’t — or won’t — stop talking about the Lord.

Especially now.

This week, Colorado’s head football coach mentioned God and faith at least three dozen times during a 40-minute news conference to discuss his private battle with bladder cancer.

The 57-year-old coach revealed that his bladder was removed to ward off an aggressive form of cancer. He appeared downright giddy as Dr. Janet Kukreja, director of urologic oncology at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, declared he had “beaten” the disease.

“It has been a tremendous journey, and I’m truly thankful that God is so good,” Sanders said, repeating that last part for emphasis: “God is so good — you have no idea.

“You have no idea how good God has been for me to be here,” he stressed again. “You have no idea.”

At times emotional and other times humorous, Sanders — who plans to coach the Buffaloes this season — sported a cowboy hat, sunglasses and a necklace dangling a diamond-encrusted cross.

“It’s a totally different life,” the NFL Hall of Famer, who also played major league baseball, said of his post-cancer circumstances. “I mean, thank God, now I depend on Depend” — the brand known for making incontinence underwear.

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This column appears in the online magazine Religion Unplugged.

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