Sports Illustrated June 28, 2026 • 16:15

I Thought I Was Ahead of the Curve on Sun Protection. It Was Already Too Late. - Sports Illustrated

By Kurt Mazurek

I Thought I Was Ahead of the Curve on Sun Protection. It Was Already Too Late. - Sports Illustrated

A longtime angler thought decades of sunscreen made him careful. A basal cell carcinoma diagnosis on his jawline said otherwise — and changed how he fishes.

I kept telling myself that little spot was just an ingrown beard hair. When it was still there the next summer, I had a bad feeling about my self-diagnosis.
The dermatologist's pen circled the angry… [+4581 chars]

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