PBA Tour champion DeeRonn Booker offers good news on his fight against rare, aggressive form of leukemia
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: 10/8/2026, 8:00 AM

DeeRonn Booker with the trophy after winning the 2024 USBC Masters. Photo by PBA.
On July 22, PBA Tour champion DeeRonn Booker announced that he had BPDCN, a rare and aggressive form of leukemia, as I detailed in this story.
Booker announced it in this Facebook post:“I’ll keep this short.A week ago I was diagnosed with BPDCN a rare, and aggressive form of leukemia. I’m never one to share bad news over social media, but I felt like this was important. I have a long road to recovery, but I’m going to beat this. I appreciate everyone’s support,...