Alabama AD Battle back after cancer treatment

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Alabama athletic director Bill Battle will return to work on a “limited basis” soon, according to a news release from the university.

Battle, 74, had taken a leave of absence for treatment of multiple myeloma, a form of cancer he had been fighting for more than two years.

On June 27, he underwent a stem cell transplant at The Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Center at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta. He was released from the hospital on July 8 and was in outpatient care for roughly two weeks before being approved to return home, according to the statement.

Bill Battle, left, poses with the national championship trophy with Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban. Don Juan …

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