I watch 15-30 minutes of Good Morning America before I go to work. For years I thought Robin Roberts is without peer when it comes to the morning show. I thought that she was by far the best sports personality on ESPN during her time there.

As most of you know, she took an early leave from the show yesterday as she will undergo aggressive treatment, including a bone marrow transplant, for a serious bone marrow disease, MDS.

She left the show a day early to be with her ailing mother. She waded through flooded streets to get to her mother's home in Mississippi to see her before she passed away last night. Roberts' mom, by the way, was the first African American to head the Mississippi Board of Education.

Talk about a rough time. Fighting through a flood to watch your mom pass away days before beginning lengthy treatment for a serious illness only a couple years after battling breast cancer.