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One of the most iconic sideline reporters in the history of NBA basketball will honored Tuesday night in front of a packed house at Oracle Arena, as the Golden State Warriors will pay tribute to TNT’s Craig Sager during their season opener against the San Antonio Spurs. Sager, 65, has been battling Leukemia since his original diagnosis […]

Friendship knows no boundaries for Charles Barkley, as the controversial TNT analyst flew to Houston against doctor’s orders to visit his friend and colleague, Craig Sager. Barkley — still recovering from a month-old hip replacement surgery — took the chance to visit Sager, who is undergoing a third bone marrow transplant in his battle against Leukemia. Sager’s son (of the […]

After skipping the Rio Olympics, TNT sideline reporter Craig Sager awaits a bone-marrow transplant as part of his treatment for Leukemia. The 65-year-old Northwestern alum remained positive despite the series of challenges he’s endured the past two years and the ones he’s yet to endure. “I have met life’s challenges by climbing the Great Wall […]

Craig Sager is a huge inspiration to all, especially for people facing any kind of difficulties in their life. The colorful, literally, broadcast legend serves as the role model of not giving up. His loud and welcoming personality made him an icon in the NBA. Despite having to deal with his health problems, Sager remains in the front-line […]

All basketball and sports fans can unite in supporting Craig Sager‘s fight against cancer. Sager has demonstrated an incredible amount of courage this past year fighting his disease while at the same time working as hard as ever at his job for TNT as a sideline reporter. Despite having to travel to Houston constantly for […]

During this summer’s Olympic Games, there will be one popular figure missing from the sidelines. NBC Sports announced today that, Craig Sager will miss the Rio Olympics. NBC Olympics Statement on Craig Sager: https://t.co/98lZ5e70Nf pic.twitter.com/d44noHryBH — NBC Sports PR (@NBCSportsPR) July 28, 2016 It’s sad news for the basketball world as it would have been […]

Through the years, we have all become accustomed to seeing NBA reporter Craig Sager wearing colorful jackets and coats when covering games. This has been his trademark and has made him standout for more than just his excellent reporting. During Wednesday’s ESPYS, he arrived sporting a multi-colored jacket with a yellow shirt under it, as […]

NBA sideline reporter Craig Sager has had a turbulent couple of years. The extravagantly dressed TV personality was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in 2014 and has lived with the condition ever since, continuing to cover basketball when possible. Despite the numerous complications and copious amount of treatment, Sager reached a milestone this year; he […]

After the Cleveland Cavaliers won Game 6 to send the NBA Finals back to Oakland for a decisive Game 7, LeBron James spoke with Craig Sager, who was working the sidelines in the NBA Finals for the first time in his career. As happy as LeBron was about leading his team to victory with 41 […]

When the Western Conference Finals ended, and thus the end of the TNT broadcast, we thought we might have seen the legendary Craig Sager broadcasting for the last time. Though Sager usually does the broadcast for TNT, everyone loves him and his suits so much, that ABC decided to bring him on as part of […]

In his darkest days, Craig Sager is living his dream. Being able to continue sideline reporting, getting close to the action, and, most of all, wearing all of his most expressive colorful outfits. Sager works for Turner (TNT), which has finished it’s season of NBA basketball coverage, and thus Sager’s reporting. ESPN extended an invitation […]

When Game 7 of the Western Conference finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Golden State Warriors concluded, the NBA world was saddened by the prospect of not watching TNT’s crew, including Charles Barkley, Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, Shaquille O’Neal, and Craig Sager, working a game until next season. Well, we’ll get our fix […]

Just days removed from partnering with Dwyane Wade in creating his very own Craig Sager tie line, ESPN will honor Craig Sager at the 24th annual ESPY Awards with the Jimmy V Perseverance Award. Sager, 64, has continued to work through the NBA playoffs despite being in the public eye after announcing his cancer was […]

The NBA on TNT crew have been extremely supportive of Craig Sager during his fight with cancer. On Tuesday night, they continued to show their support for their colleague and good friend by wearing some Sager-themed socks. The special socks are being worn by the NBA on TNT crew during Game 4 of the Western […]

The Spurs and Thunder are immersed in an intense battle on the court in the second round of the playoffs, but sideline reporter Craig Sager is waging a much more serious fight. A few months ago, Sager revealed that his leukemia had returned and doctors were only giving him three to six months to live. Fans, […]

Craig Sager is known as perhaps the best sideline reporter for NBA games, but he’s also had a huge impact off of the court. While Sager’s name has been in headlines recently due to his ongoing battle with leukemia, there’s an interesting story to be heard involving the NBA on TNT reporter and former basketball great, […]

You probably best know Craig Sager for his outlandish suits that he wears while broadcasting on the NBA sidelines. But did you also know that he never wears the same outfit twice? Or that, just hours before broadcasting, he’s been receiving blood transfusions and chemotherapy? Sager has not only become part of the fabric that […]

Craig Sager has been named as part of NBC’s Olympic broadcasting crew for this summer’s Games in Rio de Janeiro. RELATED: Michael Jordan, Craig Sager Share Touching Moment During National Title Game Sager will join the NBC broadcasting team on the sidelines along with Marv Albert and Doug Collins for the basketball telecasts. Despite this […]

Every basketball fan out there knows Craig Sager for the eccentric and colorful suits he wears as a sideline reporter for TNT and TBS. But, as expressed in a USA Today article profiling Sager, the man Craig Sager himself is far more interesting than the flashy and eye-catching wardrobe he has become so famous for wearing on air. Sager […]

Last month we received the news that longtime sideline reporter and notable fashion trend-setter Craig Sager was diagnosed with leukemia for the third time. In response, the entire NBA including players, legends, fans, coaches, and even other sideline reporters have all come out to show their support in some way. RELATED: Craig Sager To Continue […]