RIP: Craig Sager (1951-2016)

[Brian in Mesa]

Craig Sager, TNT's Colorful Basketball Reporter, Dies at 65

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Craig Sager, the engaging sideline reporter known for his kaleidoscopic couture that viewers, players and coaches found helpless to ignore during TNT’s coverage of NBA games, has died after a long and courageous battle with leukemia, Turner Sports said. He was 65.

"Craig Sager was a beloved member of the Turner family for more than three decades and he has been a true inspiration to all of us," Turner president David Levy said in a statement.

Sager received bone marrow transplants in each of the past three summers, the most recent one in August.

He was diagnosed in April 2014 just before the start of the NBA playoffs and was unable to work any games that postseason.

 

[82CardsGrad]

Damn... I thought he was doing OK... RIP Craig. Loved your presence!

 

[carrrnuttt]

2016 has just been awful with these personalities' deaths.

 

[crisper57]

2016 has just been awful with these personalities' deaths.

I was just gonna say that. There are celebrity deaths and then there are iconic deaths. 2016 took way too many icons.

 

[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

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[Dback Jon]

RIP

 

[Mainstreet]

Rest in Peace Craig Sager.

I didn't know he had been battling cancer.

 

[PDXChris]

ABC was super classy in letting him do a Finals game before he passed. From my understanding, he refused to stop working while under going Chemo. He was a true warrior and always a class act! RIP!

 

[AfroSuns]

RIP Craig

 

[Ronin]

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[BillsCarnage]

Damn. RIP Mr Suit

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

I knew he was battling cancer. I didn't know it was this advanced. I'll miss him.

RIP

 

[sunsfan88]

He had gone through chemo and then recovered enough to where he started calling games again and then suffered another setback.

RIP to him and best wishes to his family. I honestly think he was the best and most entertaining sideline reporter that sports has had.

 

[leclerc]

Sad to hear this. I always liked him and his loud suits. Hope he's in a better place. RIP.

 

[BC867]

Craig was a professional, a gentleman and (with all respect) an entertainer in a league that is based upon sports excellence and entertainment.

We'll miss the man and, to a smaller degree, the novelty of his outfits, knowing he chose them not for publicity, but because, well, because it was Craig Sager.

 

[sunsfan88]

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[Dback Jon]

Nice little tribute by CBS at the halftime of the Pittsburgh Cincinnati game

 

[Ronin]

Ernie Eulogy
http://www.nba.com/video/2016/12/20/20161220-sager-funeral-ernies-eulogy/

 

[BC867]

Ernie Eulogy
http://www.nba.com/video/2016/12/20/20161220-sager-funeral-ernies-eulogy/

How could you not be in tears watching that tribute? Thanks, Ronin, for posting it.

 

[Covert Rain]

Ernie Eulogy
http://www.nba.com/video/2016/12/20/20161220-sager-funeral-ernies-eulogy/

Damn that was tough but great to watch.

 

[Southpaw]

The sordid and tawdry side of Craig Sager. Man this is so FUBAR.

http://larrybrownsports.com/everything-else/craig-sager-jr-sisters-left-out-family-will/419358
http://larrybrownsports.com/everything-else/craig-sager-jr-sisters-left-out-family-will/419358
I guess bone marrow donations aren't worth much.

Craig Sager Jr., the son of late sports reporter Craig Sager Sr., expressed frustration on Twitter Tuesday over an ongoing situation involving his family and his father’s will.

Sager Jr. tweeted that he and his sisters were left out of his father’s will. Although that’s something that would bother many children, Sager Jr. says the real issue is that they are being taken to court over the will.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

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[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Eh do we really need this thread about a soap opera in the suns board? This is all gross.