Craig Sager
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Sager in 2012
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Craig Graham Sager June 29, 1951 Batavia, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | December 15, 2016 (aged 65) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Acute myeloid leukemia |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University |
| Occupation | TV sports broadcaster, commentator and announcer |
| Years active | 1972–2016 |
| Employer | Turner Sports (TNT, TBS) |
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) |
| Spouse(s) | Lisa Gabel (1980-2002) Stacy Strebel (2001–2016) |
| Children | 5 |
Craig Graham Sager Sr. (June 29, 1951 – December 15, 2016) was an American sports reporter, covering an array of sports from 1981 until the year of his death for CNN and its sister stations, TBS and TNT.
Sager is best-known for his having worked as a sideline reporter who paced the floors of the National Basketball Association, as he invariably sported a specimen from his vast collection of preposterously garish jackets and suits. He was a 2016 inductee of the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame. It was announced during the 2017 national Basketball Association All-Star game that Craig Sager was the 2017 recipient of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Curt Gowdy Media Award.
Sager was born June 29, 1951 in Batavia, Illinois. He attended Batavia High School, gaining recognition in 1966 when he penned an essay entitled "How and Why I Should Show Respect to the American Flag" in a patriotism contest sponsored by the American Legion. Sager's winning essay was published in the Congressional Record and drew editorial accolades from conservative newspapers around the country for his declaration that he was an "untypical teen" of the silent majority that was not part of any protest movement and "happy we were born in America and not in Havana, Moscow, or Peiping".
Sager was a 1973 graduate of Northwestern University in Chicago, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Speech. He was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. After walking on to the school's football and basketball teams with little success, Sager found his calling by donning the garb of Willie the Wildcat, the school's mascot, for the next three years—a foreshadowing of his professional sports entertainment career.
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