Craig Sager
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Craig Sager (born in Batavia, Illinois), is currently a journalist for TNT and TBS.
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[edit] Early life and career
Sager is graduate of Northwestern University. During his time at Northwestern University he served as Willie the Wildcat, the school's mascot.
Before working for CBS, he worked in Kansas City, Missouri for KMBC, as well as WINK in Fort Myers, Florida, WTSP in St. Petersburg, Florida, and WXLT in Sarasota, Florida.
[edit] Turner Sports
Sager normally works as a sideline reporter for The NBA on TNT. Previously, he has worked at CNN and TBS for the Goodwill Games, Pan American Games, and 1990 FIFA World Cup. Sager also called Nordic skiing and curling for TNT's coverage of the 1992 Winter Olympics. [1]
Sager is also known for his rather distinctive clothing style. He commonly wears velvet suits, pink ties, or red jackets on the sidelines.
[edit] Baseball
What many people do not know about Sager is that he is the fan who was waiting for Henry Aaron at home plate after Aaron hit his 715th home run. Sager can be easily recognized in the fracas at home plate after the home run because of his long white overcoat that he was wearing.
In 1999, Sager served as a field reporter for NBC's coverage of the National League Championship Series and World Series. Sager recently worked as a sideline reporter for Braves TBS Baseball during Barry Bonds' chase to break the home run record.
He serves as the lead sideline reporter for the 2007 MLB Postseason on TBS.
[edit] Basketball
Sager was admonished by Indiana Pacer guard, Reggie Miller, for prematurely reporting Miller's impending retirement from the game of basketball. In fact, Sager was correct on this matter and Miller did retire that year.
He appears in the NBA 2K series along with fellow TNT reporters Kevin Harlan and Kenny Smith. Sager is a sideline reporter that interviews the coaches and reports on the interviews in the games.
[edit] Personal
Sager and his wife Stacy, a former NBA dancer, have 2 daughters, Kacey and Krista, and three sons, Craig, Riley, and Ryan.
Sager is known for his flamboyant suits, always accompanied with a handkerchief. He is slightly over 6 feet 4 inches tall.
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