Craig Sager is one of the most interesting people Ive ever met, Barkley said.
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The chemotherapy has diminished Craig Sager’s once lustrous chestnut hair to a few unruly strands, and on this day of hope a simple green T-shirt and blue shorts adorn the man known by millions for his ostentatious wardrobe and easy rapport with the NBA’s elite.
The sports world is rallying around beloved TNT reporter Craig Sager, as he continues his battle with leukemia. While waiting for the surgery to be performed in Houston, Sager’s wife came down with a cold and wasn’t able to be with him for the procedure. And so it makes you reflect on yourself and the things that you say when youre complaining about little things in life and trivial things, and it just puts things in perspective..
FILE – In this July 13, 2016, file photo, Craig Sager accepts the Jimmy V award for perseverance at the ESPY Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, the disease returned in March 2015 and he underwent his second bone marrow transplant.
Charles Barkley visits his TNT colleague, Craig Sager, at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.David J. Phillip/APCraig Sager, TNT’s National Basketball Association sideline reporter, has received a rare third bone-marrow transplant as he continues his fight against cancer. Sager underwent his third bone marrow transplant Wednesday as he continues to battle acute myeloid leukemia.
“Thanks to an anonymous donor, tomorrow my dad will enter an unimaginable milestone with his third bone marrow/stem cell transplant in a 3 year span”.
Sager began the transplant at about 11:30 a.m.
CORRECTS FROM MD ANDERSON HOSPITAL TO MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER -Sportscaster Craig Sager lies in his bed while receiving a transplant Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Central time and it wasn’t complete until more than 10 hours later.
Dr. Muzaffar Qazilbash, Sager’s stem cell transplantation physician, researched thousands of such transplants at MD Anderson over the last 15 years to illustrate just how uncommon Sager’s current procedure is.
According to the Associated Press, doctors needed Stacy to stay away from Craig out of concern for his health. “It’s very rare”, he said.
“I’m supposed to be smiling for this?” he asked with a laugh. He hopes he is healthy enough to work the sidelines opening night of the upcoming National Basketball Association season.
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