Craig Sager

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Craig Sager Wiki Biography

Craig Sager was born on the 29th June 1951, in Batavia, Illinois USA, and is a sideline reporter, best known for his work for TNT and TBS, and also has covered posts for CNN and CBS. Sager’s career started in 1972.

Have you ever wondered how rich Craig Sager is, as of mid-2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Craig Sager’s net worth is as high as $9.5 million, earned through his successful career as a sports broadcaster and reporter. Sager’s yearly salary is reputed to be $1 million.

Craig Graham Sager, Sr. studied at Northwestern University, and graduated in 1973 with a Bachelors degree in speech. During his time at Northwestern, Sager was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, and also served as the school’s mascot Willie the Wildcat.Sager started his career as a reporter for WXLT in Sarasota, Florida in 1972. He stayed there for several years, then moved to CNN in 1981, and covered the baseball playoffs, working as a co-anchor of “CNN Sports Tonight”, and also as an anchor of College Football Scoreboard from 1982 to 1985. Sager covered Goodwill games for TBS in 1986, 1990, 1994, and 1998. He also broadcast events such as Pan American Games, 1990 FIFA World Cup, and Nordic skiing and curling at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

While working for TNT, Sager covered the 1999 Tournament of the Americas Olympic Qualifying Basketball Tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2002 World Championships of Basketball, and also appeared on several occasions on NBA TV during the 2008–09 NBA season. On TBS, Sager worked as a sideline reporter for Pac-10/Big 12 college football coverage from 2002 to 2006, for the 50th annual Delchamps Senior Bowl from Ladd Memorial Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, and the 1998 and 2000 Micron PC Bowl, formerly known as the Carquest Bowl. All these engagements added to his net worth.

Sager made a brief switch to the NBC in 1999, when he was loaned to work as a field reporter for both baseball National League Championship Series and World Series. He has been a basketball reporter for the NBC’s Olympic coverage since the 2000 Games in Sydney. Most recently, Sager teamed up with Doris Burke in covering Game 6 of the NBA Finals in 2016 between Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors.

Regarding his personal life, Craig Sager is married to a former Chicago Bulls dancer Stacy, and the pair has two sons. Sager also has three children from previous marriage, one of them is Craig Jr. who is a wide receiver at the University of Georgia. In 2014, Sager was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia and was forced to miss the entire 2014 NBA Playoffs. All the fellow reporters from the league supported him during treatment, and his son’s bone marrow helped him to enter into remission. However, leukaemia returned in March 2016, and Sager underwent bone marrow surgery at the end of July.

IMDB Wikipedia $9.5 Million 1951 1951-06-29 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) American Batavia Craig Sager Craig Sager Jr. Craig Sager Net Worth Illinois Journalist June 29 Major League Baseball on TBS NBA on TNT Northwestern University Reporter Richest Celebrities Riley Sager Ryan Sager Stacy Sager United States United States of America

Craig Sager Quick Info

Full Name Craig Sager
Net Worth $9.5 Million
Date Of Birth June 29, 1951
Died December 15, 2016, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Place Of Birth Batavia, Illinois, United States
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Profession Reporter
Education Northwestern University
Nationality American
Spouse Stacy Sager
Children Riley Sager, Ryan Sager, Craig Sager Jr., Kacy Sager
Twitter https://twitter.com/craigsagerjr
IMDB http://imdb.com/name/nm1676673
Awards Jimmy V ESPY Award for Perseverance
Nominations Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter
TV Shows NBA on TNT, Major League Baseball on TBS

Craig Sager Trademarks

  1. Colorful suits

Craig Sager Important Facts

  • Father of Craig Sager Jr..

Craig Sager Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
CBS Sports Spectacular: Next on the Tee: The Future of Golf 2011 TV Movie Actor
NBA 2K7 2006 Video Game Actor
HBO Boxing 2016 TV Series documentary in memory of – 1 episode Thanks
Mike & Mike 2015-2016 TV Series Himself – TNT Sports Self
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel 2016 TV Series Himself – Announcer (segment “Living Out Loud”) Self
The NBA on TNT 2015 TV Series Himself – Courtside Reporter Self
2011 National League Championship Series 2011 TV Mini-Series Himself – Field Reporter Self
2009 National League Championship Series 2009 TV Mini-Series Himself – Field Reporter Self
2008 American League Championship Series 2008 TV Mini-Series Himself – Field Reporter Self
2007 National League Championship Series 2007 TV Mini-Series Himself – Field Reporter Self
NBA 2K8 2007 Video Game Himself – Sideline Commentary (voice) Self
Boulevard of Broken Dreams 2007 TV Series documentary Himself – Former Reporter, WXLT Self
ESPN SportsCentury 2000-2003 TV Series documentary Himself Self
2003 NBA All-Star Game 2003 TV Special Himself – Sideline Reporter Self
1999 National League Championship Series 1999 TV Mini-Series Himself – Field Reporter Self
TNT Sunday Night Football 1997 TV Series Himself – Sideline Reporter Self
1993 Outback Gator Bowl 1993 TV Movie Himself – Sideline Reporter Self
1993 Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday Parade 1993 TV Movie Himself Self
1990 Copper Bowl 1990 TV Movie Himself – Sideline Reporter Self
XIV FIFA World Cup 1990 1990 TV Mini-Series Himself – Reporter Self
Inside the NBA 1988 TV Series Himself Self
TBS College Football 1982 TV Series Himself Self
Sports Tonight 1980 TV Series Himself – Host Self
Access Hollywood 2016 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Mike & Mike 2014-2016 TV Series Himself – TNT Sports / Himself – ESPN Reporter / Himself – Sports Reporter Archive Footage
Rome Is Burning 2009 TV Series Himself Archive Footage

Craig Sager Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2012 Emmy Sports Emmy Awards Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter Won
1988 ACE CableACE Awards Sports Host Won
2012 Emmy Sports Emmy Awards Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter Nominated
1988 ACE CableACE Awards Sports Host Nominated