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Craig Sager to miss Rio Olympics

By Jason Parker

OAKLAND, CA - OCTOBER 27: TNT reporter Craig Sager is seen on the sidelines during the NBA season opener between the Golden State Warriors and the New Orleans Pelicans at ORACLE Arena on October 27, 2015 in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA - OCTOBER 27: TNT reporter Craig Sager is seen on the sidelines during the NBA season opener between the Golden State Warriors and the New Orleans Pelicans at ORACLE Arena on October 27, 2015 in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) /
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Craig Sager, who was scheduled to work the Rio Olympics for NBC, will miss the games as he is scheduled for another bone marrow transplant. 

For the past few years, fans of the NBA have had a first hand view of the fight that popular sideline reporter Craig Sager has been going through while dealing with leukemia. From trips to the hospital to missing time on television fighting the illness, fans and those in the league have been praying Sager can finally beat the disease for good.

Sager, who has spent much of the last three decades working for Turner Sports, was scheduled to work another Olympic Games for NBC has he has done in games past. Unfortunately, the network broke news that Sager won’t be heading to Rio after heading back to a Houston, Texas hospital for yet another surgery:

Earlier this year, Sager revealed on HBO’s Real Sports that the disease had come back and he was continuing his chemotherapy battles as well as some experimental procedures in an effort to keep up the fight.

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Sager also got to take part in a career accomplishment when, during Game 6 of this year’s NBA Finals, he was able to be a sideline reporter after Turner Sports worked out a deal with ABC to allow it.

Sager was also honored during the ESPY Awards earlier this month for his courageous battle, being presented the award by Vice President Joe Biden.

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