Craig Sager Discusses Cancer Treatment, Support He’s Received and More

March 30th, 2016 by Scott Polacek Leave a reply »

Turner Sports broadcaster Craig Sager continues to work on the NBA sidelines, even though his leukemia is no longer in remission and he has a blood clot behind his right ear that impacts his hearing, per Janie McCauley of the Associated Press.

Sager recently talked about his health, the treatment he is receiving and the overall support he has seen during this difficult time. McCauley noted Sager drew a parallel between his ear situation and swimmer’s ear that won’t go away, although his condition "could cause him to bleed to death" depending on his blood levels.

Still, Sager focused on the overwhelming support he has received from others, per McCauley:

It's obviously been very surprising and overwhelming the support I've gotten. So many times when you're doing a job you feel like you're nuisance sometimes to people and you're intruding on their space and you're asking questions maybe they don't want to deal with at the time and it's not as, 'Hey, welcome, here's Craig.' Whereas now it's kind of been different.

I've always been one I've always liked to talk to people in the stands. I understand when ...

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