CHICAGO — Craig Sager returned to his familiar spot on the NBA sideline Thursday after being treated for leukemia.
The sideline reporter worked the Oklahoma City Thunder-Chicago Bulls game for TNT, 11 months after he was diagnosed with leukemia.
“I’m 60 yards shorter off the tee, but I feel good,” Sager said.
Best known for his outlandish outfits, Sager wore a red, black and gray plaid jacket and matching Nike shoes.
“Bulls colors,” he explained.
Sager, 63, hadn’t worked a game since April 10 in Dallas, where he felt ill and sought treatment. With a dangerously low hemoglobin count, Sager had six blood transfusions over a 24-hour period before returning to Atlanta.
Sager, who said he had never missed a day of work before his ordeal, had a bone marrow transplant from his son, Craig Jr., and spent part of his absence in isolation.
