His son, Craig Sager Jr., shared a touching video tribute on Twitter in honor of his father.
“Time is simply how you live your life. We packed a lifetime and then some into these 28 years together. Pay it forward time! #SagerStrong,” Sager Jr. wrote.
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Sager battled acute myeloid leukemia since 2014 and went into remission after a bone marrow transplant, but the the disease returned in March 2015.
He had just been inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame on Tuesday.