Craig Sager Net Worth

Craig Sager net worth is
$9.5 Million

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 Sager Net Worth $9.5 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.


Full NameCraig Sager
Net Worth$9.5 Million
Date Of BirthJune 29, 1951
DiedDecember 15, 2016, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Place Of BirthBatavia, Illinois, United States
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
ProfessionReporter
EducationNorthwestern University
NationalityAmerican
SpouseStacy Sager
ChildrenRiley Sager, Ryan Sager, Craig Sager Jr., Kacy Sager
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/craigsagerjr
IMDBhttp://imdb.com/name/nm1676673
AwardsJimmy V ESPY Award for Perseverance
NominationsSports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Personality - Sports Reporter
TV ShowsNBA on TNT, Major League Baseball on TBS
#Trademark
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Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
CBS Sports Spectacular: Next on the Tee: The Future of Golf2011TV Movie
NBA 2K72006Video Game

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
HBO Boxing2016TV Series documentary in memory of - 1 episode

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Mike & Mike2015-2016TV SeriesHimself - TNT Sports
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel2016TV SeriesHimself - Announcer (segment "Living Out Loud")
The NBA on TNT2015TV SeriesHimself - Courtside Reporter
2011 National League Championship Series2011TV Mini-SeriesHimself - Field Reporter
2009 National League Championship Series2009TV Mini-SeriesHimself - Field Reporter
2008 American League Championship Series2008TV Mini-SeriesHimself - Field Reporter
2007 National League Championship Series2007TV Mini-SeriesHimself - Field Reporter
NBA 2K82007Video GameHimself - Sideline Commentary (voice)
Boulevard of Broken Dreams2007TV Series documentaryHimself - Former Reporter, WXLT
ESPN SportsCentury2000-2003TV Series documentaryHimself
2003 NBA All-Star Game2003TV SpecialHimself - Sideline Reporter
1999 National League Championship Series1999TV Mini-SeriesHimself - Field Reporter
TNT Sunday Night Football1997TV SeriesHimself - Sideline Reporter
1993 Outback Gator Bowl1993TV MovieHimself - Sideline Reporter
1993 Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday Parade1993TV MovieHimself
1990 Copper Bowl1990TV MovieHimself - Sideline Reporter
XIV FIFA World Cup 19901990TV Mini-SeriesHimself - Reporter
Inside the NBA1988TV SeriesHimself
TBS College Football1982TV SeriesHimself
Sports Tonight1980TV SeriesHimself - Host

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Access Hollywood2016TV SeriesHimself
Mike & Mike2014-2016TV SeriesHimself - TNT Sports / Himself - ESPN Reporter / Himself - Sports Reporter
Rome Is Burning2009TV SeriesHimself

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2012EmmySports Emmy AwardsOutstanding Sports Personality - Sports Reporter
1988ACECableACE AwardsSports Host

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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