ESPN’s Rachel Nichols delivered an emotional, touching tribute to the late Craig Sager on the air Thursday.
Nichols hosts The Jump and came to ESPN from TNT, where she worked alongside Sager for years.
Joined by Brian Windhorst and Tracy McGrady, Nichols, a close friend of Sager and his family, remembered the broadcasting legend as she gracefully delivered the news to viewers.
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Sager died Thursday after a two-year battle with leukemia. He was first diagnosed with leukemia in 2014.