TNT sideline reporter Craig Sager had a bone marrow transplant this week, his third in three summers, and is continuing to receive treatment for acute myeloid leukemia at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. A few days before the transplant, TNT analyst and NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley visited his friend and colleague in the hospital against his doctor's orders -- Barkley had a hip replacement recently and was not supposed to travel yet, via the Associated Press' Kristie Rieken:
Sir Charles had hip replacement surgery less than a month ago and wasn't cleared to travel.