ESPN has added Turner Sports’ Craig Sager to its broadcast team for Game 6 of the NBA Finals. In other news, Dave Strader has been diagnosed with cancer, and Al Michaels will again anchor daytime coverage of the Olympics on NBC.
Sager to Work NBA Finals Game For ABC
- Turner Sports sideline reporter Craig Sager will work Game 6 of the NBA Finals on ABC, ESPN announced Tuesday, marking the first time he has ever worked an NBA Finals broadcast. Under the special arrangement, he will split sideline duties with Doris Burke. Sager has spent the past two years battling leukemia and will be honored at the ESPY Awards next month. (ESPN Media Zone)
Strader Battling Cancer
- Dallas Stars play-by-play voice Dave Strader has been diagnosed with cancer, the team announced on Monday. It did not disclose specifics of his condition. Strader, best known nationally for his work on the NHL on NBC, joined the Stars last year. (Stars.com)
Michaels, Patrick and More to Host Olympics on NBC
- NBC Sports announced Wednesday that Al Michaels will host daytime coverage of the Summer Olympics on the NBC broadcast network, the third time in four Olympics he has hosted the network’s coverage. He hosted primarily on NBCSN in 2014. Other hosts include Dan Patrick and Rebecca Lowe, who will split time between NBC and NBCSN, and Liam McHugh and Carolyn Manno, who will work on NBCSN alone. (NBC Sports Group Press Box)
