Sager starts chemo again, will not cover Rio

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Turner Sports reporter Craig Sager began a new round of chemotherapy at Houston’s MD Anderson Cancer on Wednesday and said Thursday he will be unable to cover basketball at the Rio Olympics.

The procedure is intended for the colorful NBA sideline reporter to undergo a third bone marrow transplant in August in his fight against leukemia, initially diagnosed in 2014.

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Sager told the Houston Chronicle that he’d hope to delay the procedure until after the Olympics.

“My body isn’t getting stronger, so they want to do it while I’m strong enough. Third transplants are …

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