Los Angeles (AFP) - Craig Sager, the popular broadcaster whose NBA sideline reports were an integral part of the game for a legion of basketball fans, has died at the age of 65, Turner Sports network said Thursday.
Sager had waged a public battle with cancer over the past two years after he was diagnosed with leukemia in 2014.
The cancer went into remission after a bone marrow transplant but returned in March 2015.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced that teams will be observing a moment of silence in Sager's memory prior to games.
"I -- along with the entire NBA family -- am deeply saddened by the passing of Craig Sager," Silver said in a statement.