The Wonderful World Of Craig Sager

I wonder what Craig Sager wore under his purple graduation gown from Northwestern in 1973? With his impeccable taste for fashion and the hip styles of Chicago 73', I imagine it looked something like a cross between Ron Howard in AMERICAN GRAFFITI and the pinup star of the February 73' issue of Tiger Beat, Rick Springfield (I wonder if he was in the magazine for Jessie's Girl or General Hospital).

I found some great nuggets on Wikipedia when I was preparing my first post on The Pierre Page about my new found favorite sportscaster(Sorry Kristen Aldrige and Bob Costas). In addition to serving as Willie The Wildcat, Craig's wife Stacey is a former NBA Dancer and his son from his first wife, Craig Jr. is a wide receiver for the Georgia Bulldogs.

Now let's get to the juice of my amazement with Craig Sager. I am not the biggest sports buff in the world, hell, if the team is not based in Minnesota I probably don't know who their coach is, and my knowledge of sports history is even less. Yet each time during these incredible NBA Playoffs (is it really 40 games in 40 nights? I really like the song 40 days & 40 fights by Badly Drawn Boy) I find myself waiting with excitement to see what Craig is going to be wearing. When Phil Jackson made a comment about one of Craig's suits in the halftime interview early in May, I started to take notice. Who is this man and what goes through his mind when picking out his suit?. Little did I know, Craig Sager's suits are a piece of sports history, and will continue to be so as long as he is courtside.




Let's take a look at a few of the gems and figure out what went through his mind when putting them on:

It looks like Craig might have caught a glimpse of Jan Terry on public access, ran to her house, took the costume from the video for "Journey To Mars" and then forgot what he was doing in the first place.













This suit, I shit you not, actually emanates weapons grade plutonium. Where the fuck was this suit when Doc was trying to escape the Libyan's?




















I feel that one of Craig's favorite colors must be yellow. Here, he studs this amazing mustard pin stripe. But take a closer look at those shoes. I feel like he was walking down the street in Branson, MI and saw these goldmines in a window. "Must have mustard snake skin shoes. Shit, I only have $145 left on my monthly suit rations, how can I make a quick buck here? Hmmm, dark alleyway down the street..."
















And finally, my personal favorite. This jacket looks like it has that paint job you can get for your car, you know, where it changes color as it drives by. This jacket is a gift for the photographer, each angle it changes colors slightly, so no 2 photos are ever the same. Again though, Craig takes all aspects into consideration, and goes for the 70's pornstar or coke dealer look (although those 2 looks are sorta the same, no?) for his shoes. The way he sports the coat is classic enough, but add in the amazing white shoes and pants look with the trebid orange button up shirt, and you have a classic in my book.