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Turner Sports reporter Craig Sager received the Jimmy V Perseverance Award at The ESPYS on Wednesday night in Los Angeles.Sager, effusive in his thanks and expression of gratitude to his family, friends, colleagues and ESPN, took the stage at the Microsoft Theater after a video narrative and tribute that brought him to tears in the audience.?You try to live a lifetime of moments in three weeks, but then you say, The hell with three weeks! Sager said, referring to the aftermath of his leukemia diagnosis.Vice President Joe Biden presented the award, calling Sager a man of courage and loyalty with a hell of a team behind him.To everybody out there, we are making progress -- incredible progress, Sager said. ... We are going to find a cure for cancer. But we need your help.During a commercial break, TNT colleagues Shaquille ONeal, Charles Barkley, Reggie Miller and Ernie Johnson joined Sager and Biden on stage for a photo.Biden later tweeted:?Sager, 64, has continued to work as he faces a recurrence of the leukemia he has been battling for the past few years.I will continue to keep fighting, sucking the marrow out of life as life sucks the marrow out of me, Sager said.Sager missed 11 months while undergoing treatment for leukemia and a bone marrow transplant from his son before returning to his position on the sideline during TNTs NBA coverage in March 2015. But he revealed in an interview with HBO in April that his cancer was no longer in remission.The Jimmy V Award is given to someone in sports who has overcome great obstacles through perseverance and determination. It is named for Valvano, the NCAA-winning coach who gave an emotional acceptance speech at the 1993 ESPYS that included his famous words Dont Give Up ... Dont Ever Give Up! He died of cancer later that year.Sager became close with Valvano when they worked together on basketball at the 1991 Pan American Games in Cuba.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. NBA Jerseys Outlet . -- The Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake played to a 0-0 tie Saturday night that left the top of the Western Conference standings unchanged. Nike NBA Jerseys China . The judges scored it 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 for Jones (19-1). It was the champions closest call. Despite the loss, it was a remarkable show by the confident Swedish challenger, who had the best of the early rounds and then hung on in the fourth and fifth. https://www.nbachinajerseys.us/ .com) - The Chicago Blackhawks aim for their third three-game winning streak of the season when they host the struggling Edmonton Oilers in Sundays battle at the United Center. Fake NBA Jerseys . -- Timbers coach Caleb Porter didnt stray from his business-like approach to the season even after Portland downed the two-time defending league champion Los Angeles Galaxy to gain crucial playoff position. NBA Jerseys China . The Vancouver coach and an announced sellout crowd of 18,910 watched in dismay as the Canucks lost 7-4 to the New York Islanders on Monday night by squandering a 3-0 lead in the third period. WACO, Texas -- A leading university-accrediting body has issued a warning to Baylor University that the schools compliance with the bodys standards will be closely monitored for the next year.Baylor said in a statement it was notified by the Southern Association of College and Schools earlier this month that it will monitor the universitys compliance with three standards: whether university student support services are adequate, institutional control of intercollegiate athletics is firm and a healthyy, safe and secure student environment is being maintained.ddddddddddddThe Board of Regents has told The Wall Street Journal that 17 women had reported domestic violence or sexual assaults involving 19 football players since 2011, including four gang rapes. They told The Dallas Morning News that about 125 cases of sexual assault or harassment campus-wide were under review. ' ' '