Stuart Scott
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Stuart Orlando Scott (July 19, 1965 – January 4, 2015) was an American sportscaster and anchor on ESPN, most notable on SportsCenter.
Scott was also known for his hip-hop style and use of catch phrases on the network, as well as its National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Football League (NFL) coverage. Scott grew up in North Carolina and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He began his work with various local television stations before joining ESPN in 1993.
Although there were already successful African-American sportscasters, his mixing of hip hop with sportscasting was unprecedented for television.
He was a staple in ESPN's programming by 2008 and began on ABC as the lead host for their coverage of the NBA. Scott had an appendectomy and learned that his appendix had been cancerous in 2007.
He was diagnosed with cancer in 2011 and 2013.
Scott was praised at the ESPY Awards in 2014 for his fight against cancer, just less than six months before his death in 2015 at the age of 49.
Early life
Stuart Orlando Scott was born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 19, 1965, as the son of O. Ray and Jacqueline Scott. When he was 7, Scott and his family moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Susan and Synthia was Scott's brother, and he had two sisters named Stephen and Synthia.
He attended Mount Tabor High School for 9th and 10th grade and then spent his remaining two years at Richard J. Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem, graduating in 1983. He was a captain of his football team in high school, served as Vice President of the Student Council, and was the Sergeant at Arms of the school's Key Club. During a ceremony on February 6, 2015, Scott was inducted into the Richard J. Reynolds High School Hall of Fame, which took place during the Reynolds/Mt. The basketball game in Tabor (one of Scott's high schools) was played.
He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and was an on-air talent for WXYC. Scott also served as a wide receiver and defensive back on the football team while at UNC. Scott earned a B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina in 1987. In speech communication, it is used. Scott delivered the commencement address at UNC in 2001.
Personal life
Scott was married to Kimberly Scott from 1993 to 2007. Taelor and Sydni were two daughters together. Scott lived in Avon, Connecticut. Scott was in a relationship with Kristin Spodobalski at the time of his death. "I love you guys more than I will ever be able to say" during his Jimmy V Award address. You two are my heartbeat. I'm here tonight because of you." Sydni Scott, his daughter, was named a Rhodes Scholar in 2022.
While filming a special for ESPN, Scott was injured when he was struck in the chest by a football thrown by a JUGS machine named "Andrew Dimetrosky 2.0" during a New York Jets mini-camp on April 3, 2002. He underwent surgery, but the eyelid drooping caused him to suffer as a result of ptosis.
Scott had a stomach ache after leaving Connecticut on a Sunday morning for Monday Night Football in Pittsburgh. He went to the hospital rather than the game, and later had his appendix removed from the game. Doctors discovered that he had cancer after testing the appendix. He underwent surgery in New York two days later to remove a portion of his colon and some of his lymph nodes near the appendix. They also suggested preventive chemotherapy after the surgery. Scott, who is still recovering from chemotherapy, hosted ESPN NBA coverage and led the coverage of ABC's NBA Christmas Day studio show on Friday night. While undergoing chemotherapy, Scott was active. "One of the things that make getting cancer seeming like an oxymoron," Scott said of his experience with the disease. You have a friendship. It's like a fraternity or sorority. The well-wishers became overbearing for him as he returned to work and learned of his cancer diagnosis, not cancer.
The cancer returned in 2011, but it was later found to be in remission. On January 14, 2013, he was diagnosed with cancer for the second time. Scott will do mixed martial arts and/or a P90X training regimen after chemo. He had undergone 58 infusions of chemotherapy and switched to chemotherapy pills by 2014, and chemotherapy had been discontinued. As part of his cancer treatment, Scott underwent radiotherapy and multiple surgeries. Scott never wanted to know what stage of cancer he was in.
Scott was recognized at the ESPY Awards for his ongoing fight against cancer, which was his last public appearance before his death. He said he had four surgeries in the week leading up to his appearance, when he was suffering from liver disease and kidney disease. "When you die, it does not mean you die from cancer," Scott told the audience. You beat cancer by changing how you live, why you live, and in the way in which you live. A video of Scott from a clinic room at Johns Hopkins Hospital as well as other scenes from Scott's fight against cancer was also shown at the ESPYs. Scott ended his address by inviting his daughter up to the stage for a hug "because I need one") and urging the audience to "have a wonderful rest of your night, have a wonderful remainder of your life."
Career
After graduation, Scott served as a news reporter and weekend sports anchor at WPDE-TV in Florence, South Carolina, from 1988 to 1988. When doing his first job at WPDE, Scott came up with the phrase "as cool as the other side of the pillow." Scott served as a news reporter at WRAL-TV 5 in Raleigh, North Carolina, from 1988 to 1990. Jeff Gravley, a WRAL Sports anchor, recalled there was a "natural alliance" between Scott and the sports staff. Gravley referred to his style as innovative, gregarious, and bringing so much life to the newsroom. And after leaving WRAL, Scott continued to visit his old coworkers and treated them like family.
Scott served as a sports reporter and sports anchor for WESH, an NBC affiliate in Orlando, Florida, from 1990 to 1993. Gus Ramsey, an ESPN producer who was just starting his own company, met him while at WESH. "You knew the second time he stepped in the door that it was a pit stop and that he'd be this big star someday," Ramsey said of Scott. He went out and wrote about the rodeo, and nailed it like he'd nail the NBA Finals for ESPN." For a feature on rodeo, he received first place awards from the Central Florida Press Club.