Stuart Orlando Scott (July 19, 1965 - January 4, 2015) is an American sports announcer and newscaster on ESPN, especially at SportsCenter . Famous for its hip-hop style and use of its slogan, Scott is also accustomed to networking at the National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Football League (NFL).
Scott grew up in North Carolina, and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He started his career with various local television stations before joining ESPN in 1993. Despite already African-American sportsmen, hip-hop mixing with sports broadcasting is unique to television. In 2008, he became a principal in ESPN programming, and also started at ABC as the main host for their coverage of the NBA.
In 2007, Scott underwent an appendectomy operation and learned that his appendix is ​​cancerous. After a remission, he was again diagnosed with cancer in 2011 and 2013. Scott was awarded at the ESPY Awards in 2014 with Jimmy V Award for his fight against cancer less than six months before his death in 2015 at the age of 49..
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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 years old, Scott and his family moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Scott has a brother named Stephen and two sisters named Susan and Synthia.
He attended Mount Tabor High School for grades 9 and 10 and then completed the last two years of Richard J. Reynolds high school in Winston-Salem, graduating in 1983. In high school, he was the captain of his soccer team, running track, serving as Vice President of the Student Council, and is a Sergeant at the Arms of the Key Club school. Scott was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Richard J. Reynolds High School during the ceremony on February 6, 2015, which lasted for Reynolds/Mt. Tabor (two Scott high school attended) basketball match.
He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and is part of an on-air talent at WXYC. While at UNC, Scott also plays a wide-ranging player and survives on the football team. In 1987, Scott graduated from UNC with B.A. in speech communication. In 2001, Scott gave his initial address at UNC where he begged graduates to celebrate diversity and to recognize the power of communication.
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Careers
After graduating, Scott worked as a weekend news reporter and sports announcer at WPDE-TV in Florence, South Carolina from 1987 to 1988. Scott emerged with the phrase "as cool as the other side of the pillow" while working on his first job at WPDE. After this, Scott worked as a news reporter at WRAL-TV 5 in Raleigh, North Carolina from 1988 to 1990. WRAL Sport anchor Jeff Gravley recalled a "natural bond" between Scott and the sports department. Gravley describes his style as creative, gregarious and adds so much energy to the editorial space. Even after leaving, Scott still visits his former colleague at WRAL and treats them like family.
From 1990 to 1993, Scott worked at WESH, an affiliate of NBC in Orlando, Florida as a sports reporter and sportscaster. While at WESH, he meets with ESPN producer Gus Ramsey, who started his own career. Ramsey says of Scott: "You know the second he walked in the door that it was a pit stop, and that he would be this big star somewhere someday.He went out and did a piece in the rodeo, and he nailed just like him will nail the NBA Finals for ESPN. "He was awarded first place from Central Florida Press Club for the rodeo feature.
ESPN
Al Jaffe, vice president of talent for ESPN, took Scott to ESPN2 because they were looking for a sports announcer that might appeal to a younger audience. Scott became one of the few African-American figures who were not former professional athletes. His first ESPN assignment was for SportsSmash , a short two-hour sports broadcast on the ESPN2 SportsNight program. After Keith Olbermann left SportsNight for ESPN SportsCenter , Scott took his place in the anchor seat at SportsNight . After this, Scott becomes a regular player on SportsCenter . At SportsCenter , Scott often works with fellow anchors Steve Levy, Kenny Mayne, Dan Patrick, and most famously, Rich Eisen. Scott is a regular person in the ad This is a SportsCenter .
In 2002, Scott was named studio host for NBA on ESPN . He became the main carrier in 2008, when he also started at ABC in the same capacity for NBA coverage, which included the NBA Finals. In addition, Scott animate prime-time SportsCenter ' of the post-season NBA game site. From 1997 to 2014, he covered the league final. During the 1997 and 1998 NBA Finals, Scott conducted a one on one interview with Michael Jordan. When Monday Night Football moved to ESPN in 2006, Scott held on-site coverage, including Monday Night Countdown and post-game coverage of SportsCenter. Scott previously appeared in the NFL PrimeTime during the 1997 season, Monday Night Countdown from 2002 to 2005, and Sunday NFL Countdown from 1999 to 2001. covering the MLB playoffs and NCAA Final Four in 1995 for ESPN.
Scott appears in every edition of ESPN the Magazine , with his Holla column. While working on ESPN, he also interviewed Tiger Woods, Sammy Sosa, President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign. As part of an interview with President Barack Obama, Scott played in a one-on-one basketball game with the President. In 2004, as requested by US forces Scott and fellow SportsCenter co-anchors organized a one-week program from Kuwait for ESPN SportsCenter: Salute the Troops . He hosted a number of ESPN and reality show games, including Stump the Schwab Friends , and Dream Job , and host David Blaine < i> Drowned Alive special. She hosted a special broadcast episode and the only one from The Most Guilty Home Video in America titled AFV: The Sports Edition .
Style
Despite already successful African-American sportsmen, Scott combines hip-hop and sports culture in a way never before seen on television. He speaks the same way as a fan at home. ESPN news director Vince Doria told ABC: "But Stuart speaks a much different language... which appeals to young demographers, especially young African-American demographics." Michael Wilbon writes that Scott allows his personality to instill the scope and emotion to pour out.
Scott also integrates pop culture references into his report. A commentator recalled his style: "he can go from raising a Baptist preacher who rambles during a Sunday morning service ('Can I get a witness from the congregation?!'), To quote Frontman General Enemy Chuck D ('Listen drummer to WICKED!') On in 1999, she was parodied on Saturday Night Live by Tim Meadows Scott appeared in the music video with LL Cool J and Luke rappers, and she was quoted in "3 Peat", a Lil Wayne song that included lines: "Yes, I got a game like Stuart Scott, out of the ESPN store." In the 2002 segment of NPR In Media, Scott reveals one approach to his detention task: "Writing is better if it is kept simple. Every sentence does not need to have a perfect noun/verb. I've said 'no' in the air. Because I sometimes use 'no' when I speak. "
As a result of his unique style, Scott and ESPN received many hate mails from people who hate colors, hip-hop styles, or generations. In the 2003 USA Today survey, Scott finished first in the question that the anchor had to be decided SportsCenter , but he also came second and Patrick in â € Å"must make him stay 'voting. Jason Whitlock criticized the use of Jay-Z's alternative nickname, "Jigga", on Monday Night Football's part of the show as silly and offensive. Scott never changed his style and ESPN stuck with him.
Password is
Scott became famous because he used the catch phrase, following the tradition of SportsCenter started by Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann. He popularized the phrase booyah , which spread from sports to mainstream culture. Some of his slogans include:
- "Boo-Yah!"
- "Hallah"
- "Cool as the other side of the cushion"
- "He must be a bus driver because he brought him to school."
- "Holla in a playa when you see it on the street!"
- "Just call him butter because he's in action"
- "They Call It The Wind Man Because He's Always Cleaning Glass"
- "You Do not Have to Go Home, But You Must Get Heck Outta Here."
- "She treats her like a dog, sitting.
- "And God says you must rise!"
- "Make All Proud of Kinfolk... Pookie, Ray Ray, and Moesha"
- "This is Your World, Kid... The Rest We Still Pay Rents"
- "Can I get a Witness from the Congregation?"
- "Do It, Do It, Do It Well"
- "See... What Happened Is"
Legacy
ESPN President John Skipper said Scott's talent and style, which he used to talk about the athletes he covered, "changed everything." Fellow ESPN Anchor, Stan Verrett, said he was a pioneer: "not only because he is black - obviously black - but because of his style, his attitude, his presentation.He does not shy away from the fact that he is a black man, and it allows us all who came to be ourselves. "He became a role model for African-American sports journalists.
Personal life
Scott married Kimberly Scott from 1993 to 2007. They have two daughters together, Taelor and Sydni. Scott lives in Avon, Connecticut. At the time of his death, Scott was in a relationship with Kristin Spodobalski. In his Jimmy V Award speech, he told his teenage daughters: "Taelor and Sydni, I love you more than I ever said.You are both my heartbeat, I'm standing on this stage tonight because of you."
Eye injuries
Scott was injured when he was hit in the face by football during a mini-camp New York Jets on April 3, 2002, while filming for ESPN, a punch that damaged the cornea. He received surgery but later suffered from ptosis, or drooping eyelids.
Appendectomy and cancer
After leaving Connecticut on Sunday morning in 2007 for Monday Night Football in Pittsburgh, Scott had a stomachache. After the stomachache worsened, he went to the hospital instead of the game and then his appendix was removed. After testing the appendix, the doctor knows that he has cancer. Two days later, he underwent an operation in New York that removed the colon and several lymph nodes near the appendix. After surgery, they recommend preventive chemotherapy. In December, Scott - while undergoing chemotherapy - hosted the Friday night ESPN NBA event and led the coverage of NBA Christmas Day studio show on ABC. Scott worked while undergoing chemotherapy. Scott said of his experience with cancer at the time: "One of the coolest things about cancer, and I know it sounds like an oxymoron, is meeting other people who have to fight it.You have a bond.This is like a brotherhood or college association." When Scott goes back to work and people know about his cancer diagnosis, the sympathizers feel arrogant to him because he just wants to talk about sports, not cancer.
Cancer returns in 2011, but eventually returns to remission. She is again diagnosed with cancer on January 14, 2013. After chemo, Scott will perform mixed martial arts and/or P90X sports regimens. By 2014, he has undergone 58 chemotherapy infusions and switched to a chemotherapy pill. Scott also underwent some radiation and surgery as part of his cancer treatment. Scott never wanted to know what stage of the cancer he was experiencing.
Jimmy V Awards
On July 16, 2014, Scott was awarded at the ESPY Awards, with Jimmy V Award for a continuing battle against cancer. She shares that she has 4 operations within 7 days of the week before her appearance, when she suffers from liver complications and kidney failure. Scott told the audience, "When you die, that does not mean you lose to cancer, you beat cancer the way you live, why you live, and the way you live." At ESPYs, a video was also shown, including Scott's scenes from the clinic room at Johns Hopkins Hospital and other scenes from Scott's life against cancer. Scott ends his speech by calling his daughter on stage for a hug, "because I need one," and tells the audience to "rest your night, enjoy the rest of your life."
Death
On the morning of January 4, 2015, Scott died of appendicitis at his home in Avon, Connecticut, at the age of 49 years.
Tributes
ESPN announces: "Stuart Scott, a dedicated family man and one of the ESPN SportsCenter signatures, has died after a brave and inspiring battle with cancer He is 49 years old." ESPN released Scott's obituary video. Sports Illustrated calls the ESPN video obituary a beautiful and moving tribute to a dead man "at a young age of 49." Barack Obama paid tribute to Scott, saying:
I will miss Stuart Scott. Twenty years ago, Stuart helped usher in a new way to talk about our favorite team and best drama of the day. For over twenty years, public services and campaigns have kept me away from my family - but wherever I go I can turn on TV and Stu and his colleagues at SportsCenter are there. Over the years, he comforted us, and in the end, he inspired us - with courage and love. Michelle and I offer our thoughts and prayers to family, friends and colleagues.
A number of athletes of the National Basketball Association - current and ex-paid awards for Scott, including Stephen Curry, Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Jason Collins, Shaquille O'Neal, Johnson Magic, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Bruce Bowen, Dennis Rodman, James Worthy, and others. A number of golfers praised Scott: Tiger Woods, Gary Player, David Duval, Lee Westwood, Blair O'Neal, Jane Park, and others. Other athletes pay tribute including Robert Griffin III, Russell Wilson, Jon Lester, Lance Armstrong, Barry Sanders, J. J. Watt, David Ortiz and Sheryl Swoopes. UNC basketball coach Roy Williams called him a "hero." Arizona Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians said: "We lost a football game but we lost more this morning, I think one of the best members of the media I've dealt with, Stuart Scott, died."
Comrades, Hannah Storm and Rich Eisen provide memory of Scott. In SportsCenter , Scott Van Pelt and Steve Levy bid farewell to Scott and left empty seats in his honor. Tom Jackson, Cris Carter, Chris Berman, Mike Ditka and Keyshawn Johnson from NFL Countdown share their memories of Scott.
During the acceptance speech of Ernie Johnson, Jr. for the 2015 Sports Emmy Award for Best Studio Host, he rewards Scott's daughters, saying it's "Stuart Scott's". At the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards and at ESPY Awards 2015, Scott is included in the "in memory" segment, a rare honor for sports announcers.
Movieography
- She Got the Game (1998)
- Disney Children (2000)
- Drum (2002)
- Love Do not Cost A Thing (2003)
- Sir. 3000 (2004)
- Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
- The Game Plan (2007)
- Enchanted (2007)
- Just Wright (2010)
Television
- Arli $$ (2000)
- I love the 80s (2002)
- Soul Food (2003)
- She Spies (2005)
- I love the 70s (2003)
- One on One (2004)
- Wait for Schwab (2004-06)
- Dream Jobs (2004)
- Team colleagues (2005)
- I love the 90s (2004)
- I Like Holidays (2005)
- I Love toys (2006)
- Black for the Future (2009)
Publications
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Scott, Stuart; Platt, Larry (2015). Every Day I Fight . Blue Rider Press. ISBN 978-0-399-17406-3.
References
External links
- Stuart Scott Foundation
- Stuart Scott's Legacy at ESPN.com
- Stuart Scott on IMDb
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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