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Stuart Scott
Born (1965-07-19) July 19, 1965 (age 59)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
OccupationSportscaster
WebsiteStuart Scott at ESPN

Stuart Scott (born July 19, 1965, in Chicago, Illinois) is a sportscaster, most visibly as an anchor on ESPN's SportsCenter.

Biography

Early life and career

Scott attended Richard J. Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and went to college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). He was also part of the on-air talent at the student-run radio station WXYC. He graduated from UNC in 1987 with a bachelor of arts in speech communication. Following graduation, Scott worked as a reporter at WPDE-TV in Florence, South Carolina, from 1988-1990 and at WRAL-TV 5 in Raleigh, North Carolina, from 1990-1993. He also worked at WESH, an NBC affiliate in Orlando, Florida, from 1993-1995.

ESPN

He joined ESPN in 1995 to be part of the cast of SportsCenter, and has been there since.

Style

At SportsCenter, Scott was part of a duo with Rich Eisen that made both famous. His use of non-standard English elevated his profile as a sports broadcaster. Scott's supporters insist his style effectively taps into hip-hop language and culture of a youth demographic critical to ESPN's ratings success. Some have criticized Scott for plagiarism. One of his most famous oft-repeated phrases, "He's as cool as the other side of the pillow", was lifted from at least one other sports commentator's (Wayne Walker, former NFL great and analyst for the San Francisco 49ers' radio broadcasts. He occasionally used this line throughout the 1980s to characterize the composed play of legendary quarterback Joe Montana. It has not been confirmed that Scott has publicly acknowledged Walker's authorship or prior usage of this phrase. :[1] Tim Meadows and Finesse Mitchell parodied him on Saturday Night Live.

Television shows

Besides SportsCenter, Scott has been the host of a number of television shows. He recently hosted the ESPN series Dream Job, the network's talent search for a new SportsCenter anchor. Scott hosted the live special of David Blaine's "Drowned Alive" stunt in 2006. Stuart also hosted the ESPN/ESPN Classic game shows Stump the Schwab (2004-present) and Teammates (summer 2005). Stuart is known for his famous lines, "As cool as the other side of the pillow," "BAM!," "BOO YA!," and "Did you see that?!"

Appearance in ESPN NBA 2K5

In the 2004 game, ESPN NBA 2K5, Stuart Scott appears providing commentary for the games. He also appears in the loading screen, before a game starts (only in Exhibition, Season, and Playoff modes), introducing the star player of one of the teams. If the star player is a custom-made player, Stuart introduces him as "Number X."

Personal life

Scott lives with his wife Kim and his two daughters in Connecticut in the Greater Hartford area.

Eye injury

Scott had a couple of cornea transplants when he was younger. But, in 2002, Scott had been invited to join in the New York Jets pre-season training camp by head coach Herm Edwards. Scott was filming a story about football minicamps for ESPN. He was struck by a football launched from a JUGS machine during receiver drills. He had to undergo corneal surgery that same evening and was out of work for a couple months. He now wears thicker glasses to cover the unsightly disfigurement to his eye and has the teleprompter moved closer.

Illness

Scott had an emergency appendectomy in Pittsburgh after becoming ill while covering the Pittsburgh Steelers-Miami Dolphins Monday Night Football game on November 26, 2007. The surgery also discovered a malignancy that required an additional surgery to remove possibly cancerous tissue. He returned a month later and will continue on-air during recommended preventive chemotherapy. ESPN President George Bodenheimer said "Stuart is approaching this fight with the same passion and energy we see on air... He knows he has our full support and we look forward to the day where this is all behind him."[2]

Career timeline

Filmography

Movies

Television

TV commercials

References

  1. ^ "www.usatoday.com/sports/2003-11-25-sportscenter-scott-responses_x.htm".
  2. ^ Scott will host NBA shows while undergoing chemotherapy, ESPN.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Stuart Scott
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