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Stuart Scott (born July 19, 1965, in Chicago, Illinois) is a sportscaster, most visibly as an anchor on ESPN's SportsCenter.
[edit] 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. 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. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity founded by African Americans.
He joined ESPN in 1995 to be part of the cast of SportsCenter, and has been there since.
At SportsCenter Scott was part of a duo with Rich Eisen which made both famous. His use of non-standard English elevated his profile as a sports broadcaster, but also made him the target of criticism. Scott's supporters insist his style effectively taps into the hip-hop language and culture of a youth demographic critical to ESPN's ratings success. Others have condemned 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 (Wayne Walker, former NFL great and analyst for the San Francisco 49ers' radio broadcasts, 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.
[edit] 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 (2004–2006) and Teammates (summer 2005). Stuart is known for his famous lines, "As cool as the other side of the pillow," "BAM!," "LIKE A BOSS", "BOO YA!,", "Did you see that?!", and "And here we go!"
[edit] 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."
[edit] Personal life
Scott lives with his wife Kim and his two daughters in Avon, Connecticut.
[edit] 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 continued on-air broadcasting 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]
Stuart's left eye, which is lazy, has also been the focus of attention at various points of his career. Stuart was injured on April 3, 2002[3] in Jets mini-camp when he was doing a special for ESPN. Towards the end of a day at camp against the coach's advice, Stuart was hit in the eye by a football thrown from a JUGS Football Passing Machine. He underwent surgery the day of the injury and was out of work for a couple months.
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- Movies
- Television
- Music Videos
- TV commercials
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