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I honestly never really liked the guy, and he annoyed the hell out of me. But I respected him for who he was and what he did. And it’s still sad as hell
Cancer’s a bitch, man.
If I had to pick a favorite ESPN personality, purely on sense of humor, I’d pick Kenny Mayne. But Scott seemed like a nice, down-to-earth guy that you could run into in a BW3 on a Friday night and just talk sports with while waiting for your order.
I always liked him much better than most of ESPN’s personalities. There were so many late nights in college and grad school working on shit with Sportscenter on in the background. I’ve recently switched almost entirely to news from the internet rather than TV, so I was kind of shocked when I heard how sick he was last year, cause I hadn’t noticed a thing about it until he was very sick.
Liked him more than many at ESPN, and not as well as others. Cancer is a terrible thing for anyone to go through and their family and close friends.
That’s a beautiful link.
Good Job Deadspin
Damn, Hannah and Rich in particular were just particularly heartbreaking as was Merril Hodge who knew Stuart in a way none of his fellow anchors could through shared experience.
It was also eye-opening to see the reactions of Keyshawn and Chris. As a white dude, it’s hard to remember the impact somebody like Stuart can have on younger African-Americans.
God speed, Stuart Scott.
I’m the kind of person who cries about once a year… well, you can take the over for 2015. Watching Eisen just absolutely destroyed me. RIP Stuart and best wishes to his family and friends.
As someone who has a bottomless hunger for sports, this has absolutely crushed me. Just being one of the many who grew up on Stu, his presence and voice in sports made watching ESPN tolerable. Seeing all of his colleagues past and present come out to eulogize this guy, and nothing bad, defines his character especially when you don’t even know the guy. Also, he looked so much like my uncle. There are so many people in this country and world who say black men are terrible fathers, that black people have a weak family dynamic, that we’re undeserving of being on this planet, when almost every night you had a great guy, unapologetically black and unapologetically a great father. This fan will sorely miss him.
I’ve heard a lot of talk about how Stu was a trailblazer of sorts but they didn’t specify exactly what made him that way. From the context, I’m guessing he was ESPN’s first black sports anchor? First black sports anchor on TV? Or something?
The first black anchor who spoke like black people do on the streets. Brought the young, hip, urban language to the mainstream on a show that has journalistic integrity too
IOW, it’s generally agreed that he did not massage his natural personality or style to fit in more with the network and his white colleagues. And it worked.
Yeah it did. That clip of Eisen doing the recap of the Cardinals game using Scott’s catchphrases was gold. Especially indicative was the reaction of Eisen’s colleagues. It was the perfect tribute to the guy who really was as cool as the other side of the pillow.
Boo yah!
I was way into sports in the '90s and I loved SportsCenter with Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann, and then Rich Eisen and Stuart Scott. (I work near NFL Network and nearly squealed aloud the first time I saw Eisen.) But I drifted away from sports in my 20s, and consequently, it was years since I last saw Scott. So it shocked me to see how thin he had become, to learn he’d had cancer three times, and to watch his Jimmy V award acceptance speech. There haven’t been many celebrity deaths that upset me, but this one definitely hurt. RIP.