Stuart Scott, the longtime ‘SportsCenter’ anchor and ESPN personality known for his known for his enthusiasm and ubiquity, has died at age 49.
The network says Scott died Sunday and had fought cancer since a diagnosis in late 2007, remaining dedicated to his craft even as he underwent chemotherapy, radiation and surgery.
In his sports presenting career, which began in 1987 in South Carolina, he rose from local stations to prominence on the national sports network, coining now-unavoidable including the celebratory ‘boo yah’.
His other contributions to the sports vernacular include ‘cool as the other side of the pillow’ and ‘He must be the bus driver cuz he was takin’ him to school.’
ESPN president John Skipper says Scott was ‘a true friend and a uniquely inspirational figure’ and that his ‘energetic and unwavering devotion to his family and to his work while fighting the battle of his life left us in awe, and he leaves a void that can never be replaced.’
Suzy Kolbert, an ESPN sportcaster who worked with Scott for years, said: ‘No matter how big he got, now matter how bad it got, he never changed. He loved his work, he loved his daughters, he loved being Stu.’
Scott accepted the Jimmy V Perseverance Award at the ESPYs in July. During his speech, he told his teenage daughters: ‘Taelor and Sydni, I love you guys more than I will ever be able to express. You two are my heartbeat. I am standing on this stage here tonight because of you.’
Born in Chicago, Scott attended high school in North Carolina. After graduating from the University of North Carolina in 1987, Scott worked at three TV stations in the southern U.S. before joining ESPN for the 1993 launch of its ESPN2 network.
He often anchored the 11pm SportsCenter, where he would punctuate emphatic highlights with ‘Boo-ya!’ or note a slick move as being ‘as cool as the other side of the pillow.’
This is as reported by Mail online.
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