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<p><a href="/biography/stuart-scott">Stuart Orlando Scott</a> (July 19, 1965 – January 4, 2015) was an American <a href="/biography/stuart-scott">sportscaster</a> and anchor for ESPN, best known for his work on the SportsCenter program. Scott, well-known for his hip-hop style and use of catchphrases, was a regular <a href="/biography/stuart-scott">contributor</a> to ESPN's coverage of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Football League (NFL).</p>

<h2>Battle with Cancer</h2>

<p>The first signs of trouble began during a Pittsburgh Steelers–Miami Dolphins Monday Night Football game on November 26, 2007, which Scott was covering for ESPN, where he became ill during the game. This resulted in an emergency appendectomy a few hours later, during which a malignant growth was discovered, and extra surgery required removing the possibly cancerous tissue.</p>

<p>Despite this, Scott was back at work within a month. Even during his chemotherapy treatment that followed, he continued to broadcast even his chemotherapy treatment, garnering much praise from fellow broadcasters and ESPN <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bodenheimer">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bodenheimer">George Bodenheimer</a> in particular.</p>

<p>Remission lasted several years; however, in 2011, Scott revealed that he again had to fight off cancer, which thankfully went into Remission again in 2012. This time Remission was not such an extended period, and in 2013 Scott announced that his cancer had returned once again.</p>

<p>Scott continued the fight and was honored at the 22nd Annual ESPY awards on July 16, 2014, by being presented with the Jimmy V Award for his ongoing, inspirational battle against cancer. His acceptance speech has been regarded as one of the best and most moving in the history of the awards, as he revealed that in the week before his appearance at the awards, he had undergone four surgeries in seven days due to complications with his liver, as well as kidney failure and that at times he wasn't even sure he would survive to be at the awards at all.</p>

<p>Scott was still fighting his cancer and remained a positive influence on people living with cancer and had a bold impact on the world around him; his strength of character and zest for life despite the odds stacked against him were, and are, an inspiration for everyone.</p>

<p>He had been battling cancer. His speech was both emotional and supportive for many. He mentioned he doesn't like to feel like he has a disease, even though he thinks about it more than 20 times a day. He also said that death is not the war lost to fighting cancer and that we can beat cancer by how we live.</p>

<p>Sadly on January 4, 2015, ESPN announced that Stuart Scott lost his battle with cancer. However, as far as he was concerned, he won the battle. He considered every day he lived before his death a victory in the fight against cancer.</p>

<h2>Career</h2>

<p>Following graduation, Scott worked as a news reporter and weekend sports anchor at WPDE-TV in Florence, South Carolina, from 1987 to 1988. He also worked as a freelancer. In the course of his first job at WPDE, Scott came up with the phrase "as cool as the other side of the pillow," which became popular. Scott then went on to work as a news reporter for WRAL-TV 5 in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he stayed from 1988 to 1990. According to WRAL Sports anchor Jeff Gravley, Scott, and the sports department had a "natural bond" when they first met. Gravley characterized his personality as "creative, gregarious," and "a source of tremendous energy in the newsroom." Scott continued to visit his former colleagues at WRAL and treated them as if they were members of his family even after he had left.</p>

<p>In the sports reporting and anchoring departments of WESH, an NBC affiliate in Orlando, Florida, from 1990 to 1993, Scott worked as a sports reporter and anchor. While working at WESH, he met ESPN producer Gus Ramsey, starting in his own professional life. Ramsey had this to say about Scott: "You could tell the second he walked through the door that he was on his way to becoming a big star somewhere else the moment he walked through it. When he went out and did a piece on the rodeo, he did an excellent job, just as he would do an excellent job covering the NBA Finals for ESPN." The Central Florida Press Club awarded him first place honors for a feature on rodeo that he had written.</p>

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<p>Scott was brought to ESPN2 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jaffe">Al Jaffe</a>, ESPN's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jaffe">vice president of talent</a> because the network was looking for sportscasters who would appeal to a younger audience. Scott rose to prominence as one of the few <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans">African-American</a> personalities who had not previously competed as a pro athlete. "SportsSmash," a short sportscast that airs twice an hour on ESPN2's SportsNight program. Following <a href="/biography/keith-olbermann">Keith Olbermann</a>'s departure from SportsNight to anchor ESPN's SportsCenter, Scott was promoted to the anchor chair at SportsNight. Scott became a regular on SportsCenter as a result of this. Scott was frequently paired with fellow SportsCenter anchors <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Levy">Steve Levy</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Mayne">Kenny Mayne</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Patrick_(sportscaster)">Dan Patrick</a>, and, most notably, <a href="/biography/rich-eisen">Rich Eisen</a> during his tenure there. During the This is SportsCenter commercials, Scott was a frequent <a href="/biography/stuart-scott">guest</a>.</p>

<p>Scott began working for ESPN in 2002 as a studio host for the NBA. He began working for ABC in the same capacity for its NBA coverage, which included the NBA Finals, in 2008 and rose to the position of lead host in 2009. Scott also served as the anchor for SportsCenter's prime-time coverage of NBA post-season games, which he did from the courtside. From 1997 to 2014, he was the official television broadcaster for the NBA's championship games. When the NBA Finals were held in 1997 and 1998, Scott was invited to one-on-one interviews with <a href="/biography/michael-jordan">Michael Jordan</a>. As part of the transition from Fox to ESPN for Monday Night Football in 2006, Scott hosted on-site coverage, including the Monday Night Countdown and post-game SportsCenter. The former NFL Primetime host had previously appeared on NFL Primetime during the 1997 season, Monday Night Countdown from 2002 to 2005, and Sunday NFL Countdown from 1999 to 2001. Scott also worked for ESPN in 1995, covering the MLB playoffs and the NCAA Final Four.</p>

<p>Every issue of ESPN the Magazine featured Scott's Holla column, which he wrote himself. During his time at ESPN, he conducted interviews with athletes such as <a href="/biography/tiger-woods">Tiger Woods</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Sosa">Sammy Sosa</a> and former President Bill Clinton and <a href="/biography/barack-obama">President</a> <a href="/biography/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a> during the 2008 presidential campaign. Scott participated in a one-on-one basketball game with <a href="/biography/barack-obama">President</a> <a href="/biography/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a> during his interview with the President. Scott and his fellow SportsCenter co-anchors hosted a week of programs originating in Kuwait for ESPN's SportsCenter: Salute the Troops in 2004, at the request of United States troops stationed in the country. <a href="/biography/david-blaine">David Blaine</a>'s Drowned Alive special was one of many games and reality shows he hosted for ESPN. These included Stump the Schwab, Teammates, and Dream Job, as well as <a href="/biography/david-blaine">David Blaine</a>'s Drowned Alive special. He was the <a href="/biography/stuart-scott">host</a> of AFV: The Sports Edition, a special and one-time broadcast episode of America's Funniest Home Videos.</p>

<h2>Personal Life</h2>

<p>Scott was married to Kimberly Scott from 1993 to 2007, and they had two children. Taelor and Sydni were their two daughters from their marriage. Scott was a <a href="/biography/stuart-scott">resident</a> of Avon, Connecticut. Scott was in a relationship with Kristin Spodobalski at the time of his death. During his Jimmy V Award acceptance speech, he shared the following message with his teenage daughters: "Taelor and Sydni, I adore you both with a passion that I will never be able to adequately express. You two are the beating heart of my life. It is because of you that I am standing here tonight on this stage."</p>

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