He was, in his own words, "as cool as the other side of the pillow".
Stuart Scott infused ESPN's SportsCenter with some hip-hop attitude when he joined the network's franchise program in the 90's, and phrases such as the one quoted above and "Holla at a playa when you see him in the street" made him a fan favorite.
In 2007, Scott was diagnosed with cancer of the abdomen after he had been pulled from an assignment on Monday Night Football for an emergency appendectomy. The disease went into remission twice before it finally claimed Scott over the weekend at 49.
Last summer, Scott was honored at the ESPY Awards with the "Jimmy V Perseverance Award", named for Jim Valvano, the North Carolina State basketball coach who succumbed to cancer. Following is the ceremony and a speech by Scott, with an introduction by Kiefer Sutherland.
Fellow anchor Hannah Storm, and Sunday NFL Countdown panelists Tom Jackson & Keyshawn Johnson broke down & wept on the air on Sunday. It's hard to imagine any dry eyes at the funeral.
Rest in peace, Stuart.
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