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Scott had fought cancer since a diagnosis in late 2007, the network said, but remained dedicated to his craft even as he underwent chemotherapy, radiation and surgery.
ESPN President John Skipper said in a statement that 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.”
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 11 p.m. “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.”
Scott went on to cover countless major events for the network, including the Super Bowl, NBA finals, World Series and NCAA Tournament. He also interviewed President Barack Obama, joining him for a televised game of one-on-one. In 2001, Scott returned to Chapel Hill as the university’s commencement speaker.
Scott was first diagnosed with cancer in November 2007 after he had to leave the “Monday Night Football” game between Miami and Pittsburgh to have his appendix removed. Doctors discovered a tumor during surgery. He underwent chemotherapy again in 2011.
Scott made a point of continuing to live his life – at work and outside of it.
“Who engages in mixed martial arts training in the midst of chemotherapy treatments?” Skipper said in ESPN’s statement. “Who leaves a hospital procedure to return to the set?”
Scott is survived by his parents, O. Ray and Jacqueline Scott; siblings Stephen Scott, Synthia Kearney and Susan Scott; his daughters Taelor, 19, and Sydni, 15; and girlfriend Kristin Spodobalski.
As he accepted the award named for former N.C. State coach Jim Valvano, who died of cancer in 1993, Scott noted: “When you die, that does not mean that you lose to cancer.
“You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and the manner in which you live,” Scott said. “So live. Live. Fight like hell.”
Hannah Storm’s one-minute eulogy linked here.
I have some very sad news to report to you this morning. Our colleague, or friend, and our inspiration Stuart Scott passed away earlier today.
At July’s ESPY awards, Stuart Scott told the audience: ‘When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live.’”
Since 1993, those of us here at ESPN fortunate enough to work with Stuart saw how he lived. And in the past seven years as he fought cancer, we saw why he lived. For his daughters, Taelor and Sydni. And so today we choose not to say that Stuart lost to cancer at the age of 49. Instead, we’ll simply say we all lost Stuart.
THIS one was my favorite of the day. One of the most awesome ‘busts’ of all time. Her reaction is fantastic!
Before we continue, let’s just make one thing clear: Cheating is bad, mkay?
Now that we’ve cleared that up, here’s a video of two OSU fans captured during the Ohio State vs. Alabama Sugar Bowl. Did she just get caught on national television rubbing her side dude’s head?
We don’t know. We’re hoping not because then we’d be responsible for blowing her spot up, that’s why we’re providing a list of other possible explanations:
• Her parents are super religious and don’t want her having a boyfriend.
• Someone close to her really hates that guy and she promised she wouldn’t hang out with him.
• She told her boss she was sick.
• She’s scared that the booger on her nose is making her look bad on television.
She’s totally tapping that though. No other explanation. That’s one of the guiltiest faces I’ve ever seen in my entire life.
Something that the author didn’t reference was the reaction of the dudes right ‘the couple’. They seem to be having a reaction as well.
ancsu87,
I don’t know about Mack Brown’s reputation with the NCAA, but I can tell you that he didn’t have anybody around here fooled. None of this is a “surprise” about his tenure there — in addition to a program that exhibited all the signs of being out of control with arrests and running roughshod on campus… There was actually an informal investigation into agent activity by a federal law enforcement body some 20+ that never became public.
^ I also took my entire family as family day. It was miserable. And, I think the rest of your comments are spot on.
We could all turn a blind eye to all of the deficiencies as we were squeaking into the NCAA Tournament. But, if we don’t win, then all of those deficiencies get highlighted FAST.
Why do so many of you keep asking why is anyone surprised?
I don’t think anyone is surprised. I think about everyone pretty much knows the situation. I think we all were just hoping that over time the likes of Lutz and other assistance would help mitigate Gottfried’s weaknesses. That clearly does not seem to be happening.
But, just because people are talking about the issues now as they are unfolding in front of us doesn’t mean that no one was expecting it to happen. We were just hoping that it wouldn’t.
The strange thing is that every time we’ve seen this type of performance in the past, his teams have turned around and surprised us. Heck, just one year ago at this exact same time in the season, we were 10-4 having lost 2 of our last 3 (with our only win being a squeaker at UNC-Greensboro). We had just laid an awful egg at home against Pittsburgh. What did we do next? When on the road and unexpectedly one at Notre Dame.
I’m not saying that is going to happen… I’m just saying that every year since he’s been here we’ve had valleys like this and the team has successfully delivered. We shall see if that trend continues.
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Codebrown, to be fair, the author is not making ‘predictions’. The author is merely projecting the tournament if it were to start today. I don’t have a problem with that.
The fact that he is going to an Ivy League school totally changes the dynamics of the usual transfer situation while simultaneously highlighting the type of student athlete that Dave Doeren recruits into the NC State program — IVY LEAGUE intelligence.
I obviously hate to see him go. Hines was easily the most sure-handed wide-out that we had on the roster and an impressive kid all the way around. State has a lot of young offensive talent in the program today and coming in the 2015 recruiting class…so, it will be interesting to see if anyone gets moved to WR. Before Hines’ transfer I was felt as though the Wolfpack’s roster and scholarship spacing could benefit from the addition of a top wide receiver recruit. That observation become much more relevant now. I can’t imagine this position won’t be a tremendous area of emphasis for the 2016 recruiting class.
Solid day for ACC to this point. Syracuse takes highly ranked Villanova to OT while L’ville, GT, UNC, FSU & VPI have already won.
I am so glad that I read this thread. I was tied up on Saturday and didn’t get to see/hear any of this. None of this surprises me in the least.
Something has got to be wrong…I am seeing where UNC actively recruited this kid. That can’t be the case, right? UNC has never wanted a kid that we ultimately got. I’m guessing Fedora called Hines at 2:59pm and revoked his scholarship offer.
90 minutes to go!! I also think he is a lock for us. Of course, we’ve all learned that anything can happen.
It is strange that Cat’s line looked that good because he didn’t seem to be having a great game and his minutes were clearly encroached upon by Lee. But, that is 100% consistent with the point that we all know — as Cat goes, the Wolfpack goes.
Whiteshoes — To your pint…this particular list is actually somewhat obscure and doesn’t really come with a ton of fanfare or national/industry clout & legitimacy. But, it is nice discussion fodder and perspective, regardless.
pakfanistan, you are right. Check that. You are wrong.
Why would you say that Hahn distinguishes Dayes from Thornton when the very first piece of video shows that he does not? Of course he CAN distinguish the two. But, he appears to fail to do so with the kind of regularity that one would expect from someone whose job it is to be successful at doing it with enormous consistency.
