Editing Stuart Scott (section)

==ESPN==
[[Al Jaffe]], ESPN's vice president for talent, brought Scott to [[ESPN2]] because they were looking for sportscasters who might appeal to a younger audience.<ref name=ESPN/><ref>{{cite news |url= https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/espn-s-stuart-scott-dies-at-age-49-after-cancer-battle-155025980.html |title= ESPN's Stuart Scott dies at age 49 after long battle against cancer |work= Yahoo Sports |date= January 4, 2015 |access-date= January 4, 2015 |first= Frank |last= Schwab}}</ref> Scott became one of the few [[African-American]] personalities who was not a former professional athlete.<ref name=atlantic/> His first ESPN assignments were for ''SportsSmash'', a short sportscast twice an hour on ESPN2's ''SportsNight'' program.<ref name=ESPN/> After [[Keith Olbermann]] left ''SportsNight'' for ESPN's ''[[SportsCenter]]'', Scott took his place in the anchor chair at ''SportsNight''.<ref name=ESPN/> After this, Scott was a regular on ''SportsCenter''.<ref name=ESPN/> At ''SportsCenter'', Scott was frequently teamed with fellow anchors [[Steve Levy]], [[Kenny Mayne]], [[Dan Patrick (sportscaster)|Dan Patrick]], and [[Rich Eisen]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Bernie|title=Stuart Scott dead at 49: Rich Eisen, Hannah Storm and Robin Roberts offer emotional farewells to friend|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/rich-eisen-emotional-farewell-stuart-scott-article-1.2065405|website=nydailynews.com|access-date=January 5, 2015|location=New York|date=January 4, 2015}}</ref> Scott was a regular in the ''This is SportsCenter'' commercials.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sanchez|first1=Mark|title=The 10 best Stuart Scott 'SportsCenter' commercials|url=https://nypost.com/2015/01/04/the-10-best-stuart-scott-sportscenter-commercials/|website=nypost.com|access-date=January 5, 2015|date=January 4, 2015}}</ref>

In 2002, Scott was named studio host for the ''[[NBA on ESPN]]''. He became lead host in 2008, when he also began at [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in the same capacity for [[NBA on ABC|its NBA coverage]], which included the [[NBA Finals]]. Additionally, Scott anchored ''SportsCenter''{{'}}s prime-time coverage from the site of NBA post-season games.<ref name="Stuart Scott Biography"/> From 1997 until 2014, he covered the league's finals.<ref name="Stuart Scott Biography"/>  During the [[1997 NBA Finals|1997]] and [[1998 NBA Finals]], Scott did one-on-one interviews with [[Michael Jordan]].<ref name="Stuart Scott Biography"/> When ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' moved to ESPN in 2006, Scott hosted on-site coverage, including ''[[Monday Night Countdown]]'' and post-game ''SportsCenter'' coverage. Scott previously appeared on ''[[NFL Primetime]]'' during the 1997 season, ''Monday Night Countdown'' from 2002 to 2005, and ''[[Sunday NFL Countdown]]'' from 1999 to 2001.<ref name="Stuart Scott Biography"/> Scott also covered the [[MLB playoffs]] and [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA Final Four]] in 1995 for ESPN.<ref name="Stuart Scott Biography"/>

Scott appeared in each issue of ''[[ESPN the Magazine]]'', with his ''Holla'' column. During his work at ESPN, he also interviewed [[Tiger Woods]], [[Sammy Sosa]], President [[Bill Clinton]] and President [[Barack Obama]] during the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential campaign]].<ref name="Stuart Scott Biography"/> As a part of the interview with President [[Barack Obama]], Scott played in a one-on-one basketball game with the President.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Knoblauch|first1=Austin|title=ESPN's Stuart Scott dies after lengthy battle with cancer|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-espn-stuart-scott-dies-20150104-story.html|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=January 8, 2015|date=January 4, 2015}}</ref> In 2004, per the request of U.S. troops, Scott and fellow ''SportsCenter'' co-anchors hosted a week of programs originating from Kuwait for ESPN's ''SportsCenter: Salute the Troops''.<ref name="Stuart Scott Biography"/> He hosted a number of ESPN game and reality shows, including ''[[Stump the Schwab]]'', ''Teammates'', and ''[[Dream Job]]'', and hosted [[David Blaine]]'s ''Drowned Alive'' special. He hosted a special and only broadcast episode of ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]'' called ''AFV: The Sports Edition''.<ref name="Stuart Scott Biography">{{cite web|url=http://espnmediazone.com/us/bios/scott_stuart/|title=Stuart Scott Biography|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127143309/http://espnmediazone.com/us/bios/scott_stuart/|archive-date=November 27, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

[[File:Stuart Scott 2008.jpg|thumb|Scott at ''ESPN The Weekend'', 2008]]

===Style===
While there were already successful African-American sportscasters,<ref name=wiedmer/> Scott blended [[hip-hop]] culture and sports in a way that had never been seen before on television.<ref>{{cite news|last=Giglo|first=Joe|title=Sports world mourns the loss of longtime ESPN sportscaster Stuart Scott|date=January 4, 2015|newspaper=News & Observer|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/2015/01/04/4449755_sports-world-mourns-the-loss-of.html?rh=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106012837/http://www.newsobserver.com/2015/01/04/4449755_sports-world-mourns-the-loss-of.html?rh=1|archive-date=January 6, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> He talked in the same manner as fans would at home.<ref name=atlantic/>  ESPN director of news Vince Doria told ABC: "But Stuart spoke a much different language&nbsp;... that appealed to a young demographic, particularly a young African-American demographic."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Waldron|first1=Travis|title=Boo-Ya: How Stuart Scott Taught ESPN That Black Culture Matters|url=http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2015/01/04/3607715/stu-scott/|website=Thinkprogress.org|access-date=January 5, 2015}}</ref> [[Michael Wilbon]] wrote that Scott allowed his personality to infuse the coverage and his emotion to pour out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilbon|first1=Michael|title=Stuart Scott changed the game|website=ABC News|url= https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/stuart-scott-changed-game/story?id=28013223|access-date=June 25, 2020}}</ref>

Scott also integrated [[popular culture|pop culture]] references into his reports.<ref name=sandomir>{{cite news|last=Sandomir|first=Richard|title=ESPN's Stuart Scott Dies at 49|date=January 4, 2015|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/05/sports/stuart-scott-espn-sportscaster-is-dead-at-49.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104215711/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/05/sports/stuart-scott-espn-sportscaster-is-dead-at-49.html?_r=0|archive-date=January 4, 2015|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Boren|first=Cindy|title=ESPN's Stuart Scott dies of cancer at 49 (updated)|date=January 4, 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2015/01/04/espns-stuart-scott-dies-of-cancer-at-49/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104235742/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2015/01/04/espns-stuart-scott-dies-of-cancer-at-49/|archive-date=January 4, 2015|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> One commentator remembered his style: "he could go from evoking a [[Baptist]] preacher riffing during Sunday morning service ('Can I get a witness from the congregation?!'), to quoting [[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]] frontman [[Chuck D]] ('Hear the drummer get WICKED!')<ref name="remembering stuart scout">{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Stereo|title=Remembering ESPN's Sly, Cocky, and Cool Anchor Stuart Scott|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/04/remembering-espn-s-sly-cocky-and-cool-anchor-stuart-scott.html|newspaper=The Daily Beast|date=January 4, 2015 |access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> In 1999, he was parodied on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' by [[Tim Meadows]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/sports/10onion.html |title= Onion Hopes Parody of 'SportsCenter' Leaves Viewers Saying Boo-Yah |date= January 9, 2011 |first= Richard |last= Sandomir |work= New York Times |access-date= January 4, 2015}}</ref> Scott appeared in music videos with the rappers [[LL Cool J]] and Luke, and he was cited in "3 Peat", a [[Lil Wayne]] song that included the line: "Yeah, I got game like Stuart Scott, fresh out the ESPN shop."<ref name=obit/> In a 2002 segment of NPR's ''[[On the Media]]'', Scott revealed one approach to his anchoring duties: "Writing is better if it's kept simple. Every sentence doesn't need to have perfect noun/verb agreement. I've said 'ain't' on the air. Because I sometimes use 'ain't' when I'm talking."<ref name=atlantic/>

As a result of his unique style, Scott and ESPN received a lot of hate mail from people who resented his color, his hip-hop style, or his generation.<ref name=ESPN/> In a 2003 ''[[USA Today]]'' survey, Scott finished first in the question of which anchor should be voted off ''SportsCenter'', but he also was second to [[Dan Patrick (sportscaster)|Dan Patrick]] in the 'definitely keep him' voting.<ref>{{cite news|title=Boo-yah or just boo? Scott has fans and detractors|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/2003-11-25-sportscenter-scott-responses_x.htm|website=usatoday.com|access-date=January 5, 2015|date=December 3, 2003}}</ref> [[Jason Whitlock]] criticized Scott's use of Jay-Z's alternate nickname, "Jigga", at halftime of ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' as ridiculous and offensive.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Whitlock |first1=Jason |title=Coker 'Has the Toughest Job in Football' |url=http://sports.aol.com/whitlock/_a/coker-has-the-toughest-job-in-football/20061019112109990001 |website=sports.aol.com |access-date=January 6, 2015 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210231046/http://sports.aol.com/whitlock/_a/coker-has-the-toughest-job-in-football/20061019112109990001 |archive-date=February 10, 2007 }}</ref> Scott never changed his style and ESPN stuck with him.<ref name=atlantic>{{cite news|last=Schiavenza|first=Matt|title=Stuart Scott Brought Sports Broadcasting Back to Earth|date=January 4, 2015|work=The Atlantic|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/01/stuart-scott-brought-sports-broadcasting-back-to-earth/384193/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104224342/http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/01/stuart-scott-brought-sports-broadcasting-back-to-earth/384193/|archive-date=January 4, 2015|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

===Catchphrases===
Scott became well known for his use of catch phrases, following in the ''SportsCenter'' tradition begun by [[Dan Patrick (sportscaster)|Dan Patrick]] and [[Keith Olbermann]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/2003-11-25-sportscenter-scott-responses_x.htm| work=USA Today | date=December 3, 2003 | access-date=May 24, 2010 |title= Boo-yah or just boo? Scott has fans and detractors}}</ref> He popularized the phrase ''booyah'', which spread from sports into mainstream culture.<ref name=strauss_01042015>{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Chris|title=ESPN's Stuart Scott dies after lengthy battle with cancer|date=January 4, 2015|newspaper=USA Today|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2015/01/04/stuart-scott-espn-obituary-cancer/13588487/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104195334/http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2015/01/04/stuart-scott-espn-obituary-cancer/13588487/|archive-date=January 4, 2015|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name=sandomir/> Some of the catchphrases included:
* "Boo-yah!"<ref name=ESPN>{{cite web|last1=Wulf|first1=Steve|title=Stuart Scott dies at age of 49|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/12118296/stuart-scott-espn-anchor-dies-age-49 |website=ESPN|date=January 4, 2015 |access-date=June 25, 2020}}</ref>
* "Hallah"<ref name=onthemedia>{{cite web|last1=Transcript|title=Is Stuart Scott Frontin?|url=http://www.onthemedia.org/story/131064-is-stuart-scott-frontin/transcript/|website=onthemedia.org|access-date=January 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105021209/http://www.onthemedia.org/story/131064-is-stuart-scott-frontin/transcript/|archive-date=January 5, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* "As cool as the other side of the pillow"<ref name=ESPN/>
* "He must be the bus driver cuz he was takin' him to school."<ref name=ESPN/>
* "He must be jelly cause jam don't shake like that!"<ref>{{cite web |title=Throwback to one of Stuart Scott's legendary SC highlights |url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=788057935335339 |website=Facebook.com |access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref>
* "Holla at a playa when you see him in the street!"<ref name="remembering stuart scout" />
* "Just call him butter 'cause he's on a roll"<ref name=sandomir/>
* "They call him the Windex Man 'cause he's always cleaning the glass"<ref name=heavy>{{cite web|last1=Rothkranz|first1=Lindzy|title=They Call Him the Windex Man 'Cause He's Always Cleaning the Glass|url=http://heavy.com/sports/2015/01/stuart-scott-5-best-catchphrases-sayings-phrases/|website=heavy.com|date=January 4, 2015 |access-date=January 4, 2015}}</ref>
* "You ain't gotta go home, but you gotta get the heck outta here."<ref name=heavy/>
* "He treats him like a dog. Sit. Stay."<ref name=heavy/>
* "And the Lord said you got to rise up!"<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chawkins|first1=Steve|title=Stuart Scott dies at 49; ESPN sportscaster with catchphrases|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-stuart-scott-20150105-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 5, 2015|date=January 4, 2015}}</ref>
* "Make all the kinfolk proud&nbsp;... Pookie, Ray Ray and Moesha"<ref name=BET>{{cite web|title=10 Unforgettable Stuart Scott Catchphrases|url=https://www.bet.com/photo-gallery/ti1rrb/10-unforgettable-stuart-scott-catchphrases/scibj6|website=BET.com|access-date=July 24, 2015}}</ref>
* "It's your world, kid&nbsp;... The rest of us are still paying rent"<ref name=BET/>
* "Can I get a witness from the congregation?"<ref name=BET/>
* "Doing it, doing it, doing it well"<ref name=BET/>
* "See&nbsp;... What had happened was"<ref name=BET/>

===Legacy===
ESPN president [[John Skipper]] said Scott's flair and style, which he used to talk about the athletes he was covering, "changed everything."<ref name=ESPN/> Fellow ESPN Anchor, [[Stan Verrett]], said he was a trailblazer: "not only because he was black – obviously black – but because of his style, his demeanor, his presentation. He did not shy away from the fact that he was a black man, and that allowed the rest of us who came along to just be ourselves."<ref name=ESPN/> He became a role model for African-American sports journalists.<ref name=wiedmer>{{cite news|last=Wiedmer|first=Mark|title=Wiedmer: ESPN's Scott would have loved Dallas win|date=January 5, 2015|newspaper=Chattanooga Times Free Press|url=http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/sports/columns/story/2015/jan/05/wiedmer-espns-scott-would-have-loved-dallwin/281002/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106084839/http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/sports/columns/story/2015/jan/05/wiedmer-espns-scott-would-have-loved-dallwin/281002/|archive-date=January 6, 2015|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Brad|title=ESPN's Stuart Scott was a game-changer for me and others|date=January 5, 2015|newspaper=Boston Herald|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2015/01/05/brad-johnson-espns-stuart-scott-was-a-game-changer-for-me-and-others/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106012837/http://www.newsobserver.com/2015/01/04/4449755_sports-world-mourns-the-loss-of.html?rh=1|archive-date=January 6, 2015|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>