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===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 ... 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>
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