Editing Stuart Scott (section)

===Appendectomy and cancer===
After leaving Connecticut on a Sunday morning in 2007 for ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' in [[Pittsburgh]], Scott had a stomach ache. After the stomach ache worsened, he went to the hospital instead of the game and later had his appendix removed.<ref name=huff>{{cite news|last1=Bensinger|first1=Graham|title=ESPN's Stuart Scott Speaks Out About Being Diagnosed with Cancer|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/graham-bensinger/espns-stuart-scott-speaks_b_126373.html|website=huffingtonpost.com|access-date=January 5, 2015|date=September 15, 2008}}</ref><ref name=NYT>{{cite news|last1=Sandomir|first1=Richard|title=A Story of Perseverance: ESPN Anchor's Private Battle With Cancer Becomes a Public One|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/12/sports/espn-anchors-private-battle-with-cancer-becomes-a-public-one.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 5, 2015|date=March 11, 2014}}</ref> After testing the appendix, doctors learned that he had cancer.<ref name=huff/> Two days later, he had surgery in New York that removed part of his colon and some of his lymph nodes near the appendix.<ref name=huff/> After the surgery, they recommended preventive chemotherapy.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.espn.com/espn/news/story?id=3163058 |title= Scott will host NBA shows while undergoing chemotherapy |work= [[ESPN]] |access-date= January 4, 2015 |date= December 21, 2007}}</ref> By December, Scott—while undergoing chemotherapy—hosted Friday night ESPN NBA coverage and led the coverage of ABC's NBA Christmas Day studio show.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scott will host NBA shows while undergoing chemotherapy|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/news/story?id=3163058|website=[[ESPN]]| date=December 20, 2007 |access-date=January 5, 2015}}</ref> Scott worked out while undergoing chemotherapy.<ref name=huff/> Scott said of his experience with cancer at the time: "One of the coolest things about having cancer, and I know that sounds like an [[oxymoron]], is meeting other people who've had to fight it. You have a bond. It's like a fraternity or sorority."<ref name=huff/> When Scott returned to work and people knew of his cancer diagnosis, the well-wishers felt overbearing for him as he just wanted to talk about sports, not cancer.<ref name=huff/>

The cancer returned in 2011, but it eventually went back into remission.<ref name=mh>{{cite web|last1=Scott|first1=Stuart|title=Stuart Scott Says, 'F U, Cancer!'|url=http://www.menshealth.com/health/stuart-scott-cancer|website=menshealth.com|date=March 25, 2013 |access-date=January 5, 2015}}</ref> He was again diagnosed with cancer on January 14, 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/the-turnstile/espn-stuart-scott-announces-cancer-returned-030452684.html |title= ESPN's Stuart Scott announces on Twitter that his cancer has returned |work= [[Yahoo! Sports]] |date= January 14, 2013 |first= Jay |last= Busbee}}</ref> After chemotherapy, Scott would do [[mixed martial arts]] and/or a [[P90X]] workout regimen.<ref name=NYT/><ref name=mh/> By 2014, he had undergone 58 infusions of chemotherapy and switched to chemotherapy pills.<ref name=NYT/> Scott also underwent radiation and multiple surgeries as a part of his cancer treatment.<ref name=post/> Scott never wanted to know what [[stage of cancer]] he was in.<ref name=NYT/>