heymangold Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 been watching this man on MNF, SportsCenter, all over ESPN my entire life, for as long as i can remember. RIP Scott probably my favorite announcer/commentator on ESPN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New York Mick Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I didn't know he was sick. He was one of the few espn guys I didn't want to choke the sh*t out of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 he was young RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 WOW RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
section314 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Man was made of courage and total class. Sad day for sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 RIP- cancer sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Troll Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I was far from his biggest fan, but this really is terribly sad news. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Drag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkeyeJet Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 As cool as the other side of the pillow. RIP Stuart Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Cancer is ******* awful. Prayers to his family. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southparkcpa Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 been watching this man on MNF, SportsCenter, all over ESPN my entire life, for as long as i can remember. RIP Scott probably my favorite announcer/commentator on ESPN. Really sucks. he is a UNC alum and it just sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Ugh. Dude completely changed the sports broadcasting game. Fought hard for so long. RIP. Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewilly12 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Very sad indeed 49 is way too young life is way too short RIP Stuart Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Didn't like him early in his career but he grew on me...really liked him. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTM Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 sad news f cancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villain The Foe Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I just heard on NFL network. Shocked the heck out of me. I didnt even know he was sick. Thats just crazy right there. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsFanatic Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Sad news, RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Troll Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 If anyone has forgotten his Jets connection... He acquired his lazy eye while covering the Jets in training camp when he got drilled by an errant Vinny fastball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedinGreenNC Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 RIP brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I enjoyed his style. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 If anyone has forgotten his Jets connection... He acquired his lazy eye while covering the Jets in training camp when he got drilled by an errant Vinny fastball. I didn't recall that. I thought he got it when getting hit in the eye during a handball or squash game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgb Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 UNC alum and Commencement speaker at my college graduation--sad news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 This is terrible news. Rip Stuart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Very sad. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolot Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Terrible . RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnleyJet Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 He was 49 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyLV Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Wow. I don't normally react to celebrity deaths but this one bothers me. One of the few announcers that I not only liked listening to but one that was a good person too. Will be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I always liked Scott. He was such a great sport about the caricature that everyone made him to be with all the puns and quips. Rare to find a guy with a sense of humor like that. Kind of crazy that his eye got that way in a Jets tryout too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Rex Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 been watching this man on MNF, SportsCenter, all over ESPN my entire life, for as long as i can remember. RIP Scott probably my favorite announcer/commentator on ESPN. Even on camera Hannah Storm had tears in her eyes as she reported the news. I was saddened by hearing the news. I had read Scott had recurring cancer and I prayed for him. Very sad indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TnT Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Bummer...RIP, Mr Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rillo Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Wow, damn. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetlife33 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 RIP, prayers go out to his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 May 29, 2002|By Brian Schmitz, Sentinel Columnist Stuart Scott, an Orlando sportscaster alum who has "boo-yahed" his way to ESPN popularity, comes back to SportsCenter after a gut-wrenching two-month layoff. Next week he'll cover the NBA Finals and seem -- to use another of his catchphrases -- "as cool as the other side of the pillow." Scott returns humbled after nearly losing a dear friend who has seen him through the last 36 years. His left eye. Reading a bill for a pizza he had ordered on Tuesday was still difficult. He has no idea what following the rolling words on a teleprompter will be like. On April 3, Scott saw his life as a sportscaster flash before his eye. One minute he was working out with some New York Jets. The next he was dazed, frightened and hearing the team ophthalmologist say that he needed emergency surgery. Scott was preparing a three-part series on what it would be like to go through an NFL minicamp. "It was no joke, not a George Plimpton thing," he said, referring to the writer who authored a daffy first-person account of playing quarterback with the Detroit Lions in the mid-'60s. Scott, 36, is no pancaked pretty boy. He's a former prep football star and semi-pro player. He caught passes, ran a 4.6 40 and performed agility drills with the Jets. He then lined up with Laveranues Coles, Curtis Martin and other players in front of a high-powered machine that flings footballs. Scott doesn't remember how it happened. But the point of a launched football struck him in the left eye, splitting his cornea and lens. "I couldn't see out of it. I knew it was bad. I thought, `I just want to be able to see my wife and kids,' " said Scott, who has two young daughters. Then Scott wondered, " `What's this going to do to my career?' It scared me." It scared him because his left eye is his good eye of the pair. He sustained a detached retina in the right one in 1989 after getting hit with a basketball. His vision in it is 20/40. He says, "I don't see well enough out of my right eye to work." Scott now counts on the right eye -- with the help of a contact lens -- to lead while the left heals. His vision is still blurry. Reading newspapers and off the computer is tricky. Charles Barkley called to cheer him up. Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods sent word. A hob-nobber, but more genuine than Ahmad Rashad, Scott has collected famous friends. His hop-hop, irreverent style -- entertaining to some, annoying to others -- has made him a household name. That's even if nobody in your house knows exactly what he's talking about when he says during a highlight, "That's straight off the meat rack." Saturday Night Live, though, included his trademark "boo-yah" in a sketch. Scott will need more surgery but counts himself lucky. "A friend said he had a buddy who lost an eye when a firecracker went off in his face," said Scott, who worked at Orlando's WESH-TV from 1990-93 before being spotted by ESPN. "I feel blessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsjets Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Rest in peace brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallinPB Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 RIP Stuart. Voice of Sportscenter and ESPN while I was growing up. You will be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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