Today we are mourning the death of longtime ESPN anchor, Stuart Scott. After fighting a long and hard battle, Scott passed away from cancer. Scott will forever live on for the way he changed sports journalism. From catchphrases like “booyah” and “cool as the other side of the pillow”, Scott changed the face of sportscasting. He didn’t try to fit the cookie cutter image, instead he was himself. He talked like us, he used references we were familiar with, movies, music, he brought the hip hop culture to the sports world and now it’s more prevalent than ever. We all pay tribute to a great man and here’s some of the heartfelt farewells from some of the many athletes he’s touched including LeBron James, Deion Sanders and more.
LeBron James message best describes how he affected us all:
Can’t believe you’re gone from us! I am deeply saddened because not only will not be replaced as a anchor or reporter but more than that as a genuine cool person. What u did for our culture, bringing that Swag to reporting can only be copied (which I hear it today on tv watching sports). I would say not because they stealing your swag, it’s all out of RESPECT! It was always a breath of fresh fun air when u would show up and we’d chat up. Thank you so much for being u and giving us inner city kids someone we could relate to that wasn’t a player but was close enough to them.#RIPStuartScott #FuqCancer#GoneButSurelyNotForgotten
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