Sports are such a wonderful thing, especially the game of basketball. Today, the sports world lost a great human being in Stuart Scott after dealing with cancer for numerous years.
If you’ve missed a Warrior game in the last 20 years and wanted to watch the highlights, it’s likely you tuned in to Sports Center to catch up on your Dubs and there was a good chance Scott was the anchor who delivered those highlights to your television. Scott joined ESPN in 1993 and he changed the sport broadcasting landscape forever.
Scott invented various catch phrases that will be used forever and brought his own style to the Sports Center set that hadn’t been seen before. He became a fixture at NBA events and interviewed two presidents, Michael Jordan and many more prominent people in the sport. As an NBA player, seeing Stuart Scott in June usually meant he was handing you the Larry O’Brien trophy.
The entire sports world was saddened by his loss, including some of the Warriors players and coaches. They took to twitter to express their condolences:
Leandro Barbosa
Rest in Paradise Stuart Scott … very original and legit… change the way people looked at Tv sports! http://t.co/7Fiz9IM0Se
— Leandro Barbosa (@TheBlurBarbosa) January 4, 2015
Harrison Barnes
Sad to hear about Stuart Scott this morning. He is one of my favorite Tar Heels and a GREAT person #RIP
— Harrison Barnes (@hbarnes) January 4, 2015
Alvin Gentry
Sad day in the sports world. S. Scott will be missed by all of us. He made watching sports reporting fun. He added hip hop to Sports Center
— Alvin Gentry (@AlvinGentry) January 4, 2015
Rick Welts
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Stuart Scott. He was a great man.
— Rick Welts (@RickWelts) January 4, 2015
Shaun Livingston
Prayers go out to Stuart Scott’s family. R.I.P. to a true Great!
— Shaun Livingston (@ShaunLivingston) January 4, 2015
Festus Ezeli
RIP STUART SCOTT
— Festus Ezeli (@fezzyfel) January 4, 2015
Klay Thompson
RIP Stuart Scott one of the greatest at what he did and even better person
— klay thompson (@KlayThompson) January 4, 2015
Steph Curry
Always loved the feeling turning on SportsCenter and seeing @StuartScott as the anchor. Always Inspired passion and paved a new way! #RIP
— Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) January 4, 2015
RIP Stuart Scott.