One ESPN commercial and a single word brought back a flood of a golden age of sports in Arkansas. "Boo-Yah!" For anyone who understand the reference, they understand how to handle life.
If you grew up watching “SportsCenter” in the ’90s, you didn’t just watch highlights. You tuned in to see who was delivering them. And nobody did it quite like Stuart Scott.
It's been nearly 11 years since the sports media world lost the great ESPN sportscaster and anchor Stuart Scott following a hard-fought battle against cancer.
In the late 1970s, in the middle-of-nowhere town of Bristol, Conn., ESPN was born. Over the years, it's become the foremost authority in sports media. It has showcased some of the most notable and recognizable sports media personalities to sit behind an anchor desk.
Stuart Scott, the iconic ESPN SportsCenter anchor, entered many of our lives in 1993. Joining what was then destination cable television, the morning routine for sports fans nationwide, Scott separated himself from a stable of anchor talent with catchphrases and a graceful way with words that captured the audience.
On Jan. 4, 2015, ESPN icon Stuart Scott passed away. The legendary SportsCenter anchor died of cancer at the age of 49, but his legacy lives on at the network.
Saturday marks a full decade since longtime ESPN anchor and SportsCenter host Stuart Scott tragically died at 49 following a prolonged battle with cancer.
NBA great Penny Hardaway was on the way to work out for the Orlando Magic in the summer of 1993. He was all prepared but only one thing was missing. After flying from Los Angeles, where he and Shaquille O'Neal were filming the movie Blue Chips, he had no ride from the airport to the Magic's arena.
Heading to the 1993 NBA Draft, Penny Hardaway was a lock to be drafted in the top three. Among the teams drafting in that position, he only worked out with the Golden State Warriors, who had the third pick, and the Orlando Magic, who had the No.1 overall selection.
The late Stuart Scott changed the sports broadcasting landscape. He merged game coverage with hip-hop and pop culture, becoming a trendsetter. Scott, who