Stuart Scott

Stuart Scott (born July 19 1965 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American sportscaster for ESPN, most visibly as an anchor on SportsCenter. Scott graduated in 1987 with a bachelor of arts in speech communications from the prestigious University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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July 19 - 1965 - Chicago - Illinois - American - Sportscaster - ESPN - SportsCenter - Bachelor of arts - Speech communications - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Scott is famous for his amblyopia and on-air "catch phrases", including:

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Amblyopia - Catch phrase

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• "Boo-yah!"
• "Mojo!"
• "Playa please!"
• "Holla at a playa when ya' see him on the street." (home run or a nice play)
• "Can I get a witness from the congregation?"
• "As cool as the other side of the pillow."
• "Call him butter, 'cause he was on a roll."
• "Call him Bus (reference to J. Bettis) 'cause he took them to school"
• "And the Lord said, 'You got to rise up!'" (à la a Southern Baptist preacher, "Lord" pronounced with an extra-long open-mid back rounded vowel and with an alveolar flap instead of an alveolar approximant)
• "I ain't gonna be sayin' nothin', but that ain't right!"
• "...Tar Heel." (reference to anybody who played at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Scott's alma mater)
• " takes/brings it to the house." (when an American football ballcarrier scores a rushing touchdown)

Stuart Scott was injured on April 3, 2002, at the New York Jets training camp while reporting for ESPN when a machine that throws footballs for receivers to practice on hit him in the left eye with a football, requiring Scott to undergo surgery of the cornea http://static.highbeam.com/u/usatoday/april172002/nflworkoutsegmentinjurysidelinesespnsscott.

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April 3 - 2002 - New York Jets - Eye - Surgery - Cornea

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In the 2003 SportsCenter Island poll about the popularity of SportsCenter anchors, on the Web site of USA Today, Scott got the most "kick off" votes and the second-most "keep" votes. USAToday.com writer Michael Hiestand summarized on an article, "Scott stands out on 'SportsCenter'" http://www.usatoday.com/sports/2003-12-02-sportscenter-scott_x.htm.

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2003 - USA Today

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Scott recently hosted the ESPN series Dream Job, the network's talent search for a new SportsCenter anchor. He is the current host of Monday Night Countdown and once co-anchored NFL Primetime with Chris Berman and former NFL linebacker Tom Jackson.

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Dream Job - Monday Night Countdown - NFL Primetime - Chris Berman - NFL - Tom Jackson

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