RIP Stuart Scott

mezzrow · January 5, 2015

Booyah, Stu. RIP, mate.

Deserves its own thread for us yanks.

Quality. Class. Courage.

kithnou · January 5, 2015

RIP a truly inspirational fighter ‪#‎respect‬

Huyton Layne · January 5, 2015

Way too young. Came across well taking about sports I mainly have no interest in.
Saw Rich Eisen earlier talking about him, very sad.

Heaventon · January 5, 2015

who is he R.I.P to the fella like

davidloach · January 5, 2015

Loved him on Stump the Schwab. Miss that show.

Sapie88 · January 5, 2015

I have no idea who he is, or how he died, I could google it but I'll just say R.I.P instead.

Sleep tight you unknown hero.

ilikecheese · January 5, 2015

Heaventon said:
who is he R.I.P to the fella like

Sapie88 said:
I have no idea who he is, or how he died, I could google it but I'll just say R.I.P instead.

Sleep tight you unknown hero.

Sportscaster on ESPN. One of the best. Died of cancer at 49...been battling it for several years now.

From last year:

mezzrow · January 5, 2015

davidloach said:
Loved him on Stump the Schwab. Miss that show.

Same here. The ultimate sportsgeek show.

"that would be Buddy Parker and the '57 Lions, Stu."

ilikecheese · January 5, 2015

Watched the video I posted again...if you don't cry at least a little you don't have a soul.

kithnou · January 5, 2015

ilikecheese said:
Sportscaster on ESPN. One of the best. Died of cancer at 49...been battling it for several years now.

From last year:

One of the great speeches. Yet another cruel example of a good one taken far too soon. RIP Sir...

SerenityNigh · January 5, 2015

mezzrow said:
Booyah, Stu. RIP, mate.

Deserves its own thread for us yanks.

Quality. Class. Courage.

Saw someone (reputable) on Twitter comment on how he brought his own voice to sports commentary/news. That seem appropriate. By the end, his voice became as caricatured as the rest, but he was a great from the golden era, when it was him, Olberman, Patrick, ... Eisen, who else? on ESPN 2. That was ESPN's high point, and they've been trying to reinvent themselves since that time.

mezzrow · January 5, 2015

SerenityNigh said:
Saw someone (reputable) on Twitter comment on how he brought his own voice to sports commentary/news. That seem appropriate. By the end, his voice became as caricatured as the rest, but he was a great from the golden era, when it was him, Olberman, Patrick, ... Eisen, who else? on ESPN 2. That was ESPN's high point, and they've been trying to reinvent themselves since that time.

And note how all the others scattered, while Stu stayed with the mothership. It was a great time to be a sports junkie. Olberman needed Patrick and fell prey to the demands of his own ego, while Patrick just rolls on with McLovin and the crew. Eisen IS the NFL Network. Losing Stu makes me think of Tommy Mees, actually. We suspected it was coming with Stu, but that just came from nowhere.

Also makes this arl arse count my many blessings...

SerenityNigh · January 5, 2015

mezzrow said:
And note how all the others scattered, while Stu stayed with the mothership. It was a great time to be a sports junkie. Olberman needed Patrick and fell prey to the demands of his own ego, while Patrick just rolls on with McLovin and the crew. Eisen IS the NFL Network. Losing Stu makes me think of Tommy Mees, actually. We suspected it was coming with Stu, but that just came from nowhere.

Also makes this arl arse count my many blessings...

I'm not quite old enough to remember Boomer and Bob Ley together, but those on ESPN2 will be hard to top. What are the other great partnerships, and which is the best?

Berman & Ley
Scott & Eisen
Olbermann & Patrick
Wilbon & Kornheiser

...

Mike & Mike ?
(haha, just making sure you're still reading...)

mezzrow · January 5, 2015

SerenityNigh said:
I'm not quite old enough to remember Boomer and Bob Ley together, but those on ESPN2 will be hard to top. What are the other great partnerships, and which is the best?

Berman & Ley
Scott & Eisen
Olbermann & Patrick
Wilbon & Kornheiser

...

Mike & Mike ?
(haha, just making sure you're still reading...)

M&M actually aren't THAT bad, unless they're all you can find. 15 minutes and I'm maxed, though. Plus there's all the cross-promotion. Always.

Okay, they are that bad. Patrick is so much better. It may be a generational thing, I don't know. I just like the older, more low-key radio product. I hear Martin and Lewis were big in the fifties.

I listen to the locals in the AM anyway. (Hicken and Prosser - certified Googan here... I need a good pre-7AM rant to start the day right.) Any review of Jaguars play is usually all that's needed to get the ball rolling.

SerenityNigh · January 5, 2015

mezzrow said:
M&M actually aren't THAT bad, unless they're all you can find. 15 minutes and I'm maxed, though. Plus there's all the cross-promotion. Always.

Okay, they are that bad. Patrick is so much better. It may be a generational thing, I don't know. I just like the older, more low-key radio product. I hear Martin and Lewis were big in the fifties.

I listen to the locals in the AM anyway. (Hicken and Prosser - certified Googan here... I need a good pre-7AM rant to start the day right.) Any review of Jaguars play is usually all that's needed to get the ball rolling.

Do you ever listen to Kornheiser? I think you might like his radio show. To me, Patrick is the best interviewer I've ever heard. He could talk to a stalk of broccoli and make it interesting. It's his own thoughts that are lacking (he needs Olbermann to shine). The Mikes have great chemistry, but if you put them together, you get the personality of a D&D gamemaster entering 9th grade. I like Van Pelt and his partner, but rarely listen to their show so I may not have a good appraisal of them.