On this day after the death of ESPN’s Stuart Scott, you can imagine the stories that have been written in the aftermath. We have some in the linkage today. We also have some items in the news section regarding this.
NEWS
Today on the Dan Patrick Show, ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt will appear to talk about Start Scott. On last night’s SportsCenter, DP appeared on tape to reminisce about Stuart. DP Show producer Paul Pabst confirmed that Van Pelt will be a guest on the show today.
On the @dpshow tomorrow…so far… @notthefakeSVP @ravens wr Steve Smith and @TonyDungy
— Paul Pabst (@PaulPabst) January 5, 2015
Then on the Rich Eisen Show, several ESPN’ers will appear on the DirecTV/Fox Sports Radio show to share their remembrances of the late SportsCenter anchor.
Great having @richeisen on this @SportsCenter to discuss Stuart Scott. Expect some ESPNers to be on his @RichEisenShow tomorrow.
— bill hofheimer (@bhofheimer_espn) January 5, 2015
We don’t have the list of guests as of yet, but I’m sure it will be tweeted out on the Rich Eisen Show Twitter account later this morning.
Now to some linkage.
LINKAGE
Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch goes inside the ESPN tribute video to Stuart Scott where many of his friends were hoping it would never see the light of day.
The Boston Globe’s Chad Finn says Stuart Scott should be known for more than his catchphrases.
Finn writes that Scott’s ESPN’s colleagues felt the loss as they had to be on the air on Sunday.
Timothy Burke at Deadspin notes that Rich Eisen did a highlight on NFL GameDay Final in the style of Stu Scott.
Paulsen at Sports Media Watch says Scott’s death is part of one of the most momentous weeks in ESPN’s long history.
The New York Times’ Richard Sandomir has written an obituary for Scott.
Sandomir also chronicled Scott’s battle against cancer last March.
Newsday’s Neil Best also has a story on Scott’s passing.
Matt Schiavenza of The Atlantic writes Scott changed sportscasting.
At the Washington Post’s Early Lead, Des Bieler writes that Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts who worked with Scott at ESPN was touched by his death.
Luke DeCock of the Raleigh News & Observer says Scott’s battle with cancer inspired a local man.
WRAL-TV where Scott got his start as a news reporter, remembers him through its own tribute video.
Evan McMurry of Mediaite noted for some reason, the National Review tweeted a pic of someone other than Stuart Scott to accompany a link to his obit.
Steve Chawkins of the Los Angeles Times says Scott was often imitated and often parodied, but he was the originator.
One non-Scott link, Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News has a look at the upcoming week in SoCal sports media.
No News You Can Use today. It’ll return tomorrow. That will wrap up our notebook for today.
