| | Stuart Scott's primary role at ESPN is as co-host of the 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. ET Sportscenters, the network's flagship sports news program (re-airs each weekday morning). Scott, who joined ESPN in August 1993 as an original SportSmash anchor on ESPN2's SportsNight, is the host of Edge NFL Matchup, a weekly 30-minute show which previews select NFL games.
Scott has served as host and reporter on a variety of ESPN and ESPN2 programs, including ESPN2's National Basketball Association news and highlight program, NBA 2Night, ESPN2's SportsNight: College Football Edition, and has appeared with Chris Berman and Tom Jackson on NFL PrimeTime, the highlight-driven program which airs Sunday nights throughout the NFL season.
He has also covered the MLB playoffs and NCAA Final Four in 1995, and the NBA Finals for SportsCenter in 1997 and 1998 which featured exclusive, one-on-one interviews with Michael Jordan.
Prior to joining ESPN, Scott worked for WESH-TV in Orlando, Fla., as a sports reporter and sports anchor from 1990 to 1993. While at WESH, he earned first-place honors from the Central Florida Press Club for a feature on rodeo.
Scott also worked as a news reporter at WRAL-TV in Raleigh, N.C. (1988-90) and as a news reporter and weekend sports anchor at WPDE-TV in Florence, S.C. (1987-88).
Scott, a Chicago native born July 19, 1965, graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1987 with a bachelor of arts degree in speech communications and radio, television and motion pictures. At North Carolina, he worked at the student radio station, WXYC-FM, as a sports and news reporter and played wide receiver and defensive back for a club football team. He is married and has one child.
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