It was a crazy idea to consider at the time, but Mees took a chance and applied for a job. He sent me a tape, and even then, he had an amazing presence -- I felt the viewer would sit up and take notice when he was on the air. Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin has signed an eight-year extension with an $8.7 million average annual value, the team announced Wednesday. Oh what a trail they blazed. He was 67. By Variety and Phil Helsel. So while the grief is deep at ESPN over the death of Stuart Scott, so is our gratitude. Stuart and Steve Levy share one personal career highlight: Taking "SportsCenter" to Camp Arifjan in Kuwait in 2004. ESPN hired him as one of its first-ever sports personalities. ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz confirmed Durrett's death Tuesday night, but said . Lokulo-Sodipe, 67, was said to have slumped in his office while preparing to attend a court session on . He was 44. ESPN's Rachel Michele Nichols is an American sportswriter, reporter, and TV journalist. Medical personnel arrived and tried to resuscitate Mees en route to the local hospital. It is with a heavy heart that we share the news of John Claytons passing. "That movie was made two decades ago, and black fraternities have been around since 1906. Clayton worked for the. All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! Also wrote for Time, Sports Illustrated, the Fort Lauderdale News and The Evening Sun in Norwich, NY. Warrior. Once I finally looked over the edge, I saw a drop of about 140 feet, equivalent to a 14-story skyscraper. He brought so much to the party, and he will continue to do so, through the people he inspired, and the language that he liberated, and the audience that will remember him. Suzy Kolber, the ESPN anchor who also began at ESPN2, says, "Stuart called me his TV wife, but we really were like a family, trying to launch this brand-new network and spending all this time together. He was 67. ESPN's Linda Cohn Makes Millions Annually and Has a Substantial Net Worth On August 14, 1996, Tom Mees and his two young daughters headed next door to the neighbor's house for some fun in the sun at the swimming pool. John Saunders was a proud Canadian. He loved hockey and started playing it at a young age. "He had that great balance of being entertaining and being right.". Mees did deliver the sports and he did it well. She is a regular contributor to ESPN's "The Jump" and NBA Today, where she serves as a co-host alongside Michael Wilbon. Sports writer and commentator Frank Deford, who won awards for his work with Sports Illustrated magazine and NPR, has died at 78. Michelle and I offer our thoughts and prayers to his family, friends, and colleagues," the president said. FILE - Soccer legend Pele, of Brazil, feeds French soccer legend Just Fontaine, left, with a soccer ball cake Sunday, July 5, 1998 in Paris.French soccer great Just Fontaine, whose 1958 record of 13 goals scored during a World Cup still stands, has . The rivers rough gray surface looked more like concrete than water. Thanks for contacting us. Disputed loan at center of Commanders probe, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Covered Broncos for nine years for Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News, Previously covered Steelers, Bills and Titans, Member of Pro Football Hall of Fame Board. John Clayton, one of the most prominent national NFL reporters who worked at ESPN for over 20 years, died on Friday. The Jupiter resident was 66. He has been a weekly guest on my radio show for years. His marriage to Kimberly Scott, the mother of their daughters, came to an end. Alexander COVID News-Dr. Paul Elias Alexander's Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. In 2009, unbeknownst to anyone at the sports network, he checked into the Westchester Medical Psychiatric Ward at Mt. Clayton also wrote for several outlets, including the Washington Post, in recent years after his long stint at ESPN, and had been the sideline reporter for the Seahawks radio network for five seasons. That wasn't the Stuart Scott that I worked with for so many years. He was 67. Edward Aschoff's fiancee, Katy Berteau, took to Twitter to explain the sequence of events . A phenomenal man. Dylan Lyons, a Spectrum News 13 reporter, was killed on Feb. 22 when a gunman opened fire on him and photojournalist Jesse Walden who was critically injured as they sat in their car in the Pine Hills neighborhood of Orlando. ATHENS, Greece (AP) The station master involved in Greece's deadliest train crash is set to appear before a prosecutor and an examining magistrate . We have been friends since 1986. Mees also worked as an anchor and reporter who covered the NHL and numerous other sports until his tragic death in 1996. Among the features of the new ESPN studio in Bristol is a wall of catchphrases made famous by on-air talent over the years. Eisen, now the lead anchor for the NFL Network, says, "Who would have thought the perfect guy for me, a Jewish kid from Staten Island, would be an African-American guy with North Carolina roots? Berteau had written in a Twitter thread last month that Aschoff was admitted to the hospital a week after being diagnosed with multifocal pneumonia. ", Champion. A popular television news anchor with NBC New York, Katherine Creag, has died suddenly, the station announced. His ability never slipped, and the audience at home couldn't tell what Stuart was dealing with. On August 10, 2016, John Saunders collapsed on his bathroom floor and died. The fiance of ESPN college football reporter Edward Aschoff shared that his sudden death at 34 on Christmas Eve was actually caused by stage 4 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and not pneumonia, as . Stay up to date with everything Boston. SaharaReporters . "It is with a. But as Stuart's star rose, so did the vitriol of those who resented his color, or his hip-hop style, or his generation. This is Stuart and he's not going to let this moment get away.' He received a lot of hate mail, most of it anonymous. As for Stuart's most famous line, Eisen discovered one night that it was not what's up on the wall in the new studio. They took us to the moon and left the rest of us to fly the space shuttle.". "He literally never said no to a show that asked him to come on -- from 6 a.m. to midnight, if you asked for the Professor, he was there for you. VIDEO: ESPN reporter Edward Aschoff dies on his 34th birthday Aschoff died on December 24 with a diagnosis of pneumonia and a rare disease known as hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH).. CBS Sports journalist Grant Wahl -- one of the most respected soccer reporters in the country -- died while covering the World Cup, his brother announced Friday. (0:30). I wanted to provide an update about Edwards passing that may help people in processing it and making a little more sense of what happened. Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada. The confines of a studio could not hold Stuart. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a cancer that forms in the lymph system, which is part of the immune system that helps the body fight infection and disease, according to the National Cancer Institute. She was honored with the prestigiouc Croix de Guerre. Clayton, nicknamed "The Professor," was one of the country's foremost NFL insiders in a five-decade career that included over 20 years with ESPN. John Clayton, whose list of contacts in the NFL was matched only by his attention to detail and dedication to his craft, died Friday in Washington after a brief illness, his family said. Dickerson is survived by his 11-year-old son, Parker, and parents, George and Sandy Dickerson. Barbara Walters, the trailblazing television news broadcaster and longtime ABC News anchor and correspondent who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, died Friday. Rachel broke ground in 2009 as the first female analyst for a men's collegiate basketball broadcast. He also hosted the popular Sunday morning sports roundtable show called the Sports Reporters since 2001. Their efforts were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead. After graduating in 1987 with a degree in speech communication, Stuart was hired by WPDE-TV in Florence, South Carolina. Despite his digital critics, Saunders pushed forward. Edward Aschoff's fiancee shares the full story of his untimely death. Scott was remembered through an outpouring of tributes by athletes, colleagues and fans on Twitter and statements from his alma mater, the University of North Carolina, which said that "his legacy will live on in many ways -- as a friend, a son, a father, a professional and forever, a Tar Heel," and President Barack Obama. Also known by the nickname, The Professor, he won the Pro Football Hall of Fames Dick McCann Award in 2007for distinguished reporting in football. ", "He's a great, great dad," says Ramsey. Harris calls it his "Stuartness." We'd be waiting for a game to end, and he'd close his eyes. Clayton, a native of Braddock, Pennsylvania, began his career in 1972 as a teenager covering the Pittsburgh Steelers in a season that included the "Immaculate Reception.'' 25 views, 1 likes, 0 loves, 0 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from West cameroon state news: She die for lack of care in the Buea general hospital. Stuart Scott, the ESPN anchor and reporter whose catchphrases became part of the American popular sports vernacular for the past two decades, died Sunday morning after a lengthy battle with. Comentarista de Bisbol. And Stuart tweets, 'You may have scored, but I sent you to the hospital.' Fellow anchor Chris Berman remembered Mees years later as ESPN celebrated its 50,000th SportsCenter. The ESPN reporter who died on his 34th birthday last month didn't realize it, but he had stage 4 cancer. When Keith Olbermann graduated from "SportsNight" to ESPN's "SportsCenter," Stuart took his place in the anchor chair. Our condolences to his wife Pat, and to his friends and family. While he covered the NFL for his entire career, Clayton was also well-known for his appearance on a This Is SportsCenter commercial, where he appeared with long hair and expressing a love for heavy metal music. Heres a look back at one of the original ESPN personalities Tom Mees. ", Worker. Who Is the Highest-Paid ESPN Personality and How Much Do They Make? He inspired his colleagues with his sheer talent, his work ethic and his devotion to his daughters, Taelor, 19, and Sydni, 15. "Stuart spent three hours at our house that day, in pain and hardly able to stand, but he did it. "JD was one of the most. Fontaine's former club Reims announced Fontaine's death on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Bill Shields, the longtime WBZ-TV reporter who graced New England viewers' screens for decades, died Saturday morning at age 70 following a years-long battle with cancer, the TV station confirmed. A cop gives us the coordinates for the afterparty, and now we're walking to 33rd and 10th Avenue Stuart walking down the street was like Elvis entering the building. The-CNN-Wire And yet, when the red light came on, when he was on camera, you had no idea. By Clicking "OK" or any content on this site, you agree to allow cookies to be placed. The ESPN reporter who died on his 34th birthday last month didn't realize it, but he had stage 4 cancer. I followed up and found out that Stuart's contract was up soon. https://t.co/QbBsi9bg4j, Also memorable were Clayton's appearances on "This is SportsCenter" commercials for ESPN, which to this day are among the best of the popular segments. This undated photo provided by ESPN images shows ESPN college football reporter Edward Aschoff. He owned it.". But after I got out of my car and walked to the side I encountered girders and fences designed to keep people from jumping. For much of those twenty years, public service and campaigns have kept me from my family -- but wherever I went, I could flip on the TV and Stu and his colleagues on SportsCenter were there. ", ESPN anchor John Anderson likens the talent wave at the network to NASA's astronaut programs. All of this combined is what led to his very rapid decline those last few days, and ultimately his passing. A former Detroit news anchor died just one day after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, according to reports. ESPN.com senior writer Andy Katz and ESPN feature producer Miriam Greenfield contributed to this story. "For five decades, he covered the league with endless energy and professionalism.". Every day, Legacy publishes tributes to people from all walks of life. John was family to me. Clayton spent over a decade at the Tacoma (Wash.) News Tribune before a more than 20-year run at ESPN. He owned it, just like he owned every sportscast, every 'SportsCenter,' every 'Monday Night Football' show he did. Mees told police her husband did not know how to swim. ESPN reporter Edward Aschoff died Tuesday on his 34th birthday, just months before he was to be married. He bounced around to several different Canadian television stations in the late 1970s, and then in 1982, he moved to the United States where he took a job as a sports anchor at a Baltimore television station. "After his passing, the hospital received the final results from his lung biopsy. He spent 22 years as an NFL writer and reporter for ESPN, but was let go in 2017 as a part of the companys mass layoffs. Alex Flanagan: (1998-2006), now a reporter for the NFL Network and NBC Sports; Peter Gammons: (1990-2009), MLB reporter for ESPN, now in same capacity for the MLB Network; Hank Goldberg: (1993-2022) Miami-based bureau reporter; died on July 4, 2022; Pedro Gomez: (2003-2021) West Coast based reporter; died on February 7, 2021 ESPN reporter Vaughn McClure has died. Then along came the Apollo astronauts, like Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick, Rich Eisen and Stuart. Clayton continued to cover the Seahawks for ESPN Radios Seattle affiliate after departing the Mothership. Steele reportedly sent an apology to ESPN, according to sports reporter John Ourand. He was 67 years old. John Clayton, a former ESPN NFL writer and current contributor to Seattle Sports 710 AM, died Friday. About a quarter of cases are passed down through families, and the rest come from infections, a weakened immune system or cancer. Bonnie Bernstein: 1995-1998, 2006-present ( SportsCenter correspondent, Wednesday Night Baseball, College Football, NFL, substitute host for NFL Live and Jim Rome is Burning, co-host The Michael Kay Show on 1050 ESPN Radio, New York) Georgie Bingham 2007-present (co-host of SportsCenter for ESPN non-domestic market and Soccernet SportsCenter) A Manson Family follower, she helped put Charles Manson behind bars. Here in our daily news section, we say goodbye to those headline names known across the nation. "The PFWA mourns the passing of John Clayton," the organization said in a statement. On April 26, 2017, the entire sports media world was rocked by news of about 100 layoffs at ESPN, many of them impacting big-name reporters, columnists, anchors, hosts and analysts.