NBA and Men's College Basketball Analyst. Seattle Sports 710 AM confirmed the news on Twitter. (14:52). Clayton spent over a decade at the Tacoma (Wash.) News Tribune before a more than 20-year run at ESPN. Mees did deliver the sports and he did it well. 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. That wasn't the Stuart Scott that I worked with for so many years. When I realized I could do it, that I could jump from the bridge, I got scared. Obama's father died at the age of 48, around the time Obama was 21. 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She also asked that donations be made to a scholarship fund in his name set up by Aschoff's alma mater, the University of Floridas School of Journalism and Communications, to help aspiring journalists. He inspired his colleagues with his sheer talent, his work ethic and his devotion to his daughters, Taelor, 19, and Sydni, 15. And Stuart tweets, 'You may have scored, but I sent you to the hospital.' 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. Coffins of the victims of last Sunday's shipwreck are lined up at the local sports hall in Crotone, southern Italy, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. By Variety and Phil Helsel. Salisbury reflected on Clayton as a "phenomenal man" in a tweet. Even I encouraged him to maybe take a more traditional approach, but he had a strong conviction about who he wanted to be, and the voice he wanted to project, and clearly, he was right, and we were wrong. John Clayton, a former ESPN NFL writer and current contributor to Seattle Sports 710 AM, died Friday. A special man. "The soldiers kept coming up to thank us, and we're like, 'No, we're here to thank you.' He had been ill since last month with what was initially diagnosed as pneumonia, but by the time of his passing had begun receiving treatment for an immune disorder, according to his fiancee. Olivia Harlan Dekker. And I'm really thrilled that he was right on. He moved to Los Angeles in 2017 to begin a more expanded national role that included television coverage. Jon Champion. But after I got out of my car and walked to the side I encountered girders and fences designed to keep people from jumping. The woman who was set to be Dylan's wife is now asking for help to have his child. He may have represented new school, but he was decidedly old school when it came to preparation. LOS ANGELES ESPN reporter Ed Aschoff, who covered the Southeastern Conference college sports for the network, died Tuesday after a battle of pneumonia. "There were successful African-American sportscasters at the time," says ESPN director of news Vince Doria, who oversaw the studio programming for ESPN2 back then. He defied convention and criticism to help bring this network into a new century. Scott saved his best for his last year on the air. This is Stuart and he's not going to let this moment get away.' NHL trade deadline: Winners and losers, including the Bruins, Devils and Bruce Boudreau? I will miss him deeply. What will the Buffalo Bills do without defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier? And to his credit, he brought something special every night he was on.". Patrick remembers an epic basketball game at the YMCA. 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. He died in the same hospice center as his. Edward Aschoff's fiancee shares the full story of his untimely death. Larkin, 26, leads the Red Wings in scoring this season with 22 goals and 35 assists for 57 points in 59 games. brotha I was sold when he won 6-NBA rings As a youth, he was very successful and received a hockey scholarship to play at Western Michigan University. pic.twitter.com/blXaF6UJC3, "Both pneumonia and non-Hodgkins lymphoma can trigger HLH in the body and that is seemingly what happened with Edward,'' she wrote on Wednesday. At the time of his death, Mees was just 46. 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Warrior. ESPN issued a statement, . He worked for a year at WECA-TV covering the sports scene, including the Florida State Seminoles and other Florida-area sports teams. This is an aggressive type of cancer that is usually undetectable until it is very advanced," she writes. At one point in 2012, Saunders planned to take his life by jumping off the Tappan Zee Bridge in New York, as he described in his book. Alexander COVID News-Dr. Paul Elias Alexander's Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. ", In a telling piece in The New York Times in March, Richard Sandomir spent the day with Stuart as he worked out at a martial arts studio in West Hartford, Conn. At one point, he lifted up his EVERYDAY I FIGHT shirt to reveal the scar from his abdominal surgeries. 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? Smith, a native of Grand Rapids, Mich., studied at Jackson State University and began his career at the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss. I love you, the white guy!' "SportsCenter" anchor Jay Harris, who grew up watching -- and hoping to be -- Stuart, says, "Think about that phrase, 'As cool as the other side of the pillow.' ESPNU anchor . This is an aggressive type of cancer that is usually undetectable until it is very advanced.". What I love about it is there's so much more stuff we didn't have access to years ago and now we do -- the salary information, NFL Game Rewind where you can watch coaches tape. Karen Hudson-Samuels, 68, worked for over four decades in Detroit as an anchor, producer . Heres a look back at one of the original ESPN personalities Tom Mees. Stephen Smith murder case has recently gotten new attention. ESPNs Linda Cohn Makes Millions Annually and Has a Substantial Net Worth. Her death was announced on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 by The Associated Press. "We are very sorry to have to share the devastating news of the tragi He was 61. & 2020 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. Clayton is survived by his wife, Pat, and sister, Amy. "For five decades, he covered the league with endless energy and professionalism.". He has been a regular contributor for TODAY.com since 2011, producing news stories and features across the trending, pop culture, sports, parents, pets, health, style, food and TMRW verticals. And one of his best moments off the air came when a producer suggested he change a reference on his NBA show from Omega Psi Phi, the fraternity of Michael Jordan and Shaquille O'Neal, to something more universal, like Animal House. the double nickel that sliced the knicks at their knees But as Stuart's star rose, so did the vitriol of those who resented his color, or his hip-hop style, or his generation. He was 61. So while the grief is deep at ESPN over the death of Stuart Scott, so is our gratitude. We are mourning his loss. He brought in the barber shop, the church, R&B, soul music. He was 67 years old. But for me, and those of us here in the 80s and 90s, a lot of things changed when we lost Tom Mees in 1996. Michael Dwyer - staff, AP. For six years, Mees covered the local sports scene. You try to bring out the best in yourself so you can bring out the best in the person next to you. "One year we went to their performance of 'The Nutcracker.' In addition to that, as a Tennis Channel reporter too. He continued hosting college football coverage on ABC and was there on the stage to talk with Dabo Swinney and Nick Saban when their teams won national titles. The reporter's cause of death was not revealed. Thats the way it was back in the 1980s here at ESPN. We need full proper investigations. ESPN reporter Vaughn McClure has died. He was publishing stories as recently as last week. VETERAN NFL and ESPN reporter John Clayton, who appeared in a famed SportsCenter commercial, has passed away at 67. Aschoff died Dec. 24 on his 34th birthday. Around long enough to have written about athletes from Hank Aaron to Ben Zobrist and Super Bowls from VII to XLVI. I'll never forget when one person went up to Stuart and me and said, 'Hey, wow, Stuart Scott!' It should be mentioned often.Morris died Monday at the . "That's what I love about him," says Kolber. (Read more cancer stories.). Every day, Legacy publishes tributes to people from all walks of life. The Seahawks also confirmed the news and expressed their condolences. The perfect tummy control bodysuit, a popcorn gadget, more bestsellers starting at $8. Steele reportedly sent an apology to ESPN, according to sports reporter John Ourand. Soccer Play-By-Play Voice. Also known by the nickname, The Professor, he won the Pro Football Hall of Fames Dick McCann Award in 2007for distinguished reporting in football. What could reparations mean for Black residents of Alameda County? He was 67. We got there mid-first quarter, and we just kind of walked up to the sidelines, and one by one, the kids start comin' over to him. Tom Sizemore (19612023), actor in Saving Private Ryan, Heat, Jerry Richardson (19362023), Carolina Panthers founder, Wayne Shorter (19332023), jazz saxophonist who co-founded Weather Report, Irma Serrano (19332023), Mexicos La Tigresa singer and actress, Linda Kasabian (19492023), key witness against Manson Family, Simone Segouin (19252023), heroine of the French Resistance, Jean Faut (19252023), AAGPBL pitcher with two perfect games, Ricou Browning (19302023), Creature from the Black Lagoons Gill-man, Bob Richards (19262023), first athlete featured on Wheaties boxes, Kirstie Alley (19512022), star of Cheers, Veronicas Closet, Barbara Walters (19292022), legendary TV news icon. "I love this stuff. All of this combined is what led to his very rapid decline those last few days, and ultimately his passing. "JD was one of the most. Mees learned of an opportunity to work for a new sports network launching in Connecticut that would broadcast sports coverage 24/7. "He wanted you to know that he knew what he was talking about, and he never failed. "He just takes so much pride in the girls, and you can't see him without him taking out his phone and showing you a video of Taelor or Sydni singing or dancing or playing soccer. Here's everything we know, The paths of KD and Kyrie: How one month changed three franchises and two superstar legacies, From bubble struggles to NCAA seed improvement, why these final weekend games matter, Foden's return to form helps mask De Bruyne's troubles, Nelson sends Arsenal into euphoria with last-gasp winner over Bournemouth. Clayton continued to cover the Seahawks for ESPN Radios Seattle affiliate after departing the Mothership. 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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 Receive the latest news and breaking updates, straight from our newsroom to your inbox. Jeff Dickerson, ESPN's Chicago Bears reporter, died at 44 years old on Tuesday from complications with colon cancer, the media outlet announced. Lillian Ross, legendary reporter for The New Yorker, has died at the age of 99. ", Champion. "There was the Mercury program, which gave us Chris Berman and Bob Ley, great pilots who went up there without teleprompters or whatever. Aschoff, who covered college . '', Clayton received the profession's highest honor, now known as the Bill Nunn Memorial Award, in 2007. He died Thursday at the age of 79. Rachel broke ground in 2009 as the first female analyst for a men's collegiate basketball broadcast. Anderson calls it "magic." ESPN 1000 Bears reporter Jeff Dickerson, 43, died Tuesday after battling colon cancer. 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 . For years, he and Rich Eisen would do just that on the 1 a.m. "SportsCenter," a show that made its way to the next day's water cooler thanks to their chemistry -- and repeated viewings. ", "He's a great, great dad," says Ramsey. We have remained close since our Television days. Clayton was also widely remembered for his appearance in a memorable This Is SportsCenter commercial in which he completes an on-air segment, pulls off a faux upper half of a suit to reveal a Slayer t-shirt, and lounges in his bedroom headbanging to heavy metal and munching on takeout food. I drive to the hoop, he undercuts me, I fall on my back and nearly pass out. I just liked it. Fontaine's former club Reims announced Fontaine's death on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Harris calls it his "Stuartness." Aschoff had tweeted on Dec. 5 that he was suffering from "multifocal (bilateral) pneumonia" after falling ill following his coverage of the annual football game between Michigan and Ohio State. "He'd be tired," says anchor John Buccigross. The Jupiter resident was 66. "I have friends who have no idea what that movie is about," Stuart told him. He went out and did a piece on the rodeo, and he nailed it just like he would nail the NBA Finals for ESPN. (CNN) The death of ESPN reporter Edward Aschoff on his 34th birthday was puzzling to many: How could pneumonia kill a young person who had been in good health? ESPN Reporter Edward Aschoff's tragic death on his 34th birthday last month was the result of an un-diagnosed case of stage 4, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma . He and Berteau were to be married in April. And occasionally, he would bust out his own poetry, as he did for this jam on Michael Jordan's 50th birthday on Feb. 17, 2013: the best ever a CLEVER phrase we OVERuse Over the years, he entertained us, and in the end, he inspired us -- with courage and love. '", His offer of friendship took on a deeper meaning for ESPN vice president Tim Scanlan: "When he found out that my wife had the same type of cancer he had, he was one of the first people to reach out to me and offer help. 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. Below is a list of former ESPN employees who have confirmed their departures via social media (this list will continue to be updated). XFL Week 3 preview: Can AJ McCarron, Battlehawks continue their fourth-quarter heroics? Most recently, Clayton hosted The John Clayton Weekends Show on Seattle Sports 710 AM and contributed to The Fan 104.3 in Denver. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. Asking for two friends my lungs.. Says Ramsey, "You knew the second he walked in the door that it was a pit stop, and that he was gonna be this big star somewhere someday. Once I finally looked over the edge, I saw a drop of about 140 feet, equivalent to a 14-story skyscraper. He started giving me advice and I in turn would talk to my wife. About a quarter of cases are passed down through families, and the rest come from infections, a weakened immune system or cancer. Jeff Dickerson, who covered the Chicago Bears for ESPN, died on Tuesday from complications of colon cancer at the age of 44. For 30 years sports fans turned on their televisions and watched John Saunders on a variety of ESPN shows. Longtime ESPN reporter Pedro Gomez died unexpectedly at his home Sunday afternoon, the company announced. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click . He was 48. His family told ESPN Clayton died following a brief illness. His plan B was the next best thing to playing sports, and that was covering them. But then you think to turn the pillow over, and, wow, it's cool, and it feels so good. Joe Valerio, who produced The Sports Reporters for nearly three decades, has died at the age of 71, from cancer. He was memorable in Natural Born Killers and True Romance.. 5 min read John Clayton was an ESPN mainstay. Mees told police her husband did not know how to swim. The two were to be married in April. I am heartbroken, NFL analyst and former NFL quarterback Sean Salisbury said. There werent any examples to follow. "The Seahawks are heartbroken to learn of the passing of John Clayton," the team said in a statement. Sports writer and commentator Frank Deford, who won awards for his work with Sports Illustrated magazine and NPR, has died at 78. His legendary, Hall of Fame career will forever have a lasting legacy on football fans across the world. And as cocky and brash as he was, he liked nothing better than to sing a good duet every night. Clayton began working at ESPN in 1995 covering the NFL. "I had never met anybody like Stuart Scott. Lokulo-Sodipe, 67, was said to have slumped in his office while preparing to attend a court session on . Tom Mees was one of the ESPN originals. (AP file photo) Bill Conlin, the legendary former Philadelphia sports columnist whose career came to a crashing end 25 months ago after he was accused of . of "best ever" is an ENDEAVOR His brain was donated to Mt. He wrote the story for Flipper and directed many episodes of the TV show. Along with Chris Berman and Bob Ley, Mees was one of the first anchors to narrate sports highlights to a national audience when the new network launched in 1979. All of this combined is what led to his very rapid decline those last few days, and ultimately his passing.. (1/9) Hi all, Katy again- this will be my last post on Edwards social media. He first started feeling flu-like symptoms while covering the Ohio State-Michigan game on Nov. 30, and two days later he went to the emergency room. He was 67. ", ESPN anchor John Anderson likens the talent wave at the network to NASA's astronaut programs. He received a lot of hate mail, most of it anonymous. "Both pneumonia and non-Hodgkins lymphoma can trigger HLH in the body and that is seemingly what happened with Edward. Since that night, "You beat cancer by how you live" has become a rallying cry for millions of patients and their families. You're having trouble sleeping. 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. He loved hockey and started playing it at a young age. He had first gone to the emergency room three weeks earlier for flu-like symptoms and tweeted on Dec. 4 about having pneumonia. I turned around, got back in my car, and drove off, heading for home.. At WESH, the NBC affiliate in Orlando, he first met ESPN producer Gus Ramsey, who was beginning his own career. Prior, he covered the Pittsburgh Steelers for the Pittsburgh Press and the Seattle Seahawks for the Tacoma News Tribune. 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 . I'll never forget him coming out in this big cape, swooping in with his nutcracker, and he was great. Edward Aschoff's fiancee, Katy Berteau, took to Twitter to explain the sequence of events . Read more in our, This undated photo provided by ESPN images shows ESPN college football reporter Edward Aschoff. He was pursuing a nursing degree to become a doctor at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College. reporter nicknamed the Professor who was noted for his football analysis and his concise game recaps for ESPN, died on Friday at a hospital in Bellevue, Wash. "Listen to his lead-ins," says Buccigross. He spoke to the very athletes he was talking about with a flair and a style that ESPN president John Skipper says, "changed everything. In 1978, Mees moved to Tallahassee, Florida, and simultaneously moved to another medium. He loved his work, he loved his daughters, he loved being Stu.". "NBA Countdown" anchor Sage Steele remembers the day last year when her family moved from Connecticut to Arizona to be closer to her show in Los Angeles: "The moving trucks were at my house, and Stuart was there with his girlfriend Kristin to say goodbye to us, and my 10-year-old son Nicholas had to say goodbye to his best friend across the street, and he came back sobbing, sobbing, leaving his best friend in the world. "He stuck out his hand and said, 'One day I look forward to working with you,'" Berman said. Clayton's appearance included a spot where he appeared as he would on SportsCenter, in a coat and tie, before he tore both off to reveal a Slayer T-shirt, let down his long hair, jumped on a bed and shouted, "Hey ma, I'm done with my segment.''. A popular television news anchor with NBC New York, Katherine Creag, has died suddenly, the station announced. Police later said that was not the case. It's this ineffable way Stuart had of welcoming you to the party, bringing you into his confidence, making sure you were having a good time. Thanks for contacting us. David Benner, who spent nearly 30 years as the director of media relations for the Indiana Pacers, died Wednesday after a long illness. He was a phenomenal television friend and a loyal life friend to me. Radio reporter Jeff Dickerson, a beloved and respected figure on the Chicago sports scene, died Tuesday at age 43 after a bout with cancer It was a crazy idea to consider at the time, but Mees took a chance and applied for a job. "I never ask what stage I'm in," Stuart told Sandomir. Berteau had written in a Twitter thread last month that Aschoff was admitted to the hospital a week after being diagnosed with multifocal pneumonia. "We will all miss your words and brilliance @JohnClaytonNFL #RIPJohnClayton," Wilson wrote in a tweet, as he and former colleagues and friends of Clayton took to social media Friday night to offer remembrances. He reached ESPN in 1995, and covered football in print, TV and radio until 2017. This undated photo provided by ESPN images shows ESPN college football reporter Edward Aschoff. She is a regular contributor to ESPN's "The Jump" and NBA Today, where she serves as a co-host alongside Michael Wilbon. Our condolences to his wife Pat, and to his friends and family. Nobody could ever say he didn't work hard, or labor over his "SportsCenter" lead-ins. If I told them what I was going through, Im confident they would have protected my privacy and done everything they could to help me. "His wife Pat and sister Amy were at his side and communicated. He won gold medals in pole vault at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics. Clayton wrote for multiple newspapers early in his career, including The Pittsburgh Press and The Tacoma News Tribune in Washington, before joining ESPN in 1996. Stay up to date with everything Boston. CNN notes many had expressed surprise that Aschoff, who was young and seemingly in good health, would die of pneumonia, and Berteau adds, "I also wanted to provide this update because he would have wanted everyone to know that something way bigger than pneumonia took him down." ", That man is Stuart Scott, and his contributions to the sports lexicon are writ large. 2:29. "They're thoughtful and precise, really well-constructed lead-ins to a news story or big game or moment. Oh what a trail they blazed. He was 67. not scoring titles and-MVPs, Copyright 2023 Endgame360 Inc. All Rights Reserved. (0:30). 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. On December 5, a few days after his pneumonia diagnosis, he tweeted: Anyone ever had multifocal (bilateral) pneumonia in their early 30s as someone who never gets sick and has a very good immune system? While Mees focused on hockey, he also worked in other sports, including college basketball, college football, and MLB. Fortunately, some of us lasted longer than ESPN2 did. John Saunders was a proud Canadian. Olivia Harlan Dekker via Facebook. Their efforts were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead. For all his fame, Stuart was buds with everybody in Bristol, be they production assistants or co-hosts or executives. (Joe Faraoni / ESPN Image) (KCTV) -- In a groundswell of support that began in Chicago and has since gone nationwide, the GoFundMe for the 11-year-old son of ESPN . On August 10, 2016, John Saunders collapsed on his bathroom floor and died. He was disarming in other ways, as well. On August 14, 1996, Tom Mees and his two young daughters headed next door to the neighbors house for some fun in the sun at the swimming pool. ESPN knew enough to have sportscasters who represented 45 million Americans, not to mention 80 percent of the players in the NBA and 70 percent of those in the NFL. ", That competitive nature always made for a better show. He died from a hit-and-run incident in which Buster Murdaugh was engaged in 2015. XFL Week 3 preview: Can AJ McCarron, Battlehawks continue their fourth-quarter heroics? SportsCenter producers created a weekly segment called "Four Downs'' pitting Clayton against NFL analyst and former quarterback Sean Salisbury. He would spell it out B-O-O dash Y-O-W. He was 67. Date of birth. Grant Wahl, the American soccer reporter who collapsed and died while covering the World Cup in Qatar last week, died of an aortic aneurysm that ruptured, his wife, Dr. Celine Gounder, said. 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. "That movie was made two decades ago, and black fraternities have been around since 1906. And every time she saw him on the air, you could see a noticeable pick-up in her spirit and energy and in her ambition to fight another day.". "He wasn't as good an athlete as he thought he was," says Harris, a frequent golfing partner. Dickerson's wife, Caitlin, died two years ago from melanoma, and. "He was a trailblazer," says ESPN anchor Stan Verrett, "not only because he was black -- obviously black -- but because of his style, his demeanor, his presentation. In 2009, unbeknownst to anyone at the sports network, he checked into the Westchester Medical Psychiatric Ward at Mt. On a personal level, John was incredibly generous to me when I succeeded him as the Seahawks beat reporter at the Tacoma News Tribune many years ago. In addition to being Christmas Eve, Tuesday was his birthday. "The PFWA mourns the passing of John Clayton," the organization said in a statement. Celebrate John Clayton by rewatching his This Is SportsCenter commercial (0:30), Longtime NFL reporter John Clayton dies at 67, The future of the NFL combine: Is there really a chance it could end forever? ESPN college football reporter Ed Aschoff died Tuesday at age 34, the company announced. Cari is an American broadcast journalist who has worked as an anchor for ESPN's flagship program, SportsCenter, and as the host of ESPN2's First Take.
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