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Fans never forgot beloved broadcaster Stuart Scott after his death in 2015, and neither did ESPN, his home network for 21 years.
Now, a decade after Scott’s death from appendiceal cancer at age 49, ESPN is honoring the late broadcaster with the next installment of its 30 for 30 documentary series: Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott, presented by Modelo, and PEOPLE has an exclusive look at the first trailer.
The trailer opens with highlights of Scott and his ESPN colleagues throughout the years, including one shot of Scott in a locker room with a young LeBron James.
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The network promises an “intimate look” at Scott’s life and legacy through exclusive interviews with his friends and colleagues, like Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, Vince Carter, Rich Eisen and others. Scott’s family — Jacqueline, Kimberly, Sydni, Synthia, Stephen and Taelor Scott — also appear in the project.
Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott is directed by Andre Gaines, who said in a statement that Scott “didn’t just change sports journalism — he changed culture” and “made millions of people feel seen at a time when few voices like his were given the mic.”
The director said the episode dives into Scott as “the father, the fighter and the trailblazer who taught us all what authenticity looks like.”
“His voice is woven through every frame, and we wanted to honor his legacy by letting him tell his story in his own words,” said Gaines.
The episode features never-before-seen archival footage, including self-shot home videos by Scott himself.
In August, Eisen, who worked alongside Scott from 1996 to 2003 on ESPN, spoke highly of his “dear friend” in an emotional broadcast. “I frequently think of Stuart a lot and what he might think of the sports headlines today. Like, say, Bill Belichick being the head football coach at his beloved school.”
“We used to host SportsCenters after LeBron’s high school games. So what would Stuart think of James still playing at age 40 with 40,000 points? And with all these new crossing of sports TV streams like, say, ESPN buying NFL Network and partnering up with my daily show,” Eisen pondered, telling viewers, “I could go on and on because I miss Stuart so very much.”
