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Scott Van Pelt Shared Emotional Moment With Stuart Scott’s Daughters on SportsCenter

Andy Nesbitt

Scott Van Pelt had two special guests on Tuesday night's SportsCenter and shared a powerful moment that showed once again why he's one of the best in the sports media business.

Stuart Scott's daughters, Taelor and Sydni, joined Van Pelt to talk about the upcoming 10th anniversary of Scott's unforgettable speech at the ESPYs. Van Pelt talked about the fundraising that is going on for the Stuart Scott' Cancer Research Fund and broke the news that an anonymous donor will be matching up to $75,000 of all donations made leading up to the awards show.

He then shared an emotional message about the late, great Scott and the love that he had for his daughters:

"Your dad loved North Carolina, everybody knew that," Van Pelt said while fighting back tears. "But there’s nothing in the world that he loved more than his little girls and I’m sitting here looking at the grown women you’ve become and he’d be so proud, and he is so proud and so are all of us at ESPN who love you from afar. This was really, really cool that I got to do this and I don’t care that this is where It ends up (with Van Pelt crying). Taelor and Sydni, it’s so good to see you guys."

Take a few minutes and watch this:

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Andy Nesbitt
ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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