ESPN SportsCenter anchor Randy Scott on going public with mental health struggles

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Episode 351 of the Sports Media Podcast features Randy Scott, who co-anchors SportsCenter:AM, the 7-10 a.m. ET slot. In this podcast, Scott discusses his series of tweets which made public his mental health struggles of the past couple of years; how he used therapy to heal; losing 30 pounds in a month and not sleeping; how SportsCenter anchor Nicole Briscoe helped him; the reaction of colleagues; how he approaches things today; working a morning SportsCenter shift; being raised by a Naval aviator; why he wanted to work at SportsCenter and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:10.2	This is Richard Deich. I'm your host. My producer, Patrick Antonetti. One guest in this episode, but an excellent one and a real honest one. Randy Scott is a co-anchor on the Sports Center AM edition of that program. And a couple weeks ago, or about a week ago, Randy Scott posted a series of tweets,
1:31.6	which made public his mental health struggles, massive weight loss, anxiety, trouble sleeping.
1:38.6	And that really struck me, particularly as I mentioned this before,
1:42.4	someone who's the son of a therapist and absolutely believes in therapy.
1:46.6	I believe this stuff really matters when you go public and let people in on your struggles
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