Scott Van Pelt
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Scott Van Pelt is an anchor for the television show SportsCenter on the ESPN network. He grew up in the Washington D.C. area. Van Pelt signed on with ESPN in 2001 after a stint with The Golf Channel. Scott serves as one of the ESPN's golf correspondents, covering the Majors, and is also the co-host of The Mike Tirico Show. Beginning the first full week of May, Scott will host his own show from 3 to 4 p.m. EST.
In 1998, Van Pelt starred as Harry in the comedy short film, "By the Seat of the Pants", featuring co-workers from The Golf Channel and produced & directed by then-Golf Channel technical director, Christopher Flynn. The film was accepted for screening at the 1998 Central Florida Film & Video Festival, as well as the 1999 New York International Indepdent Film & Video Festival.
Van Pelt went to the University of Maryland. On June 12, 2006, Van Pelt delivered the commencement speech at Sherwood High School, his alma mater in Montgomery County, Maryland. [1] Van Pelt is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity.[citation needed]
Van Pelt employs a variety of catch phrases on SportsCenter, making references to such entities as his alma mater, the University of Maryland, College Park ("Let's go to Bentley's!" is uttered whenever the "Terps" win a college football or basketball game), and the rock group Tenacious D. Sometimes lines from the 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou? or other movies are uttered. "That rancor in your voice I don't intend to dignify with comment" is an example. He seems to be most fond of referencing Brock Landers and Chest Rockwell, who are fictional porn star characters played by Mark Wahlberg and John C. Reilly in the movie Boogie Nights. He also frequently references the television shows Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Flight of the Conchords. Quite often he also refers to "The Wheel," a bar in Lawrence, Kansas, during Kansas Jayhawk basketball highlights. In addition to his catchphrases, he also employs a handful of American English dialects and accents, including Baltimorese, as well as the Philadelphia and the Boston accents.
When Van Pelt joined SportsCenter he was known for a visible and lengthy comb-over. Subsequently, Van Pelt shaved his head entirely and sports a bald dome on each Sportscenter telecast.
On April 22, it was announced that starting May 1, the Scott Van Pelt show will be heard from 3-4pm Eastern Time on ESPN Radio. The Mike Tirico Show will also expand to become the Tirico & Van Pelt Show from 1-3PM Eastern Time.
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Scott went on a safari in the summer of 2001, and verified the lions are stronger than tigers.
