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Cari Champion Follows in Great Footsteps - In announcing that she'll be an anchor for ESPN's Sportscenter last month (June 19th), Cari Champion follows in the great footsteps of Robin Roberts and the late Stuart Scott, who today, July 19 would have celebrated his 50th birthday.In memoriam, BET.com looks back at the influential African American anchors to take the Sportscenter desk. Here's the play-by-play on some of the ones with most clout on the scene.(Photos from left: D Dipasupil/Getty Images for Christopher & Dana Reev Foundation, Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Paley Center for Media)

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Cari Champion - Before moving on to be an anchor on ESPN's Sportscenter, Cari Champion was trying to keep the peace between Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless on the network's First Take. Not an easy task moderating between those two, but Cari did it. She's a Champion!(Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Paley Center for Media)

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Kevin Frazier - Way before Kevin Frazier became a co-host on Entertainment Tonight, he was a successful and smooth Sportscenter anchor, showing his way with words on a daily basis.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Robin Roberts - Way before she became a co-host of Good Morning America or courageously defeated breast cancer for the entire country to see, Robin Roberts had a 15-year tenure as a co-anchor on Sportscenter. She made the phrase, "Go on with your bad self" her signature.(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Sage Steele - Sage Steele routinely gives sports fans the 411 on the day's headlines and top news live on Sportscenter. And she does a pretty solid job of doing it.(Photo: Joe Scarnici/Getty Images)

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Jay Harris - Quirky one-liners and witty commentary is what veteran anchor Jay Harris has been delivering to Sportscenter's desk for years. A staple in Bristol...and on our TVs.(Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

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Stan Verrett - "Stan The Man" keeps a smile on his face and laughs pouring out of ours with his entertaining style of commentary on Sportscenter. He and Neil Everett make one of Sportscenter's most-hilarious on-air combinations.(Photo: Keipher McKennie/WireImage)

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Darren Haynes - Darren Haynes is one of the newer Sportscenter anchors in Bristol, Connecticut...and so far, so good.(Photo: Darren Haynes via Facebook)

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Stuart Scott - When it comes to Black Sportscenter anchors, you don't get more influential than the late, great Stuart Scott, who died of cancer in January. Not only did Scott deliver his signature phrases, "Boo-Yah!" and "as cool as the other side of the pillow" with flair, but he infused hip hop culture into his commentary as an anchor on Sportscenter since 1993 until his passing. Legendary!(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)