Richard J. Schaap (September 27, 1934 – December 21, 2001) was a 20th century American sportswriter, broadcaster, and the author or co-author of 33 books. He was known for his elegant prose and had a reputation as something of an intellectual; many columns consisted of broad sports essays, or "thought pieces." His autobiography, Flashing Before My Eyes: 50 Years of Headlines, Deadlines & Punchlines not only recounted some of his adventures, but was an anthology to his habit of name-dropping (531 celebrities). After his death in 2001, the autobiography was reissued under Schaap's original title- "Dick Schaap as Told to Dick Schaap: 50 years of Headlines, Deadlines and Punchlines," to coordinate with many of his previous titles. September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 95 days remaining. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Sportswriting (also sports writing) is a form of journalism that reports on sports topics and events. ... An essay is a short work that treats a topic from an authors personal point of view, often taking into account subjective experiences and personal reflections upon them. ...

Born in Brooklyn and raised in Freeport, New York on Long Island, Schapp began writing as a high school student. At age fourteen he began writing a sports column for the weekly Freeport Leader, but the following year moved to the Nassau Daily Review-Star daily under future Pulitzer Prize-winner Jimmy Breslin. He would later follow Breslin to the Long Island Press and New York Herald Tribune. A map of New York City, highlighting Brooklyn. ... Freeport is a village in Nassau County, New York, USA, on the South Shore of Long Island. ... Mercator projection of Long Island Long Island is an island in New York, USA. It has an area of 1,377 square miles (3567 km²) and a population of 7. ... The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ... Jimmy Breslin (born October 17, 1930 in Jamaica, New York) is an American columnist and author who has written numerous novels and appeared regularly in various newspapers in New York City, where he lives. ... The Long Island Press is a free alternative newsweekly serving Long Island with extensive coverage of arts and entertainment, sports, and alternative political viewpoints. ... The New York Herald Tribune was a newspaper created in 1924 when the New York Tribune acquired the New York Herald. ...

He attended Cornell University and was editor-in-chief of the student paper, the Cornell Daily Sun, during which time he defended a professor before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). After graduating in 1955 he received a Grantland Rice fellowship at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and authored his thesis on the recruitment of basketball players. After completing school, he began work as assistant sports editor of Newsweek magazine. This is about the university. ... The Cornell Daily Sun, of Cornell University, is an independent daily newspaper published in Ithaca, New York. ... HUAC hearings House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC or HCUA) (1938-1975) was an investigating committee of the United States House of Representatives. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Grantland Rice (November 1, 1880–July 13, 1954) was an early 20th century American sportswriter. ... The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is one of the most prestigious schools of journalism in the United States. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... The Newsweek logo Newsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States and internationally. ...

In the 1950s, Schaap befriended Bobby Fischer, who became world chess champion in 1972. In a news conference in 2005, Fischer claimed that Schaap was a father figure, but that didn't stop him from hurling anti-Semitic insults at Schaap's son, Jeremy, a correspondent with ESPN.[1] The 1950s were the decade that traditionally speaking, spanned the years 1950 through 1959. ... Bobby Fischer. ... The 1984 World Chess Championship was between Anatoly Karpov (left) and Garry Kasparov (right). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Jeremy Schaap (b. ... ESPN (formerly an initialism for the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ...

In 1964, Schaap began a thrice-weekly column covering current events. In the following years he wrote the 1968 best-seller Instant Replay co-authored with Jerry Kramer of the Green Bay Packers, and I Can't Wait Until Tomorrow... 'Cause I Get Better-Looking Every Day, the 1969 autobiography of New York Jet Joe Namath. These led to a stint as co-host of The Joe Namath Show, which in turn led to his hiring as sports anchor for WNBC-TV. In 1973 he became editor of Sport Magazine. Other books included a biography on Robert F. Kennedy, .44 about David Berkowitz, Turned On, about upper middle-class drug abuse, My Aces, My Faults with Nick Bollettieri, and Bo Knows Bo with Bo Jackson, one of the best-selling sports autobiographies ever. 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Gerald Louis Kramer (b. ... City Green Bay, Wisconsin Team colors Dark Green, Gold, and White Head Coach Mike McCarthy Owner 111,967 stockholders Chairman Bob Harlan General manager Ted Thompson Fight song Go! You Packers! Go! League/Conference affiliations Independent (1919-1920) National Football League (1921-present) Western Division (1933-1949) National Conference (1950... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... An autobiography, from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write, is a biography written by the subject or composed conjointly with a collaborative writer (styled as told to or with). The term dates from the late eighteenth century, but the form is much older. ... City East Rutherford, New Jersey Other nicknames Gang Green, J-E-T-S Team colors Green and White Head Coach Eric Mangini Owner Robert Wood Johnson IV General manager Mike Tannenbaum Local radio Flagship stations: WABC (770 AM) and WEPN (1050 AM) Announcers: Marty Lyons and Bob Wischusen League/Conference... Joseph William Namath (born May 31, 1943 in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania), is a former American football quarterback for the American Football Leagues New York Jets and the Los Angeles Rams in the 1960s and the 1970s. ... WNBC-TV, NBC4 is the flagship TV station of the NBC television network, with studios located in Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... RFK redirects here. ... The . ... David Berkowitz David Richard Berkowitz (born June 1, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York), better known by his nicknames Son of Sam or The . ... Nicholas James Bollettieri (b. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

After spending the 1970s with NBC as an NBC Nightly News and Today Show correspondent, he moved to ABC World News Tonight and 20/20 at ABC in the 1980s. He earned five Emmy Awards, for profiles of Sid Caesar and Tom Waddell, two for reporting, and for writing. He was also a theatre critic, leading him to quip that he was the only person ever both to vote for the Tony Awards and for the Heisman Trophy. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... NBC Nightly News is the flagship evening news program for NBC News and broadcasts from Studio 3C at the GE Building, Rockefeller Center in New York City. ... The Today Show (officially called Today) is currently, a long-running morning news show airing on the NBC television network in the United States. ... ABC World News Tonight (often abbreviated as WNT) is the ABC television networks flagship evening news program. ... 20/20 is an American television newsmagazine broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. ... This article is about the American network, for the Australian network, see Australian Broadcasting Corporation The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive, informally sometimes including the years 1979, 1990 and 1991. ... An Emmy Award. ... Sid Caesar (born Isaac Sidney Caesar on September 8, 1922) is an Emmy-winning comic actor and writer, best known as the leading man on the 1950s television sketch comedy series Your Show of Shows. ... Dr. Tom Waddell (November 1, 1937 - July 11, 1987) was the gay American sportsman who founded the Gay Games, originally called the Gay Olympics. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award® but is formally the Antoinette Perry Award is an annual American award celebrating achievements in theater, including musical theater. ... The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award (also known simply as the Heisman Trophy or The Heisman), named after former college football player and coach John W. Heisman, is considered the most prestigious award in American college football. ...

In 1988 he began hosting The Sports Reporters on ESPN cable television, which he began hosting in later years with son Jeremy as a correspondent. He also hosted Schaap One on One on ESPN Classic and a syndicated ESPN Radio show called The Sporting Life with Dick Schaap, in which he discussed the week's developments in sports with Jeremy. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Sports Reporters is a sports talk show that airs on ESPN at 10am ET every Sunday morning. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... ESPN Classic features reruns of famous sporting events, sports documentaries, and sports themed movies. ...

Schaap died at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan after complications from what was supposed to have been routine hip replacement surgery. Following Schaap's death, the Sports Emmy division of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences renamed the writing category the Dick Schaap Award for Outstanding Writing. The 2005 Emmy in this category was won by Jeremy for a SportsCenter piece called “Finding Bobby Fischer.” Lenox Hill Hospital, on Manhattans Upper East Side, is a 652-bed, fully accredited, acute care hospital and a major teaching affiliate of NYU Medical Center. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... In this X-ray, the patient’s right hip (on the left in the photograph) has been replaced, with the “ball” of this ball-and-socket joint replaced by a metal head that is set in the thighbone or femur and the socket replaced by a white plastic cup (clear... The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences or NATAS is branch of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences based in New York City. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Bobby Fischer. ...

Quotes

• "Finally, one last four-letter word concerning Lenny Bruce: Dead. At forty. That's obscene."

Lenny Bruce (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), born Leonard Alfred Schneider, was a controversial American stand-up comedian, writer and satirist of the 1950s and 1960s. ...

External links

• Introduction to The Best American Sports Writing 2000, 2000
• Associated Press Editors: Dick Schaap awarded 2002 honor
• Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism obituary: Tributes: Dick Schapp
• Cornell University obituary: Richard J. "Dick" Schaap '55
• ESPN Classic: "Schaap was storyteller, collector of people," June 25, 2002
• USA Today "Talk Today" Interview, January 10, 2001