Dick Schaap
Dick Schaap
Richard Jay Schaap was an American sportswriter, broadcaster, and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSportscaster
Date of Birth27 September 1934
CountryUnited States of America
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I also love the controversy of it. Even if I didn't think he should be up that high, I like the controversy it created.
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I think it's a labor of love for everybody who was involved with it,
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All of journalism is a shrinking art, ... So much of it is hype. The O.J. Simpson story is a landmark in the decline of journalism.
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It was the opportunity, ... to work with Tom Wolfe and Breslin and Red Smith. If you're a journalist, that's who you want to be with. (Legendary theater critic) Walter Kerr used to use my typewriter, I was so proud.
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Sugar Ray and talked about doing some articles together or writing a book together but dealing with Sugar Ray was a lot like fighting him. He would fake you in and then he'd drop you.
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I was also in love with the English language.
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I think my mistakes were kind of common - leaning on cliches and adjectives in the place of clear, vivid writing. But at least I knew how to spell, which seems to be a rarity these days.
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I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance. If you have a vote for the most significant athlete, then you have Ali, then you have Babe Ruth, then you have Michael Jordan.
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I just can't believe all the things I did that decade.
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Today, it's money. There's no question about that. Unless you endorse a grill that cooks hamburgers and steaks, where else can you make the kind of money that you can make in the ring if you're good?