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
red theater tom work
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.
love
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.
everybody involved labor love
I think it's a labor of love for everybody who was involved with it,
decline journalism landmark shrinking simpson
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.
fake-people book writing
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.
language english-language
I was also in love with the English language.
mistake writing thinking
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.
american-journalist babe basis michael
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.
american-journalist believe
I just can't believe all the things I did that decade.