Jeremy Schaap
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My father Dick Schaap would have turned 85 today. “He was the most talented person in our business," Dave Anderson said. "He could do anything in journalism, whether print or broadcasting. Whatever it took, he could do it, and do it as well if not better than anyone else.”
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Just got off the phone with Jody Buckner, who called to me that her husband, the great Bill Buckner, one of the finest men I've known, died this morning. She wanted to share this statement: "After battling the disease of Lewy Body Dementia, (cont.)
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Bill Buckner passed away early the morning of May 27th surrounded by his family. Bill fought with courage and grit as he did all things in life. Our hearts are broken but we are at peace knowing he is in the arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
Bill was 69.
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Our interview with
@MeyersLeonard
, the former Portland and Miami center who is hoping to return to the NBA. Nearly two years ago, he used an antisemitic slur while playing Call of Duty on Twitch. A warning--this story includes offensive language.
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In a text to my colleague
@RussDinallo
, who produced our E:60 story on Jared Lorenzen, Lorenzen's mother Janet confirmed that Jared died today. He was only 38. Janet said, "I lost my sweet boy today after a long hard fight."
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Grant Wahl was a terrific reporter. Fearless. Dedicated. Cared. Devastating news.
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With Christian McCaffrey heading to the Super Bowl, good time to revisit this Lisa McCaffrey story about his high school career from our 2018 profile for
@E60
. Probably my favorite soundbite ever, still rendering me speechless.
CC:
@simonpb17
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Dad died 17 years ago today, at 67. Here he is in 1969 on the set of the Joe Namath Show with a few of his favorite people.
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Back in 2016, I had the chance to sit down with Vin Scully for
@E60
. As you’d expect, everything he said was poetic, and profound, imbued with his deep humanity. Scully was saying farewell to baseball—but he was talking about much more than the game.
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To reiterate, 44 qbs have gone first, second or third overall in the last 50 NFL drafts, and exactly two--Aikman and Peyton--have won Super Bowls starting for the teams that drafted them. That makes selecting qbs up high exceptionally risky. My parting shot for
@otlonespn
:
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"Am I a hero? I suppose I am, to some people. If I am, I hope it's not only for my home runs... I hope it's also for my beliefs, my stands, my opinions. Still, I'm not at ease being a hero." Humble to a fault, Henry Aaron was, indeed, a hero. My parting shot for
@otlonespn
:
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400,000 Americans died to defeat the fascists. What could possibly be more odious and un-American than to celebrate their ideology?
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If you thought Mayweather-Pacquiao was a waste of time, boy do I have a fight for you.
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As we watch
@PeacocksMBB
try to get past Purdue and into the Elite Eight, a friendly reminder that Doug Edert won't eat sandwiches. Period. Seriously.
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Matt Millen, four-time Super Bowl champion. Matt received a new heart on Christmas Eve. He’s doing great —and extremely grateful to the donor and his family.
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Today on
@otlonespn
, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (
@kaj33
) and Bill Bradley reflected on the remarkable life and legacy of their friend and fellow Hall of Famer Bill Russell:
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Jared Lorenzen was a warm, caring, deeply introspective man, totally committed to his family. He was really funny, too--and man, what an athlete.
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My dad’s scorecard of game four of the 1969 World Series.
Seaver pitched a ten-inning complete game. He gave up six hits, all singles, and one run. 2 walks, 6 strikeouts.
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It was a crime when Jim Thorpe, the greatest athlete ever, was stripped of his Olympic gold medals. It is well past time for that egregious wrong to be righted, fully. His champions, such as Florence Ridlon and Bob Wheeler, have never lost faith. My parting shot for
@otlonespn
:
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20 years ago, Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan, by friendly fire, as he was trying to help his platoonmates. For all this time, his mother Mary "Dannie" Tillman, has been in search of the truth about how it happened--and why the Army misled her.
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After 126 years, the Confederate flag is being removed from the Mississippi state flag. The central role of sports--and especially Bulldogs' running back Kylin Hill (
@H_Kylin
)--in a historic shift:
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We laughed at the idea that Tom Brady would still be playing at 47. Nobody's laughing now. In fact, when Brady's 47, the Super Bowl will be played on Groundhog Day. We need him to stick around--just for that. My parting shot for
@otlonespn
.
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Sometimes the good guys win. Inspirational performance from
@mooredom
. My
@e60
story on Dom and his wife Katie:
http://t.co/iWEVRXFKQ6
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"I am in awe of the great home-run hitters, the ones who are no longer with us. The Reverend Martin Luther King Junior, for one. Jackie Robinson, for another. Forget about Babe Ruth... Forget about Hank Aaron... King and Robinson. They're the real home run hitters." -- Hank Aaron
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This week I was thinking about my great great grandfather--and the toxicity of anti-Semitism. My parting shot for
@otlonespn
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Here is our tribute to Joe Valerio, the longtime producer of The Sports Reporters, who has died at 71, from cancer. Joe leaves behind his wife of 42 years Debbie, their children Caroline, Brian and Courtney, and 5 grandchildren.
@MikeLupica
@MitchAlbom
@WCRhoden
@GlobeBobRyan
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My father took this Polaroid in spring training 1978.
I loved Thurman.
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this is awkwardly constructed
the question asks, who can we trust?
but the options are yes and no…
and it should be whom
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60 years ago today, a home run ended a baseball season for the first time. My father took Lenny Bruce to Forbes Field that day--Bruce's first-ever game. In the Pirates' clubhouse, Dick Stuart sprayed them with champagne and beer. And Bruce never went to another game.
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Longtime NFL qb Alex Smith--who fashioned one of the most unlikely comebacks ever--has just announced his retirement. He will be joining us on
@OTLonESPN
on
@SportsCenter
at about 140 eastern time.
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A remarkable story today on
@OTLonESPN
, from
@Buster_ESPN
. Approximately 140 PM ET on ESPN...
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Joe Valerio, who produced The Sports Reporters for nearly three decades, has died at the age of 71, from cancer. He was a terrific journalist, producer, friend, husband and father. He made an enormous impact on the industry and so many careers. Our tribute airs on SC at 945 a-m.
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In American sports, we reward failure. Why? Why should
@Trevorlawrence
be sacrificed on the altar of competitive balance? Is it good for the game? No. What have the
@NYJets
done to deserve him? Nothing. My parting shot for
@otlonespn
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A high school football death in Louisiana brings two disparate communities together:
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17-0. Not just the greatest team. Incredible characters. This one has been a lot of fun, plus I got lost in western North Carolina on the Larry Csonka shoot. Great stuff from director
@Dberg414
and producer Scott Cikowski, who have poured it all into this project.
50 years ago today the
@MiamiDolphins
won Super Bowl VII completing the first and only undefeated season in
@NFL
history. Here’s a first look at E60’s “The Perfect Machine”
📺 Feb 5 | Noon ET | ABC
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In the last 50 NFL drafts, 44 quarterbacks have been selected first, second or third. Exactly two have gone on to win Super Bowls as starters for the teams that drafted them: Aikman and Peyton.
Elway and Eli are asterisks.
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Hired by the
@edmontonoilers
when his sister was dating
@WayneGretzky
, Joey Moss---who died this week at 57--would become a legend and an inspiration himself. My parting shot for
@otlonespn
:
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Only eight of the 65 head coaches in the Power Five are African-American. In the Big 12 and SEC, it's 0/24. Discussed the issue today on
@otlonespn
with
@asufootball
head coach
@hermedwards
.
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Schweinsteiger just said in our interview that after Goetze scored, he went to Neuer to say, now you do your job. Don't mess with
#7
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In a year in which we've already lost Willie Wood, Willie Davis and Herb Adderley, now Paul Hornung has died, as well. He was something else.
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In 2014, we went to Qatar to report on the plight of migrant workers there. This spring, we went back, to see what has changed, and not changed, in the last eight years. The new
@E60
Qatar’s World Cup premieres Sunday 6 November at 8:30 PM ET on ESPN. Here's a preview...
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If you describe Muhammad Ali as a wonderful person and invite him to your wedding-as Pres. Trump did-why would you call out NFL protesters?
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Joaquin Oliver was shot to death at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018. He loved baseball. This summer his parents are honoring his memory by placing his cardboard likeness at major league stadiums. My parting shot for
@otlonespn
...
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W/O Jerry Kramer, pro football hall of fame has diminished credibility. Only member of NFL 50 anniversary team not in. 5 titles. 6x all pro.
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For Sport magazine's 1975 banquet, my father hired an unknown Ali/Cosell impersonator: Here he is a few years later:
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As I have said many times before--fairly recently, too--we shouldn't reward the worst team in the NFL with the top pick in the draft. Jacksonville doesn't deserve Trevor Lawrence; the Jags deserve relegation. NFL should change the way draft order is decided, now.
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He was terrific, a pro's pro with a passion for life, for his family, for his work--and is very much missed.
On this day in 2016 we lost one of the greats.
RIP John Saunders 🙏🏽
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@RexChapman
I was in attendance at:
Reggie Jackson three-home run game '77
Bucky Dent game '78
Game six '86
Marlin/Cubs game six '03
All four as a fan
Four ballparks, three cities
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It would have been an interesting week in MLB--with the Yankees facing the Astros. Bad blood? Yes, you could put it that way. Here's Tom Rinaldi with another installment of We Miss It, Too:
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This is why I respect the Jets. Their commitment to dysfunction is unsurpassed.
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Twenty years ago this week, perhaps the greatest Chief of them all, Derrick Thomas, died at the age of 33. He was born, raised and eventually died in Miami. I’d like to think Derrick is watching over the Chiefs.
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Devastating news about Pedro Gomez. Such a lovely, kindhearted, talented human being. So proud of his family.
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It was a privilege working with the great Dick Enberg. Great memories of Roland Garros and Wimbledon. He was the consummate pro. Last summer, he was gracious enough to travel to Detroit to accept the Dick Schaap Lifetime Achievement Award.
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1969
Seaver, Namath and my father, on the set of the Joe Namath Show in its first and only season
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Super Bowl 42 champion and UK hall of famer Jared Lorenzen.
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If McGregor fans think this is some kind of moral victory, then moral victories aren't what they used to be.
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Like very few figures from American history, Bill Bradley was considered presidential timber from his youth. A man of principle and honor, and a basketball hall of famer, he shares his hopes for America at this inflection point. My parting shot for
@otlonespn
:
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Greatest Jewish Patriots?
Tippett
Edelman
Ebner
Am I missing anyone?
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Elizabeth has reigned longer than any previous English monarch--since 1952--and Vin Scully has her beat by two years.
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For more on Sepp Blatter and FIFA, here's our
@e60
show that first ran 5/12:
http://t.co/NQ9texwVCt
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Sometimes there is a man--and he's the man for his time and place. Pete Weber has been such a man.
Yes, we are a nation of bowlers. So with the retirement of Weber, one of the giants of the
@PBATour
, ask not for whom the pins tumble.
My parting shot for
@otlonespn
:
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Tomorrow on
@OTLonESPN
,
@Redskins
quarterback Alex Smith joins us to discuss the injury that could have cost him his leg—or killed him—and how he’s dedicated himself to a full recovery. Also, why he’s rooting for
@PatrickMahomes
Sunday in a showdown between his former teams.
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Our
@e60
story on the abuse of migrant workers in Qatar can now be seen on-line:
http://t.co/MKq7xd5Ng3
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The Barry Bremen story… he was much more than the Great Imposter
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I vaguely remember the excitement when Pele came to New York--and was lucky to be present at his last game, on October 1, 1977, at the Meadowlands. Even for kids who knew little about soccer, he was magical. Here he is on Randall's Island in 1975. My dad is on the far left.
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Staggeringly brilliant obit. from Bob Lipsyte, who always called it the way he saw it on the subject of Ali.
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43 years later. Great to be back at Fenway wjth Mr. Dent.
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Per source, Mayweather promotions blocked Beadle last night. Top Rank appealed to Moonves, who had decision reversed at about 1030 pm.
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Twenty years ago this week, perhaps the greatest Chief of them all, Derrick Thomas, died at the age of 33. He was born, raised and eventually died in Miami. I’d like to think Derrick is watching over the Chiefs.
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The final radio edition of The Sporting Life--about 23 years after the first show--is on ESPN Radio right now. We are moving to a podcast-only format. This morning, Bernie Kosar, Eddie George, Nancy Lieberman, Teddy Atlas, Terence Moore and Howard Bryant join us. And Le Batard.
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You? How do you think it makes me feel?
Growing up watching, the Sports Reporters, with Dick Schapp, and now seeing
@JeremySchaap
, with gray hair, makes me feel old...
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I will miss my friend John Saunders. Talented. Generous. Kind. Too young.
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Thirty-one years ago today,
@iambuster2
knocked out
@MikeTyson
at the Tokyo Dome—not just one of the all-time great title fights, but the biggest upset in sports, ever. Happy anniversary, Buster.
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Twenty years after my father Dick Schaap died, we celebrated his legacy today on
@otlonespn
with his good friends and co-authors
@JerryKramer64GB
and
@RealJoeNamath
, two exceptional storytellers themselves.
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Think about what Djokovic is doing. At 34. It’s like being Mickey Mantle in 1956—in terms of peak performance—and Hank Aaron in 1974—in terms of career resume… all at the same time.
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Fifty years ago today, Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash. He was on his way to Nicaragua, to deliver humanitarian aid after a catastrophic earthquake. He'd been to Nicaragua only once, a few weeks earlier, for the Amateur World Series.
New Year’s Eve marks 50 years since the death of Roberto Clemente. His son, Roberto Clemente Jr., discusses his father’s life and legacy.
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I wonder if Zion thinks it’s odd that in American sports we reward ineptitude and punish achievement, while much of the rest of the world promotes/relegates.
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First worked w/Stu covering '96 NBA playoffs. He was so excited he was literally skipping down the street. I'll never forget that.
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The incredible
@MikaelaShiffrin
joined
@OTLonESPN
today and she went deep, on satisfaction, disappointment and the meaning, to her, of her achievements.
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It is long past time for Gil Hodges to be enshrined in Cooperstown. The folks at
@metroBASEBALL
have been championing his candidacy for years--and he is back on the ballot. The vote is next week. Here are the thoughts of Vin Scully:
#GilHodgesHOF
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I've only covered one Kentucky Derby--Silver Charm's victory in 1997--but I hope to be at Churchill Downs again on the first Saturday in May. Here's the great Rinaldi on what makes it special.
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Dick Schaap would be 86 today. Here's the late great John Saunders, with Mitch Albom, Bob Ryan and Mike Lupica, remembering him.
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Also, source says Nichols was blocked, decision also reversed, but she now won't go.
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"The Great Imposter and Me" debuts tonight at 7 PM ET. This is a different kind of story, not easy to describe here on Twitter, but a story about much more than disguises. One of my favorite projects I've ever worked on--and just brilliantly directed by the great
@RussDinallo
.
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Game four of the 1969 World Series. My father’s scorecard, reproduced in The Perfect Game...
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