ON THE DL
Jeremy Schaap talks work and family on the DL
Our 50th show brings Jeremy Schaap to the DL. We talk with Schaap about the similarities of our lives growing up in the shadows of our fathers. With Father’s Day coming this weekend, we wax nostalgic about the legacy of Dick Schaap, including how he is, in a way, responsible for me doing this show.
(For those who don’t know, my dad was a writer of some consequence in this industry, having created the Best of Philly for Philadelphia Magazine, and having done some of the best sports interviews, including Pete Rose and Terry Bradshaw, for Playboy. I had many an autographed ball on my shelf as a lad, and I learned my two hand backhand from my dad, who learned it from...Jimmy Connors. Or so the story goes. The stories I heard were about the biggest names in sports, but the shadow my dad’s career cast over me is sometimes the biggest thing of all. And one of my dad’s early mentors was the elder Schaap.)
Jeremy also talks about the legacy of the recently-passed Jim McKay and the notion that the old-school style of sports journalism has passed us by, in favor of a SportsCenter, in-your-face style. My assertion was introduced because of comments by John Feinstein, who took a shot at people like Chris Berman in lauding McKay’s understated style. I ask Jeremy what he thinks about media members who have become more popular than the people they cover, including Wilbon, who was photographed partying with porn stars yesterday.
We also talk Bob Knight, and what Jeremy thought when ESPN hired him. And I ask him about his award winning story on Bobby Fischer and if he ever felt like he was becoming the story, rather than covering it.
To close, we talk Olympics, and I ask Jeremy if the Chinese Government or PEDs will be the bigger story. We also talk about the Blade Runner, Oscar Pistorius, who is trying to qualify for the Olympics as an amputee runner. Jeremy did a great news piece for E:60 about Pistorius, but I ask him for his opinion on whether or not the Blade Runner should be allowed in.
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
CLIPS
Above is the entire show. At the bottom, or by clicking the header, you can link to subscribe to the show.
Below are some highlights from the show, for the ADD afflicted, like me.
The videos to the right are (top) part of Jeremy’s award winning piece on Bobby Fischer and (bottom) the full E:60 piece on Oscar Pistorius, the Blade Runner.
