The Ariel Helwani Show

Jeremy Schaap

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The prolific sports journalist, TV personality, and author tells Ariel about his 29-year run at ESPN and some of the biggest and most controversial stories he's covered. The guys discuss:

  • his iconic 2005 feature about former American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer (4:45)
  • the approach that his father, Dick Schaap, took to journalism (13:51)
  • differences between journalism today and when he first came up
  • forming his own name for himself (26:53)
  • if he's ever considered leaving sports
  • his legendary live sit-down interview with Bobby Knight in 2000 (37:10)
  • his favorite piece he's ever worked on

    • For more from Jeremy, you can follow him on Twitter and Instagram @jeremyschaap.

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    Theme music: "Frantic" by The Lovely Feathers

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