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 upforming his own name for himself (26:53)if he's ever considered leaving sportshis legendary live sit-down interview with Bobby Knight in 2000 (37:10)his favorite piece he's ever worked onFor more from Jeremy, you can follow him on Twitter and Instagram @jeremyschaap.
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