Author Topic: Dick Schaap (Read 367 times)

Sandman · « **on:** January 04, 2002, 04:48:00 PM »

This is a little late. Schaap passed away a couple of weeks ago.

I haven't been watching television all that much and didn't catch the news. When I did bother to turn on ESPN in the early Sunday mornings, I went directly to the Sports Reporters to hear Schaaps views. He'll be missed, I'm certain.
http://msn.espn.go.com/classic/obit/s/2001/1019/1266418.html

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Sandman · « **Reply #1 on:** January 04, 2002, 04:51:00 PM »

oops...

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AKDejaVu · « **Reply #2 on:** January 04, 2002, 05:05:00 PM »

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While posing for a photograph with Wilt Chamberlain, Bob Cousy and George Mikan during a 1992 reception unveiling Madison Square Garden's Walk of Fame, "a crowd gathered, drawn by the three stars, and I couldn't resist turning to our audience and saying, 'Do you realize that among the four of us, we've had twenty thousand and 10 women?' Everyone laughed, except the three guys I was standing with. Mikan and Cousy informed me that they had had only one each. But Wilt was more upset. 'Hey, Dick,' he said, 'that book is two years old.'"

Fatty · « **Reply #3 on:** January 04, 2002, 05:06:00 PM »

For the longest time, The Sports Reporters was the only thing that got me up earlier than NFL kickoff on Sundays. I knew he was ill because he hadn't hosted it in so long, but had no idea how serious it was until I heard he died over Christmas.

Dinger · « **Reply #4 on:** January 04, 2002, 08:39:00 PM »

He was my brother's girlfriend's father. As a consummate namedropper, he would have appreciated that.
It had been bad for several months, then they thought he was gonna make it.
She was in training to be a "non-denominational minister" -- basically the qualification to work hospitals and Red Cross missions -- when Sept. 11 hit. Being in NYC, she got a "field commission". Pretty fckin' rough year.