Jeremy Schaap is an American sportswriter, television reporter, and author. Schaap is an eleven-time

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winner for his work on

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's '' E:60'', ''

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'', and ''

Outside the Lines ''Outside the Lines'', or also referred to as ''OTL'', is an American television program on ESPN that looks "outside the lines" and examines critical issues in mostly American sports on and off the field of play. The primary host of the show is ...

''.

Biography

He is a regular contributor to ''

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'' and ''

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'' and has been published in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Schaap has worked four major soccer events for

as the network's lead reporter, including: the

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Euro 2012 The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for men's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament, held between 8 June and 1 ...

, the

2014 World Cup The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting righ ...

, and

Euro 2016 The 2016 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2016) or simply Euro 2016, was the 15th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe o ...

. A native and resident of New York City, Schaap is the author of ''Cinderella Man: James J. Braddock, Max Baer, and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History'' (Houghton Mifflin, ), a ''New York Times'' best-seller, and ''Triumph: The Untold Story of

Jesse Owens James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifet ...

and Hitler's Olympics''. Schaap is the son of the late journalist and broadcaster

Dick Schaap Richard Jay Schaap (September 27, 1934 – December 21, 2001) was an American sportswriter, broadcaster, and author. Early life and education Born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, and raised in Freeport, New York, on Long Island, Schaap began writ ...

. Like his father, Schaap is an alumnus of

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

and a former editor at ''

The Cornell Daily Sun ''The Cornell Daily Sun'' is an independent daily newspaper published in Ithaca, New York by students at Cornell University and hired employees. ''The Sun'' features coverage of the university and its environs as well as stories from the Associa ...

''. Schaap was also a member of the

Quill and Dagger Quill and Dagger is a senior honor society at Cornell University. It is often recognized as one of the most prominent societies of its type, along with Skull and Bones and Scroll and Key at Yale University. In 1929, ''The New York Times'' stated ...

society. He won the Dick Schaap Award for Outstanding Writing at the 2005 Emmys, an award named after his father, for an ''Outside the Lines'' feature titled "Finding

Bobby Fischer Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an 11� ...

." Schaap and his wife have three children, two girls and a boy. .

References

External links

Jeremy Schaap's ESPN Bio
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