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I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit the curve ball, the jump shot, or the opposing ball carrier.

Dick Schaap

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Dick Schaap
Age: 67 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 27
Died: 2001
Died: December 21
Author
Sports Journalist
Theatre Critic
Brooklyn
New York
Richard Jay Schaap
Wanted
Curves
Jump
Ball
Shot
Balls
Sportswriter
Shots
Carrier
Loved
Curve
Sports
Opposing

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My top three were Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain and Bo Jackson.
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