About<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 1996, Jeremy Schaap has worked as an ESPN <\/a>reporter in a number of capacities. He is an E:60<\/a> journalist, ESPN Radio<\/a>‘s The Sporting Life<\/a> anchor, and a frequent contributor to Outside the Lines<\/a>, NFL Countdown<\/a>, and College Gameday<\/a>. His reporting, interviews, and commentary may be found on SportsCenter<\/a> on a regular basis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Schaap has received eight national Sports Emmy Awards<\/a> as well as several other distinctions for his work, including two national Edward R. Murrow Awards<\/a> in 2012 and 2014, as well as a National Headliner Award<\/a> in 2007. He is the New York Times<\/a> bestselling author of Cinderella Man<\/a> and Triumph<\/a>: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler’s Olympics<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Works<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Schaap\u2019S most well-known ESPN stories include a Bobby Fischer<\/a> profile that earned him a national Sports Emmy Award<\/a> for writing, an award named after his father Dick Schaap<\/a>, and an investigation that took him to Serbia in search of a basketball player accused of a brutal assault that earned him a national Sports Emmy Award for journalism. Schaap was also the first to interview Bob Knight<\/a> when he was sacked by Indiana University<\/a> in 2000. According to Phil Mushnick<\/a> of the New York Post<\/a>, the contentious interview was “a slam dunk… one that should be kept in the annals of sports broadcast journalism.” Schaap was also the one who did the initial interviews with Darryl Strawberry<\/a> and the New York Yankees<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Social Media<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jeremy Schaap at Instagram<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jeremy Schaap<\/strong> at Twitter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n