Jeremy Schaap (b. August 23, 1969, New York City) is an American sportswriter, television reporter, and author. Schaap is a six-time Emmy award winner for his work on ESPN’s E:60, SportsCenter and Outside the Lines.
He is a regular contributor to Nightline and ABC World News Tonight and has been published in Sports Illustrated, ESPN The Magazine, Time, Parade, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.
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, ISBN 0-618-55117-4), a New York Times best-seller, and Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler’s Olympics.
Books in order of publication:
Cinderella Man: James Braddock, Max Baer, and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History – 2005
Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler’s Olympics – 2007
Untitled on 1969 Mets/Orioles Baseball Season – 2010
Court Justice: The Inside Story of My Battle Against the NCAA – 2018