Editing Dick Schaap (section)

==Early life and education==
Born to a [[Jewish]] family in [[Brooklyn]], and raised in [[Freeport, New York]], on [[Long Island]], Schaap began writing a sports column aged 14 for the weekly newspaper ''Freeport Leader'', but the next year he obtained a job with the daily newspaper ''The Nassau Daily Review-Star'' working for [[Jimmy Breslin]]. He would later follow Breslin to the ''[[Long Island Press]]'' and ''[[New York Herald Tribune]]''.

He attended [[Cornell University]], where he served as editor-in-chief of ''[[The Cornell Daily Sun]]'', the student newspaper.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72669182/henry-armstrong-recalls-a-weigh-in/ |title=Henry Armstrong Recalls a Weigh-in |first=John W. |last=Fox |newspaper=[[Press & Sun-Bulletin]] |location=[[Binghamton, New York]] |page=35 |date=February 9, 1955 |accessdate=March 4, 2021 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> He obtained a letter in varsity [[lacrosse]] playing goaltender. During his last year at Cornell, Schaap was elected to the [[Sphinx Head Society]].  After graduating in 1955, he received a [[Grantland Rice]] fellowship at the [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]] and authored his thesis on the recruitment of [[basketball]] players.