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(NW corner of 12 Mile) Farmington Hills (248) 553-4220 Open 7 days a week Mon-Sat 11 am-10 pm • Sunday 4 pm-9:30 pm a from page 75 Zellweger as his wife, Mae; Craig Bierko as Baer; and Paul Giamatti (Sideways) as Braddock's Jewish man- ager, Joe Gould, who never gave up on the up-and-down career of Braddock, dubbed "Cinderella Man" by famed writer Damon Runyon. Mae, rarely mentioned in the book, has a domi- nant role in the film to reflect Zellweger's acting talents. The movie version is primarily a love story that focuses on Braddock's home life as the couple and their three children strug- gle to survive during the Depression. Both the book and film feature detailed descriptions of the fights — the latter in blood spurting screen images. The movie drew a burst of applause from a recent press preview audience. It's produced by Brian Grazer (8 Mile) and directed by Ron Howard from a screenplay by Cliff Hollingsworth. The Jewish News caught up with New Yorker Schaap, who is 35 and single, between his roles as ESPN anchor and award-winning reporter for several news outlets. He answered some questions about his new book: JN: You acknowledge that Braddock's story has been almost entirely forgot- ten. Why tell it now? JS: I think he was the most popular heavyweight champ ever. Millions of his fellow Americans, suffering through the Depression, saw them- selves in him. He had grit and resilien- cy, and his comeback was truly inspi- rational. (Braddock was succeeded by Detroit's Joe Louis in 1937.) JN: Why weave Max Baer's story into Braddock's? JS: Baer, whose father's father was Jewish, and who also had a Jewish manager, was a hard puncher who was colorful and tremendously conflicted. He killed a man in the ring, married a movie star (Dorothy Dunbar), domi- nated the gossip pages with his infi- delities, starred in a movie and had a war of words with the Nazis. JN: The events you describe in Cinderella Man took place 70-80 years ago. How did you research them? JS: That was the golden age of sports writing, and I relied on newspaper and magazine clips from some of the great- est sportswriters ever: Damon Runyon, Grantland Rice, Westbrook Pegler, Paul Gallia), Frank Graham and others. JN: So, you sold Hollywood the rights to the book to be made into a movie? JS: No. I received nothing because the book and the film are separate, parallel projects. I tried to interview Braddock's son, Howard, for the book, but he had signed with the moviemakers. JN: Your father, Dick Schaap, died in 2001 of complications following hip replacement surgery. He was inducted posthumously into the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and emceed the annual induction dinner for 10 straight years. In many respects, you have followed in your father's footsteps, right? JS: Yes. Our family practiced Judaism and I had a bar mitzvah, but we haven't been observant. After attending four high schools in four years as my father moved around in his career, I followed him at Cornell University. We both worked on the school newspaper there. Then I followed him at ESPN, where I've been for 12 years. I also suc- ceeded him as emcee of the annual Hank Greenberg Golf and Tennis Outing, [which takes place this year on Monday, June 6, at the Tam O'Shanter Country Club in West Bloomfield]. Cinderella Man opens June 3 in area theaters. — 11111121111MBINSIMIIMI.