DID YOU KNOW?

• Some of the people I would love to meet and have not as of yet include Oprah Winfrey and John McEnroe.
• Graduated from Seton Hall University with a degree in Business Management.
• Dick earned his Master’s Degree in Elementary Education from William Patterson College.
• The first game Dick ever did on ESPN was Wisconsin at DePaul in 1979.
• Dick’s first teaching job was in 1962 ans was at Mark Twain Elementary School in Garfield, New Jersey.
• Dick is an avid tennis player and enjoys playing singles as often as he can whenhe is not on the road during the season.
• Dick was born at St. Mary’s Hospital in Passaic, New Jersey on June 9, 1939.
• Dick drove a 1955 red and white Ford Convertible in high school and still loves cars.
• The most influential coach in Dick’s life was Ken Sinofsky, who was the Head Football Coach in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
• Dick’s favorite actor is Denzel Washington and his favorite actress in Julia Roberts.
• When Dick was a young man, he wanted to be a lawyer.  He loved going to the courthouse to watch local trials in Bergen County, New Jersey.  He especially wanted to become a prosecutor.
• Dick’s favorite sports movie is Remember the Titans.
• Dick’s most recent book read is, “Caddy for Life” by John Feinstein.
• Dick developed his love of sports when he was growing up in NewJersey.  Every Sunday after church he and his uncles (Frank, Joe, Tom and Mike Scarpa) would debate anything relating to sports (the Yankees vs. Mets, Willie Mays vs. Joe DiMaggio etc.)
• Dick went to his first baseball game when he was 6 years old in 1946 at Yankee Stadium to see Joe DiMaggio.  Baseball still remains one of his true passions.