Friday, June 2, 2017
2:05AM
Ryan Ruocco shares play-by-play duties with veteran Ian Eagle on the YES Network's Brooklyn Nets telecasts. Ruocco has worked at YES since 2007, when he started as a statistician for the network's New York Yankees telecasts. Ruocco was a member of YES' Nets broadcast team which won a 2014 New York Emmy Award for Best Live Sports Series. He earned a New York Emmy nomination in 2015 for his Nets work on YES. Ruocco also does fill-in Yankees play-by-play on the YES Network.
The YES Network, the most-watched regional sports network in the country 11 of the last 12 years, is the exclusive local television home of the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees, the Brooklyn Nets, and MLS' New York City FC. The network has won 80 New York Emmy Awards since its 2002 launch.
In addition to working at YES, Ruocco co-hosted ESPN New York Radio's mid-day show, handles NFL play-by-play on ESPN Radio, and is a guest host on ESPN Radio's Mike and Mike show. Ruocco does NBA, WNBA, college football and college basketball play-by-play on ESPN's television networks, as well.
Prior to joining YES, Ruocco handled basketball and football play-by-play at WFUV, Fordham University's radio station while he was a student there. He also hosted WFUV's One on One, New York's longest-running sports call-in show. In 2008, he received Fordham's prestigious Marty Glickman Award, named for the legendary play-by-play announcer.
Ruocco graduated on the Dean's List from Fordham in 2008 with a B.S. in Communications.
with Ryan Roucco