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In the 42-minute sports media podcast, ESPN and YES’ Ryan Ruocco joins “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand.” Ruocco, 38, is the voice of the WNBA and the Women’s Final Four, while also calling the NBA, the Nets and the Yankees. Here is what you need to know.
How Marchand “discovered” Ruocco when Ruocco was a student on Fordham's WFUV station
Ruocco's start selling steaks and doing interviews for the Yankee Stadium scoreboard
How Fordham's Bob Ahrens and the school's alumni had such an influence on Ruocco
The stories of how Joe Buck, Gary Cohen, Ian Eagle, Mike Breen and Michael Kay advice were the backbone of his career
How, by 27, he was calling his first Yankee game on YES after doing stats for Kay at 21
How he was doing updates on ESPN Radio in New York at 21
His move into hoops when Marv Albert left YES and he got the No. 2 job on the Nets behind Eagle
Ruocco's No. 1 play-by-player is ...
Ruocco's very intensive vocal health regiment
How Buck taught Ruocco to set up anticipation
How he nearly had a bathroom issue during one NBA game
How, at 22, Ruocco was in running to be on Dodgers crew at end of Vin Scully’s career and Kay put in a great word for him
Ruocco's dad worked in the NFL for 34 years, allowing him to meet Bob Kraft and Roger Goodell and Brian Rolapp, among others
Why he has done basketball and baseball instead of football
Breen expressing pride in Ruocco’s work
How Eagle has been like a big brother to him
Dave Sims' career advice everyone should hear
Links to Related Sports Media Podcasts
The future of local rights and baseball with SNY president Steve Raab
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On Deck Tuesday (or earlier): Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media
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