Ryan Ruocco

The race to replace John Sterling on Yankees radio is wide open

There appear to be at least four candidates to become John Sterling's permanent replacement as the Yankees' radio play-by-play voice.

The brilliant TV, radio calls for Domingo German's perfect game

Domingo German was at his best Wednesday night, and so were the announcers on the call.

Sports media keep letting boorish behavior and bad actions rule the day

What once would have been impossible due to a shame factor, especially shame administered by a sports media that represented the public trust, is kaput.

CC Sabathia's podcast left The Ringer after friction with Bill Simmons

The "R2C2" podcast with CC Sabathia and Ryan Ruocco left The Ringer several months ago.

Boorish Megan Rapinoe didn't deserve nation's highest civilian honor

Yesterday, the Biden White House pulled another rock as it ignored what was impossible to miss in order to try to score more pandering political points.

Sam Ponder, ESPN decide to run it back on 'Sunday NFL Countdown'

ESPN's negotiations with Sam Ponder were tricky, but necessary, to keep their NFL flagship show together.

Breaking down early Durant-Irving returns with Ryan Ruocco

The Nets came out flying to open the season and the official start of the Kevin Durant-Kyrie Irving era. They blew out the Warriors and the Celtics, before coming back...

CC Sabathia suddenly looks jacked

Retirement and quarantine are treating CC Sabathia well. The former Yankees pitcher’s broadcast partner Ryan Ruocco of the “R2C2 Podcast” confirmed on social media that a photo circulating of a...

How Fordham has produced a generation of sports media stars

Long before he was an electee to the Basketball Hall of Fame, Mike Breen was an intimidated 18-year-old freshman attending a workshop at Fordham's renowned college radio station, WFUV, in...

Walt 'Clyde' Frazier's case for why the Knicks aren't doomed

The Knicks’ offseason failures will be staring them in the face in Brooklyn on Friday night. Kevin Durant will be watching from the Nets’ bench while Kyrie Irving opposes the...

Players' Weekend disaster shows MLB's continuing foolishness

In the 1934 movie “You’re Telling Me!” W.C. Fields says he “bought a wonderful club in Toronto,” then tells his caddie, “Give me the Canadian Club.” By the time MLB’s...

Hiring Jay-Z is Roger Goodell's latest bonehead move

We hold this truth to be self-evident that with our nation in decay from an abandonment of common sense and the unwillingness of media to tell plain, indisputable truths, NFL...

MLB's Mets swap epitomizes failed pledge to young fans

Is it harsh to suggest that Rob Manfred, Commissioner of Major League Baseball, is a well-paid liar? You tell me. In March of 2017, Manfred said this: “Major League Baseball’s...

ESPN's baseball broadcast acts like there is nothing wrong

This column has long tried to observe the separation of church and home plate. But given that there are no atheists in foxholes or among those in 1-for-20 slumps, there...

John Sterling, Suzyn Waldman insist there are 'no plans to retire'

John Sterling doesn’t plan on leaving anytime soon. The longtime Yankees announcer and color commentator Suzyn Waldman went on the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast, and both were asked about what...

Baseball continues 'inadvertent' promotion of foul and pathetic

As dishonest Mike Francesa says, as if about to reverse his standard course, “Let’s be honest.” Seriously, when’s the last time you saw a chimpanzee, on a leash or on...

Ryan Ruocco thriving as fill-in for legendary Yankees voices

John Sterling returned to his usual place in the Yankees’ radio booth and had a few simple words for Ryan Ruocco. “Thank you so much for doing that, I so...

Ryan Ruocco was up to the challenge of filling in for John Sterling

Ryan Ruocco had some pressure on him Thursday, being the first substitute for John Sterling on a Yankees radio call in 30 years. Now, the reviews are in and he...

John Sterling's amazing Yankees streak ending this week

After three decades of calling every Yankees game on radio, John Sterling's consecutive streak will end this week in Tampa, The Post has learned. Sterling, who turns 81 on Thursday,...

Howie Rose hits right note in calling out Cano's lazy play

To paraphrase Romeo when wooing — Woo! Woo! — Juliet, a Rose by any other name would still report that it stinks. Howie Rose, now 65, is a lifelong Mets...