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Ryen Russillo
Ryen Russillo (born August 5, 1975) is an American sports journalist and sports host who for many years hosted a popular radio show on ESPN. Russillo left ESPN in 2019 to join The Ringer. From 2009–2017, Russillo was a host or co-host of the afternoon show on ESPN Radio. From 2009 until 2015, Russillo co-hosted with Scott Van Pelt on what was originally titled ''The Scott Van Pelt Show'' and later became ''SVP & Russillo''. The show was also briefly known as ''The Russillo Show'' following Van Pelt's departure but before Kanell joined. During the time that Danny Kanell was with the show, from 2015–2017, it was known as ''Russillo and Kanell''. Early career Russillo is a native of West Tisbury, Massachusetts. He is a 1997 graduate of the University of Vermont, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and was also an intern at WCAX in Burlington. He was a play-by-play man for the Trenton Thunder for six months. Before moving to Hartford, Connecticut, Russillo lived in Bos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the 2010 United States census have indicated that Hartford is the fourth-largest city in Connecticut with a 2020 population of 121,054, behind the coastal cities of Bridgeport, New Haven, and Stamford. Hartford was founded in 1635 and is among the oldest cities in the United States. It is home to the country's oldest public art museum (Wadsworth Atheneum), the oldest publicly funded park (Bushnell Park), the oldest continuously published newspaper (the ''Hartford Courant''), and the second-oldest secondary school (Hartford Public High School). It is also home to the Mark Twain House, where the author wrote his most famous works and raised his family, among other historically significant sites. Mark Twain wrote in 1868, "Of all the beautifu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GameNight
''GameNight'' is a weekend evening sports talk radio show on ESPN Radio hosted by a variety of ESPN hosts and contributors, most notably hosted by John Seibel, until he left ESPN in 2009. ''GameNight'' is regarded as being the flagship series of ESPN Radio, being the network's first long-form program and airing every night since the network's 1992 debut until July 21, 2008. On that day, the weeknight run was replaced by ''Football Tonight'' and ''SportsCenter Nightly'', which was later replaced by ''The Freddie Coleman Show'', followed by ''Freddie and Fitz''/''Freddie and Fitzsimmons''. Now the show airs weekends from 10pm–2am (originally Saturday 8pm–12am and Sunday 10pm–1am, then both days from 8pm-1am ET). The program features in-game updates, guests ranging from superstars to experts, and in-depth analysis on the day's sports stories. It is broadcast from ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut. Guests on ''GameNight'' over the years include Mel Kiper Jr., John Clayton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Baseball Show
''The Baseball Show'' is a Major League Baseball talk show on ESPN Radio. It is heard every Sunday for three hours and thirty-five minutes from 4 p.m. ET to 7:35 p.m. ET during the Major League Baseball regular season. The program is hosted by '' GameNight'' personality Ryen Russillo (since 2007) and featured former New York Mets GM and former ''Baseball Tonight'' analyst Steve Phillips until his firing from ESPN. The show was previously hosted by Karl Ravech in 2005 and John Seibel in 2006. For affiliates carrying the '' Sunday Night Baseball'' game on radio, ''The Baseball Show'' goes on leading up to the games at 8 p.m. ET. Throughout the program, Russillo discusses some of the biggest stories in baseball and updates you on all of the happening around the league. They are often joined by either players or coaches following the games to get instant reaction. Dan Shulman joins the program weekly to discuss the '' Sunday Night Baseball'' game, which he calls on ESPN Radio. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBA Sunday
''NBA Sunday Showcase on ABC'' is a series of Sunday afternoon broadcasts of National Basketball Association (NBA) games that are produced by ESPN and televised on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). From 2018-2020 and 2022–present, the Sunday Showcase season always began on Super Bowl Sunday. However in 2021, due to the delay to the start of the season, the season of Sunday Showcase started 2 weeks after Super Bowl Sunday on February 21, 2021. Games and results 2022–2023 2021–2022 2020–2021 2019–2020 2018–2019 2017–2018 2016–2017 2015–2016 2014–2015 2013–2014 2012–2013 2011–2012 2010–2011 2009–2010 References External linksESPN's official website for coverage of the NBA {{National Basketball Association on television 2000s American television series 2010s American television series ABC Sports American Broadcasting Company original programming ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barstool Sports
Barstool Sports is an American blog website and digital media company headquartered in New York City that produces content on sports and pop culture. Founded by David Portnoy in 2003 in Milton, Massachusetts, the company's two primary owners are The Chernin Group and Penn Entertainment. History Barstool began in 2003 as a print publication which was distributed in the Boston metropolitan area and offered gambling advertisements and fantasy sports projections, but later expanded to encompass other topics. It launched on the internet in 2007. In April 2014, AOL announced that they would be airing exclusive online content from Barstool Sports. Purchase On January 7, 2016, Portnoy announced in an "emergency press conference" in Times Square that The Chernin Group had purchased a majority stake (51%) of Barstool Sports and the site would be moving its headquarters to New York City. Background Chernin Group president of digital Mike Kerns appeared on the inaugural episode of Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WEEI (AM)
WEEI (850 kHz) is a commercial sports gambling AM radio station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, serving Greater Boston and much of New England. Owned by Audacy, Inc., WEEI is the Boston affiliate for the Audacy-owned BetQL Network and CBS Sports Radio, serving as a gambling-focused brand extension of its main sports radio station in the market, WEEI-FM. The WEEI studios are located in Boston's Brighton neighborhood, while the station transmitter resides in the Boston suburb of Needham. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WEEI is available online via Audacy. Historically, the station is perhaps best known by its former WHDH call letters, under which it operated from its establishment in 1929 until 1994; it then became the second home to WEEI following an intellectual property purchase. After WEEI's local programming was moved to 93.7 FM in 2011, the station became a full-time ESPN Radio affiliate in 2012, and a sports gambling-focused station in 2021. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBCN (FM)
WWBX (104.1 FM, ''Mix 104.1'') is a radio station with a hot adult contemporary format in Boston, Massachusetts. The format started at 98.5 FM on February 9, 1991, and moved to 104.1 FM, replacing WBCN on August 12, 2009, to allow for the launch of WBZ-FM at 98.5 the next day. Its studios are located in Brighton, and its transmitter is on the upper FM mast of the Prudential Tower. From February 26, 1991, to December 3, 2017, the "Mix" format in Boston used the callsign WBMX. On December 4, 2017, the call letters changed to WWBX, after the call letters were transferred to a sister station in Chicago. The 104.1 MHz facility went on the air in 1958 as WBCN. A classical music station in its first ten years on the air, beginning in 1968, WBCN featured a rock format for 41 years. Known as "The Rock of Boston", WBCN became a legend in the rock music industry for breaking many bands, most notably U2. WBCN was a modern rock/active rock station that mixed music that has been p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East division. The Patriots play home games at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, which is southwest of downtown Boston. The franchise is owned by Robert Kraft, who purchased the team in 1994. As of 2022, the Patriots are the ninth Forbes list of the most valuable sports teams, most valuable sports team in the world and have sold out every home game since 1994. Founded in 1959 as the Boston Patriots, the team was a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) before joining the NFL in 1970 through the AFL–NFL merger. The Patriots played their home games at various stadiums throughout Boston until the franchise relocation of professional sports teams, moved to Foxborough in 1971. As part of the move, the team changed its name to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Globe
''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Globe'' is the oldest and largest daily newspaper in Boston. Founded in 1872, the paper was mainly controlled by Irish Catholic interests before being sold to Charles H. Taylor and his family. After being privately held until 1973, it was sold to ''The New York Times'' in 1993 for $1.1billion, making it one of the most expensive print purchases in U.S. history. The newspaper was purchased in 2013 by Boston Red Sox and Liverpool owner John W. Henry for $70million from The New York Times Company, having lost over 90% of its value in 20 years. The newspaper has been noted as "one of the nation's most prestigious papers." In 1967, ''The Boston Globe'' became the first major paper in the U.S. to come out against the Vietnam War. The paper's 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMEX (AM)
WMEX (1510 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Quincy, Massachusetts, and serving the Greater Boston media market. It is owned by L&J Media, headed by Tony LaGreca and Larry Justice. WMEX broadcasts an oldies radio format of hits from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, as well as full service features including local DJs, news, traffic and weather. Late nights and weekends, it uses the MeTV FM syndicated music service. The radio studios and offices are on Enterprise Drive in Marshfield. By day, WMEX transmits with 10,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna, but 1510 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A WLAC Nashville. To prevent interference, during critical hours, WMEX drops its power to 2,000 watts, and at night, it further reduces its output to only 100 watts. The transmitter is on Riverside Avenue in Quincy, near the Neponset River. The station was silent from late June 2017 to November 7, 2019, when it returned to the air with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
