Ryen Russillo
| Ryen Russillo | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 5, 1975 West Tisbury, Massachusetts |
| Education | University of Vermont |
| Occupation | Radio Host |
| Notable credit(s) | The Scott Van Pelt Show (2009–present) ESPN Radio College GameDay (2008–present) The NBA Today Podcast (2009–present) |
Ryen Russillo (born August 5, 1975) is an American sports host. He has worked for ESPN Radio as the co-host of The Scott Van Pelt Show since May, 2009.[1][2]
Russillo is a native of West Tisbury, Massachusetts.[3] He is a 1997 graduate of the University of Vermont,[3] where he was also an intern at WCAX in Burlington.[4] He was a Minor League Baseball play-by-play man. Russillo hosted NBA Sunday, The Baseball Show, ESPN Radio College GameDay during the 2008 season on ESPN Radio. Ryen was also a regular host for GameNight and a fill-in host for The Doug Gottlieb Show and All Night with Jason Smith.
Before moving to Hartford, Connecticut he lived in Boston, Massachusetts where he hosted The Die Hards (mid-2003 to 2005) with co-hosts Anthony Pepe, John Anik, Kevin Winter, and Mike Winn while working for the Sporting News Radio affiliate WWZN.[1] (Winter and Winn left the show relatively early on.)
He appears regularly on several shows on Comcast Sportsnet New England including New England Sports Tonight with Gary Tanguay and Greg Dickerson, and is also a studio analyst for the Celtics' television coverage. Russilo has also appeared on Cold Pizza.
Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch named him Best Radio Voice of 2007 for his work on ESPN Radio. He praised Ryen's "reasoned approach and knowledge across sports."[4]
He did pre-game and post-game commentary for the New England Patriots on WBCN. He was let go after, and possibly as a result of, a personal conflict with John Dennis of WEEI, who had left him a strange voicemail.[1][5]
During the NBA season, he is the host of ESPN's The NBA Today podcast, the network's #2 most downloaded podcast series.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Finn, Chad (October 30, 2009). "Tenacious Russillo finds his voice at ESPN". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/articles/2009/10/30/russillo_has_found_his_voice_at_espn/?page=full. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
- ^ "Ryen Russillo". ESPN Media Zone. November 17, 2009. http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2009/11/russillo_ryen/. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
- ^ a b "Ryen Russillo". ESPN Media Zone. http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2009/11/russillo_ryen/. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ^ a b "RYEN RUSSILLO ’97 - Talking Sports". The UVM Connection > Vermont Quarterly (Burlington, Vermnot: University of Vermont). Summer 2010 accessdate=2010-08-09. http://alumni.uvm.edu/vq/summer2010/alumni.asp.
- ^ "Barstool Sports: John Dennis Voicemail for Ryen Russillo". Barstool Sports. September 7, 2005. http://legacy.barstoolsports.com/article/john_dennis_voicemail_for_ryen/408/. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
- ^ NBA Today on ESPNRadio
