Don La Greca
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Donald Marco La Greca (born February 13, 1968)[1] is a co-host of ESPN New York's "The Michael Kay Show", heard on ESPN New York WEPN-FM and simulcast on ESPN Xtra on XM Satellite Radio. La Greca is also the host of ESPN New York's official "Jets Game Day" pregame show and "The 5th Quarter" post-game show, alongside former NY Jet LB Greg Buttle. La Greca continues to serve as the official radio host of the New York Rangers post game show since the 2005-2006 season.
Early life and education
Don La Greca is a native of New Jersey that spent his high school years at Don Bosco Technical High School (1982-1986) in Paterson, New Jersey. La Greca graduated from Ramapo College in 1992 with a degree in communications. La Greca received the Distinguished Citizens Award in 2014, which honor Ramapo graduates for their personal commitment to advance higher education, and for their significant service to the community. Don also interned at K-Rock in 1990.
La Greca's first career highlight was clapping on the Howard Stern Show. Howard heard that Johnny Carson wouldn't take his seat unless the audience clapped loud for a comic after his set, so Howard had a comic do his set in the hallway. "Us interns had to clap. It was the first sound I made on the network radio."
Broadcasting career
La Greca began his career at Sports Phone, providing real time scores and updates to users by phone. La Greca covered all nine local sports teams while working with Sports Phone. He later worked as a sports anchor at 1010 WINS. La Greca also hosted a talk show on eyada.com.
La Greca has been with ESPN New York radio from its inception and was the first voice that listeners heard when the station launched on September 3, 2001. La Greca has also served as the official radio host of the New York Rangers' pre and postgame show since the 2005-2006 season.
Today, La Greca continues to broadcast for the Rangers as the fill-in for lead play-by-play announcer Kenny Albert. Don was given the opportunity to cover game one of the Stanley Cup finals in the 2014 season. La Greca had called NHL playoff games before for ESPN New York Radio but calling game one was "a dream come true" for La Greca. La Greca is a co-host for "The Michael Kay Show" and has been with the show since 2002. La Greca continues his career at ESPN Radio as the host of the "Jets Game Day" and "The 5th Quarter", which serve as the official pre and postgame shows for the New York Jets.
References
- ^ "Public Records & Background Checks". USSearch.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ^ "Don La Greca". Sports.espn.go.com. 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ^ "Distinguished Citizens Award Honorees Announced - News / Media". Ramapo.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ^ Neil Best (2014-06-04). "Don La Greca plans to 'embrace the madness' with Game 1 call". Newsday. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ^ "That Was a Thing: Sports Phone, the 1980s Way to Get Real-Time Scores «". Grantland.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.