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Ryan Ruocco needed convincing to take top WNBA job at ESPN

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As women’s basketball has become a viewership rocket ship these past few years, one voice has been synonymous with the sport’s growth: ESPN’s Ryan Ruocco. Ruocco has served as ESPN’s lead WNBA play-by-play voice since 2013 alongside analyst Rebecca Lobo, but it apparently took him some convincing before accepting the new gig almost a 12 years ago. In speaking to Ryan Glasspiegel of Front Office Sports, Ruocco said, “They actually had to convince…
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Ryan Ruocco needed convincing to take top WNBA job at ESPN

As women’s basketball has become a viewership rocket ship these past few years, one voice has been synonymous with the sport’s growth: ESPN’s Ryan Ruocco. Ruocco has served as ESPN’s lead WNBA play-by-play voice since 2013 alongside analyst Rebecca Lobo, but it apparently took him some convincing before accepting the new gig almost a 12 years ago. In speaking to Ryan Glasspiegel of Front Office Sports, Ruocco said, “They actually had to convince…

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