Don La Greca

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La Greca on The Michael Kay Show.

Donald Marco La Greca (born February 13, 1968)^{[citation needed]} is an American sports broadcaster and analyst. He is the co-host of The Michael Kay Show, heard on ESPN New York WEPN-FM and simulcast on the YES Network. He is also the radio host of the New York Rangers pregame and postgame shows, having served in the position since the 2005–2006 season. Additionally, he is the backup radio play-by-play announcer for the Rangers behind Kenny Albert. La Greca formerly hosted ESPN New York's official "Jets Game Day" pregame show and "The 5th Quarter" postgame show, alongside former New York Jets linebacker Greg Buttle. La Greca received the Distinguished Citizens Award in 2014, which honors Ramapo graduates for their personal commitment to advance higher education, and for their significant service to the community ^[1]

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' pregame 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. He is the former host of the New York Jets pre and post-game radio shows on ESPN New York, a position he resigned from following the 2017 NFL season.^[2] Starting in 2016, La Greca began hosting the ESPN hockey podcast, Game Misconduct.

La Greca is a native of Hawthorne, New Jersey. He currently lives in Somerset with his wife Nancy and their 2 children.^[3]

La Greca did play-by-play for two and a half innings of a New York Yankees spring training game against the Toronto Blue Jays in March of 2021.

References[]

• "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.