HACKENSACK, N.J. -- This week's episode of the
Greg Herenda Show features, 11-time Emmy Award winning Fox Sports Director, Rich Russo.
In addition to Rich Russo's appearance, Coach Herenda and co-host Kenny O'Boyle recap Kenny's big weekend on the lanes where he rolled his first-ever 300 perfect game.
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About Rich Russo:
courtesy of Fox Sports.com
Veteran game director Rich Russo returns to direct his third Super Bowl for FOX Sports at Super Bowl LI. Russo directed his first Super Bowl broadcast for FOX in February 2011 from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and continued with Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014 from New York/New Jersey.
The 11-time Emmy Award-winning director, in his 23rd year with the network, also has directed coverage of FOX Sports' premier properties, including NFL, MLB, NASCAR and college football and basketball broadcasts. The New York native, who joined FOX Sports in 1994 as an associate director for FOX NFL coverage, directs FOX's lead NFL broadcast team of Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Erin Andrews. Russo previously directed the NFL's international feed of the Super Bowl for six seasons, which was seen in 234 countries and territories, including U.S. Armed Forces stationed around the world.
He also served as lead associate director during FOX's coverage of Super Bowl XXXI and as replay director for the network's coverage of Super Bowl XXXIII. Russo produced and directed NFL Europe League telecasts on FOX Sports for five seasons in addition to The World Bowl in 1998 and 1999. He also served as associate director for the renowned broadcast team of Pat Summerall and John Madden.
As lead director of FOX's BCS coverage from 2007-10, Russo called the shots for three National Championship Games, the 2008 Allstate Sugar Bowl and 2007's thrilling Tostitos Fiesta Bowl featuring Boise State's remarkable come-from-behind heroics in its overtime victory over Oklahoma. Russo also worked as an associate director for the NHL on FOX's lead broadcast team of Mike Emrick and John Davidson, and directed NHL on FOX broadcasts for three seasons.
Prior to joining FOX Sports, Russo spent nine years (1985-'93) as a broadcast associate and then associate director for CBS Sports, working on numerous events, including: the NFL and Super Bowl XXI/XXVI; The NFL Today; The NBA on CBS (including the playoffs and Finals); the NCAA Basketball Tournament (including three Final Fours); Major League Baseball; college football; three U.S. Open Tennis Championships; the PGA Tour; the 1987 Masters; and CBS Sports' Saturday/Sunday anthology series and ice hockey during the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics.
A 1984 graduate of Penn State University with a degree in broadcasting and communications, Russo was a four-year letterwinner in lacrosse, ranked nationally his junior year for goals scored, and continues to hold the school record for most goals in a game with 10. Raised in Massapequa, N.Y., Russo resides in Holmdel, N.J., with his wife, Sally, son Jack and daughter Isabel.