Ruocco has won four New York Emmys at YES, including his 2022 Emmy win in the Live Sporting Event/Game category, and also earned individual New York Emmy nominations in 2015, 2017-19 and 2021-25 for his work on YES. Ruocco was a member of YES’ teams which were nominated for 2025 and 2026 New York Emmys for their season-long Nets coverage.

In addition to his YES work, Ruocco is a primary NBA play-by-play voice on ESPN, is the lead play-by-play announcer for the network’s women’s college basketball and WNBA coverage. Ruocco was also executive producer of the 2024 documentary Sue Bird: In The Clutch.

He also previously handled periodic NFL play-by-play on ESPN Radio as well as college football and college basketball play-by-play on ESPN’s television networks, and he co-hosted ESPN Radio New York’s mid-day show. He co-hosted the popular R2C2 podcast with former Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia from 2017 to 2023.

Prior to joining YES, Ruocco handled basketball and football play-by-play at WFUV, Fordham University’s radio station while he was a student there. He also hosted WFUV’s One on One, New York’s longest-running sports call-in show. In 2008, he received Fordham’s prestigious Marty Glickman Award, named for the legendary play-by-play announcer.

Ruocco, who grew up in Fishkill, N.Y., graduated on the Dean’s List from Fordham in 2008 with a B.S. in Communications.