About Rich Mancuso



scan0001A native and still a residing in the Bronx New York, Rich Mancuso has been an accomplished and award winning sports journalist for the past 30 years. He has done extensive reporting and wrote about major sporting events with a passion for boxing and baseball.

A good part of his career has been focused around the professional wrestling industry. A highlight was working with the superstars in pro wrestling including names such as Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, The Ultimate Warrior, Iron Sheik and Mancuso’s legendary wrestling hero, Bruno Sammartino.

Mancuso wrote for various wrestling publications, and hosted an overnight two-hour pro wrestling segment on sports talk radio WFAN in New York City. Later he hosted a pro wrestling and boxing program “Sound of the Bell” on SportsChannel New York which later became an outlet for Fox Sports regional networks.

His tag “Keep it in the Ring” followed when he hosted a sports talk television program “Bronx Scoreboard” in his home borough of the Bronx on BronxNet a division of Cablevision. In addition Mancuso recently concluded a four-year run hosting a sports talk program on the Whitney Broadcasting Network station WVOX.

His award winning sports column has been in the Bronx News for 28 years. Mancuso also has been a sports journalist for the Associated Press, New York Daily News, Gannett Westchester newspapers, Boxing Digest Magazine, The Sports Network and Latinosports.com

In addition to his devotion of sports, Mancuso is a noted educator teaching writing courses on the college and high school level. He holds various awards for assisting youth and community organizations and has helped more than one young person to get a taste of what it is like to be a sports journalist.

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