{{Short description|American sports broadcaster and analyst}} {{Infobox person | name = Don La Greca | image = DonLeGreca2018.png | image_size = | caption = La Greca on ''The Michael Kay Show''. | occupation = Radio host | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|2|13}} | birth_place = | alma_mater = | known_for = Co-host of ''Don, Hahn & Rosenberg'' | years_active = 2001–present | spouse = Nancy La Greca | children = 2 | relatives = }} '''Donald Marco La Greca''' (born February 13, 1968){{citation needed|date=June 2017}} is an American sports broadcaster and analyst. He is currently the lead broadcaster for the New Jersey Devils on MSGSN, and also hosts a daily radio program with Alan Hahn and Peter Rosenberg on ESPN Radio New York. La Greca also spent several years as the co-host of ''The Michael Kay Show'' and as studio host and substitute play by play announcer for New York Rangers broadcasts on the same station.
An alumnus of Ramapo College in New Jersey, 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Distinguished Citizens Award Honorees Announced|url=https://www.ramapo.edu/news/press-releases/distinguished-citizens-award-honorees-announced/|access-date=2021-05-22|website=News / Media|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Broadcasting career== La Greca has been with ESPN New York radio from its inception in September 2001.<ref name="ESPN">{{cite web |title=Don La Greca |url=https://www.espn.com/new-york/radio/news/story?page=BIO_DonLaGreca |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119182905/https://www.espn.com/new-york/radio/news/story?page=BIO_DonLaGreca |date=April 1, 2010 |archive-date=November 19, 2016 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> He began his career with the Sports Phone service,<ref name="ESPN" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Delessio|first=Joe|url=http://grantland.com/the-triangle/that-was-a-thing-sports-phone-the-1980s-way-to-get-real-time-scores/ |title=That Was a Thing: Sports Phone, the 1980s Way to Get Real-Time Scores |website=Grantland.com |date=February 24, 2015 |accessdate=2016-11-19}}</ref> before working as a sports anchor on 1010 WINS.<ref name="ESPN" /> La Greca formerly hosted ESPN New York's official "Jets Game Day" pregame show and "The 5th Quarter" postgame show.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chozet |first1=Tara |title=ESPN New York 98.7FM Signs Don La Greca to Multiyear Extension |url=https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2015/08/espn-new-york-98-7fm-signs-don-la-greca-to-multiyear-extension/ |website=espnpressroom.com |date=August 27, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Michelis |first1=Belen |title=ESPN New York 98.7FM's Michael Kay and Don La Greca Sign Multiyear Extensions |url=https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2018/07/test-13/ |website=espnpressroom.com |date=July 13, 2018}}</ref>
Until 2025, La Greca worked for the Rangers as the fill-in for lead radio play-by-play announcer Kenny Albert.<ref name="ESPN" /> He served as the Rangers' play-by-play man for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals in the 2014 season, after Albert had to fill in for Mike Emrick on NBC. La Greca had called NHL playoff games before for ESPN New York Radio but calling game one was "a dream come true" according to La Greca.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Best |first1=Neil |title=Don La Greca plans to 'embrace the madness' with Game 1 call |url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/media/don-la-greca-plans-to-embrace-the-madness-with-game-1-call-1.8336245 |work=Newsday |date=June 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402165854/https://www.newsday.com/sports/media/don-la-greca-plans-to-embrace-the-madness-with-game-1-call-1.8336245 |archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
La Greca was a co-host for ''The Michael Kay Show'' and was with the show since 2002.<ref>{{cite news |title=Don La Greca looks back at 20 years of 'The Michael Kay Show' on ESPN New York Radio |url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/media/don-la-greca-michael-kay-show-20-years-o32vim0u |work=Newsday |date=November 17, 2022}}</ref> Starting in 2016, La Greca began hosting the ESPN hockey podcast, ''Game Misconduct''.<ref name="ESPN" /> In January 2025, he became a co-host of Don, Hahn & Rosenberg.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}}
On July 7, 2025, MSG Networks announced that La Greca would take over as the broadcast voice of the New Jersey Devils, replacing Bill Spaulding ahead of the {{nhly|2025|app=NHL season}}.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}}
==Personal life== La Greca is a native of Hawthorne, New Jersey.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sullivan |first=Tim |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kSNQAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA218 |title=Imus, Mike and the Mad Dog, & Doris from Rego Park: The Groundbreaking History of WFAN |page=218 |publisher=Triumph Books |date=2013 |isbn=9781600788284 |quote=So has Don La Greca. A native of Hawthorne, New Jersey, La Greca was a die-hard sports fan with a proud, pulverizing broadcasting voice in the works when The Fan started to make waves in the 1980s.}}</ref> He currently{{As of?|date=April 2026}} lives in Somerset with his wife Nancy and their two children. Don has a brother named Dave who is also in broadcasting and hosts ''Busted Open'', a radio show on Sirius XM based on professional wrestling.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTnZqYtt2As | title=Dave la Greca joins brother Don la Greca & Dan Graca on TMKS | website=YouTube | date=20 December 2023 }}</ref>
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