The Sports Report with Ryan Bass, which started more than three years ago and will be celebrating its third anniversary on July 25, is UCF’s premier student talk show, geared toward students who want to hear real, down to-earth sports talk on both a local and national level.
With its official website, thesportsreportonline.com, being launched Wednesday, this is now students’ only place to listen to live (and pre-recorded) streams of Ryan Bass and his co-host, Matt Fontana, discussing, debating and speculating about sports of all types.
Since its inception –yes, we would have used this word regardless of Leo’s new blockbuster movie–the show has grown in listenership by more than 500%, at one point even setting the KnightCast studios record for highest viewership of any show, peaking at 87 listeners.
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The show is organized into different parts, with segments like “TRS Tossup,” where two potential outcomes are debated, such as which team a player may play for once becoming a free agent, or which team will win the championship of its respective sport. Also, there is “Stump the Sports Guy,” where listeners can call in and ask trivia in hopes of stumping Matt Fontana, the co-host claiming he “knows everything about sports.” There are often guest appearances, such as well-known sports columnists, coaches and athletes.
It’s a fun show to catch, with a very energetic feel to it. KnightNews.com was given an exclusive tour of the studio while the set was recording live, and the show was very fluid, constantly exploring new topics and keeping its listeners engaged.
Both Ryan and Matt have dreams of working for ESPN one day, but until then, they pride themselves on being one of the best, if not the very best, student-run sports talk show in the country. How good is it? That is for you to decide.
Check out the Sports Report with Ryan Bass every Tuesday from 4 to 6 p.m. at thesportsreportonline.com.
