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'''Richard Mathias "Ric" Bucher''' (born 1961) is an NBA analyst for Fox Sports and an occasional host of FS1's "Speak" (formerly known as "Speak For Yourself") afternoon talk show. He also hosts a daily podcast, "On The Ball with Ric Bucher." Before joining Fox he was a SiriusXM radio host and senior writer with Bleacher Report. He has appeared on NBA TV as an analyst and on TNT as a sideline reporter for NBA telecasts. Prior to joining SXM, TNT and BR, Bucher worked as an NBA Insider for Comcast SportsNet Bay Area<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bayareasportsguy.com/csn-bay-area-hires-ric-bucher-to-be-their-nba-insider|title=CSN Bay Area hires Ric Bucher to be their 'NBA Insider'|publisher=www.bayareasportsguy.com|accessdate=November 1, 2012|archive-date=August 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805022131/http://www.bayareasportsguy.com/csn-bay-area-hires-ric-bucher-to-be-their-nba-insider|url-status=dead}}</ref> and co-hosted ''Bucher, Towny and [[Aubrey Huff|Huff]]'' mornings on [[KGMZ-FM|95.7 The Game]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://957thegame.com/pages/14110314.php|title=The Game Signs ESPN's Ric Bucher|accessdate=September 1, 2012}}</ref> Bucher's first national platform was as an NBA analyst for [[ESPN]] and [[ESPN.com]] beginning in 1998. He served as a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/chat_and_mailboxes/bucher_050601.html|title=ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher Chat Transcript|date=June 1, 2005|work=[[National Basketball Association|NBA.com]]|accessdate=January 15, 2010}}</ref> and a columnist for ESPN.com. He joined FOX in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/fox/ric-bucher-has-joined-fs1.html|title=Ric Bucher has joined FS1 as an NBA analyst|last=Bucholtz|first=Andrew|date=April 14, 2019|accessdate=August 28, 2021}}</ref>

Born in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], Bucher isgraduated afrom 1983[[Walnut graduateHills ofHigh School]] (1979) and [[Dartmouth College]] (1983), where he playedplaying four years on theboth schools' varsity soccer team. Bucher admitted on a August 4, 2022 airing of The Herd with Colin Cowherd to dropping acid with his Dartmouth Alpha Delta (inspiration of Animal House) frat brothersteams. BucherHe has covered the NBA since 1992-931992–93, and has been a professional writer for 26 years. He was a beat writer for the ''[[San Jose Mercury News]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfweekly.com/2006-03-08/news/hustle-flow/5|title=Hustle & Flow|date=March 8, 2006|newspaper=[[SF Weekly]]|accessdate=January 15, 2010}}</ref> and ''[[The Washington Post]]'' before joining ESPN.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/2004-08-17-espn-25-years_x.htm|title=After 25 years, ESPN still channels how to view sports|date=August 17, 2004|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|accessdate=15 January 2010 | first1=Rudy | last1=Martzke | first2=Reid | last2=Cherner}}</ref>

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