Ray Ratto | |
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| Occupation(s) | Sports journalist, columnist |
Ray Ratto has been aSan Francisco Bay Area sportswriter since the 1970s and a sports columnist since the 1980s.
A lifelong resident ofAlameda, California, Ratto was a Senior Insider for the TV stationNBC Sports Bay Area (formerly Comcast Sportsnet Bay Area) from 2010 to 2019, and wrote columns for their website. He has also written national columns forespn.com as well as CBS' sportsline.com.
Beginning his column-writing career for two now-defunct newspapers,The National and thePeninsula Times Tribune, Ratto later became a staff writer then a columnist for theSan Francisco Examiner and then theSan Francisco Chronicle before moving to TV. He has also co-hosted radio shows on bothKNBR andKGMZ-FM. Ratto was a regular on the NBC Sports Bay Area show "The Happy Hour" before his termination from NBCSBA in late 2018.[1][2][3] In 2019 he was a contributor atDeadspin and wrote columns for theSan Jose Mercury News.[4] Ratto is one of 60 sportswriters whose ranking of college football teams makes up theAP Poll.[5] He is also a member of theBaseball Writers' Association of America and a voter for the annual election of members to theBaseball Hall of Fame.[6]
Ratto is a staff writer forDefector, a site started by formerDeadspin staffers after that site’s mass resignations in 2019.[7]