James Kratch
James Kratch is a veteran sports reporter and editor. He currently reports on the youth sports industry for Buying Sandlot and was previously ESNY's managing editor. Before that he spent a decade at NJ Advance Media (The Star-Ledger and NJ.com), where he covered high school sports, the Giants and Rutgers.
Latest Articles
Mike Francesa ready for Giants to move on from Saquon Barkley ‘mistake’
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Phillies fire Joe Girardi: Will ex-Yankees manager get another job?
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Joe Girardi’s Phillies firing may not be imminent after all (UPDATE: Actually, it was)
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Jim Kaat said something offensive again, this time about Yankees’ Nestor Cortes
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What would Rangers championship mean for Jim Dolan’s legacy?
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Ex-WFAN boss resurfaces as NJ rock station’s sports update guy
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5 thoughts on Mad Dog Russo’s top-5 most storied sports teams
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Stability has come to New York sports talk radio amid Philadelphia upheaval
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Latest sign of Joey Gallo life must be fork in road for Yankees
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Rangers legend has high praise for Adam Fox
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Mike Francesa continues to revolutionize podcast marketing
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Joe Girardi’s nightmare timing may signal end of road with Phillies
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How we get Mets-Yankees World Series: Aaron Judge, key returns, big trades
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Yankees take stand on gun violence, but it comes with some hypocrisy
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WFAN adds Rutgers football, men’s basketball broadcast rights
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Jalen Rose’s ridiculous Kyrie Irving vote must be Stephen A. Smith troll
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Yankees’ Josh Donaldson says Tim Anderson incident was ‘misunderstanding’ in new apology
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The latest sign Joe Girardi is going to be fired by Phillies very soon
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NJ football team that doesn’t play in NJ could actually play in NJ
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Christopher ‘Mad Dog’ Russo’s forceful call for gun control: ‘An absolute disgrace’
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Nets dumpster fire rages on amid Kyrie Irving standoff
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‘Mad Dog’ Russo rips Yankees’ Josh Donaldson: ‘He’s a clown’
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Yankees finally have real problems. We’re about to learn a lot
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Rangers take control of series. Can they beat Hurricanes on road now?
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Canadian team rallying around disgraced ex-Yankees farmhand
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Yankees’ Aaron Judge just put Josh Donaldson on notice
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Paul O’Neill’s strange broadcast season continues with WFAN kerfuffle
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Mike Francesa weighs in on Yankees’ Aroldis Chapman problem
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NFL vs. Daniel Snyder will be an epic dumpster fire
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Is Yankees’ Joey Gallo going to get ‘Sonny Gray’d?’
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Terry Collins reflects on Matt Harvey’s Mets downfall: New York ‘took him down’
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Mets get bad Max Scherzer news. Time for Steve Cohen to swing big trade?
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Mike Francesa plays Yankees GM, lays out Aaron Judge contract strategy
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Yankees cut prospect after scamming allegations, report says
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NFL insider: Jets will target Quinnen Williams extension soon
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Why Yankees’ Aaron Judge could cash in on MLB’s new ‘dead ball’ era
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Carolina Hurricanes pull overdone playoff gimmick before Rangers series
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Aaron Judge’s MVP start for Yankees hasn’t won Mike Francesa over
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Is Nets’ Kyrie Irving playing 10-dimensional chess with LeBron James comments?
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Mike Francesa goes on epic rant after Kentucky Derby winner skips Preakness Stakes
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Mike Francesa hints about future ‘Mike and the Mad Dog’ reunion
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WFAN is starting to beat ESPN Radio New York like a drum again
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Lou Lamoriello didn’t look far to find Islanders’ new voice
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NBA-style draft lottery is NFL’s next offseason frontier. Give us Bill Belichick trading ping-pong balls
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Amazon Prime has little use for the New York Jets
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Nike has also grown tired of Kyrie Irving’s act amid Nets uncertainty
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