Rich Marotta is an American

United States

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 sportscaster

Sportscaster

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 in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California

California

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. He was the color analyst for the Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings

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 of the NHL

National Hockey League

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 alongside Bob Miller, the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders

Oakland Raiders

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 of the NFL

National Football League

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, and Los Angeles Clippers

Los Angeles Clippers

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 in the NBA

National Basketball Association

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. He currently calls boxing on Fox Sports Net

Fox Sports Net

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 television, pay per view. In 2006, he won the Sam Taub Award

Sam Taub Award

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 for excellence in boxing broadcasting journalism. He can be heard on the Bill Handel

Bill Handel

William Wolf Handel is the director and founder of the Center for Surrogate Parenting and an AM radio personality in Los Angeles, California....

 Show on KFI AM 640 Radio, and XTRA Sports AM 570 in Los Angeles. He lives in Reno, Nevada

Reno, Nevada

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, and does these shows via ISDN from a studio in Reno. With the departure of Paul T. Wall back to Guam

Guam

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, Rich has become increasingly verbal about his liberal political views and is a supporter of U.S. President Barack Obama

Barack Obama

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. Marotta covered the 2008 Democratic National Committee Convention

2008 Democratic National Convention

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 in Denver, Colorado for the Bill Handel

Bill Handel

William Wolf Handel is the director and founder of the Center for Surrogate Parenting and an AM radio personality in Los Angeles, California....

 Show.

Marotta is the host of the radio boxing show The Neutral Corner. Heard Sunday mornings on KLAC 570 AM.

Rich is married and has two children, Angela Rose and Joseph Marotta.