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Welcome to "Rice on the Mics" , where sports talk comes with no script, no filter, and just the right amount of chaos. Hosted by Ian Rice, this is the spot for real fans who love the game but aren’t afraid to call out the bad takes, blown calls, and overpaid benchwarmers. Whether it's a legendary performance, a brutal choke job, or your fantasy team crashing and burning, we’re here to break it down like it’s last call at the bar. No corporate PR spin, no forced debates—just unfiltered sports talk with passion, personality, and maybe a little trash talk along the way. If you’re looking for stats read off a teleprompter, you’re in the wrong place. But if you want bold opinions, real conversations, and the kind of debates that might get a drink thrown at you, pull up a mic and let’s go.
Ian hosts Rice on the Mics, a sports show with 78 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail Episode 76: The 2026 World Cup Became Too Big to Ignore After a two-week break, Rice on the Radio returns with something a little different: a World Cup episode. The 2026 World Cup has taken over the spo
Send us Fan Mail The Knicks finally gave New York the parade. Now baseball has brought the city right back to reality. Episode 75 of Rice on the Radio gets back into Major League Baseball with the Yankees and Mets moving
Send us Fan Mail The Knicks finally gave New York the parade. Now baseball has brought the city right back to reality. Episode 75 of Rice on the Radio gets back into Major League Baseball with the Yankees and Mets moving
Send us Fan Mail The New York Knicks are NBA champions. Episode 74 is the one I never knew if I’d actually get to make. After 53 years, the Knicks finally won it all, and this episode is about more than just a trophy. It
Send us Fan Mail The New York Knicks are NBA champions. Episode 74 is the one I never knew if I’d actually get to make. After 53 years, the Knicks finally won it all, and this episode is about more than just a trophy. It
Send us Fan Mail The New York Knicks are two wins away from an NBA championship. Ian reacts to the Knicks stealing Games 1 and 2 of the NBA Finals in San Antonio, Jalen Brunson continuing to prove he is the best closer i
Send us Fan Mail The New York Knicks are four wins away from their first NBA championship since 1973, and Ian is not tiptoeing into the Finals preview. Knicks in six. In this episode of Rice on the Radio, Ian previews th
Send us Fan Mail Episode 71 of Rice on the Radio lands on a perfect NFL chaos day. Ian breaks down A.J. Brown being traded to the New England Patriots, why Mike Vrabel and Drake Maye just became a much bigger problem in
Send us Fan Mail New York baseball is sitting in two completely different places. The Yankees just got Gerrit Cole back, and he looked a lot less like a pitcher easing his way back from Tommy John surgery and a lot more
Send us Fan Mail The Knicks are back in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999. Ian reacts to New York’s Eastern Conference Finals sweep over the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Game 4 blowout, and what this moment means
Send us Fan Mail New York football feels different heading into the 2026 NFL season, but now comes the real question: does different actually mean better? This episode looks at why the Jets and Giants both feel like they
Send us Fan Mail The Knicks were dead. The Garden was quiet. The Cavs had a 22-point fourth-quarter lead and looked like they were walking out of Madison Square Garden with Game 1. Then Jalen Brunson happened. In this ep
Send us Fan Mail The Mets won the World Series. Not the real one. Relax. But after taking two out of three from the Yankees at Citi Field, Mets fans finally got the kind of Subway Series weekend they were starving for. F
Send us Fan Mail New York sports has reached the hard part. Episode 65 of Rice on the Mics is all about what happens after belief shows up. The Knicks look like the best team left in the East and maybe the best team left
Send us Fan Mail Episode 64: Now We Find Out The noise is over. The brochure is over. Now we find out who these teams really are. This week on Rice on the Mics, Ian opens with the Jets and Giants after an offseason full
Send us Fan Mail Episode 63: My Guys Are Better The Knicks didn’t just close out Atlanta. They made Atlanta sit through the closing credits. Ian breaks down the Knicks’ massive Game 6 blowout win over the Hawks, KAT’s tr
Send us Fan Mail Episode 62 of Rice on the Mics is here, and this one had a little bit of everything. Ian dives into a wild sports night built around the theme of Selling Tomorrow — from NFL Draft hope and projection, to
Send us Fan Mail The 2026 NFL Draft is here, and this episode is all about the part of round one that really matters for New York. Ian breaks down the first 16 picks, how the board has changed over the last few weeks, wh
Send us Fan Mail Episode 61 is here. This week’s theme is Set the Tone — and it showed up everywhere. The Jets and Giants are both staring at franchise-shaping draft decisions, and those picks feel bigger than just names
Send us Fan Mail Episode 60 is here, and this week felt like one giant test of what’s real and what’s just loud. The Giants are already dealing with real drama after Dexter Lawrence’s trade request. The Jets are stuck in
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