Ric Bucher is an NBA analyst and an insider for ESPN and ESPN.com. Bucher is a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and columnist for ESPN.com who also serves as an NBA analyst on ESPN TV and radio. He's a 1983 graduate of Dartmouth College, where he played four years on the varsity soccer team and was a member of Alpha Delta fraternity. He lives in California with his wife and two children. He happens to be good friends with Duane Chapman AKA "Dog the Bounty Hunter." Bucher attended Chapman's wedding on May 20, 2006 in Hawaii.

Bucher is widely regarded as a tool in the sports world, as he is Kobe Bryant's personal mouthpiece, and handles the superstar with kid gloves so as to ensure his continued access.

Bucher also is a big fat idiot and always messes with Kobe Bryant. Throughout this year he's been writing fake stories and getting Kobe into trouble.

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