Thank You For 11 Years of The Ricky

Has it been another year already?

It seems seems unlikely that the Process era of Sixers basketball will be defined by a bunch of banners hanging from the rafters of the Wells Fargo Center (or 76 Place, or wherever they are playing in ten years after all the rich people are done bickering about who is going to get more rich).

It is however, my favorite era of Philadelphia sports. Because of what we have with you, and with us.

Today is the 11th Anniversary of the very first Rights To Ricky Sanchez podcast. Eleven years is truly psychotic to think about.

Putting all that we’ve been through from a basketball perspective to the side for a moment, it’s insane to think about the non-basketball things we’ve been through. Ricky people have graduated high school and then college and then gotten engaged all in the time we’ve been doing podcasts. And we’ve actually been far more involved in the marriage and engagement part of that than I’d have ever guessed. We’ve had Ricky people born and pass away. Thousands of debates about bathroom behavior in friend groups start on the Ricky. We’ve had Process Pups join the ranks and cross the rainbow bridge. We never quite solved the Tanks Vs. Babies thing though.

All that is to say thank you. This podcast and community has been one of the crowning achievements of my life for a number of reasons, and I’m so thankful to everyone involved. Thankful to Mike for not quitting the pod one of the 13 times he swore he couldn’t do it anymore. Thankful to the rest of team Ricky, CJ, AU, Alonzo, Abbie, MOC, The Danny, Tanner, Phans of Philly (RIP Sixers Adam), and everyone else who has helped us along the way. Thankful to our amazing partners who put their faith and money in us, which allows us to do all of the cool things we do and to actually have a staff. Those amazing partners are Draft Kings Sportsbook, LL Pavorsky Jewelers, Kornblau & Kornblau, Big Barker, Kinetic Skateboarding, MortgageCS, Briggs Auction, Body Bio, Adam Ksebe, and Surfside/Stateside (thanks also to the partners of the past, except maybe for one of them). Also to Rich Stouffer and Bryan Dilworth (may he rest in peace), who always believed in the Live Ricky.

We’ve also been able to be associated with so many amazing charitable causes. We thank you for all you do. Particularly right now the Providence Animal Center, Mama Tee’s Community Fridge and the Mikey D Small Moments Foundation.

We’re in. We’re out. We’re in again. No matter where we are, we’ve all got each other. Thank you. Also maybe this is The Year (probably not).

Spike & Mike & Team Ricky