- Bob Papa
Bob Papa (born
September 19 1964 ) is an Americansportscaster .He is best known as the radio
play-by-play voice of theNew York Giants , a position he has held since 1995, as well as the new voice of Thursday and Saturday Night Football on theNFL Network . From 1988 to 1994, he worked on the Giants' pregame and postgame shows on the radio. His work with the Giants also includes his role as host of theYES Network 's "Giants Training Camp Report" and "Giants Online". As a graduate ofFordham University , Papa, along with two more alumni, participated in the2004 Summer Olympics Games held inAthens ,Greece .In addition to his work with the Giants, Papa has also worked on
NBC 's coverage of the Olympics since 1992, as he covered boxing at the most recent Summer Olympics. In 2002, he coveredcross-country skiing andcurling [ [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20020220/OTRUTHX globeandmail.com: TRUTH & RUMOURS ] ] . EveryThanksgiving weekend, Papa is the lead broadcaster for the annualBayou Classic game between the Southern University Jaguars and the Grambling State University Tigers that airs onNBC . In addition, he has called boxing forSportsChannel America ,ESPN ,NBC , and Versus. Papa called theNovember 23 , 2001 match between James Butler and Richard Grant.At fight's end, after Grant had been declared the winner, Butler sucker-punched Grant, breaking his jaw. Both Papa and his
color commentator ,Teddy Atlas , loudly called for both Butler's arrest, and permanent suspension from boxing. Butler later plead guilty to the slaying ofsportswriter Sam Kellerman , brother ofMax Kellerman .Papa is now the lead announcer on
HBO 'sBoxing After Dark .Papa served as the play by play announcer for
NBC Sports coverage ofBoxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics . [ [http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/mediumwell/blog/2008/07/your_nbc_olympics_lineup.html Medium Well: Your NBC Olympics lineup - A blog on sports media, news and networks - baltimoresun.com ] ]From 1989-92, he was the studio host for
SportsChannel America 's coverage of the NHL.Papa currently is the host of the Opening Drive onSirius NFL Radio , the all NFL Channel on Sirius Satellite Radio. Papa has also been hired to host NFL games that will take place onNFL Network replacingBryant Gumbel .He has been a resident of
Dumont, New Jersey . [DiTrani, Vinny. [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22684174.html "ALL'S WELL, EXCEPT IN BOOTH"] , "The Record (Bergen County) ",December 3 ,1993 . AccessedFebruary 5 ,2008 . "Jim Gordon is suffering from laryngitis, and will be replaced in the WOR-AM booth by Bergen Catholic product Bob Papa from Dumont."]Famous calls
*"Alright here goes Tynes again from 47 yards to kick the Giants to the Super Bowl. Snap is good, kick on its way, end over end does it have the distance it is...(
Dick Lynch : Good!) GOOOOOD!!! (Carl Banks : Yes! Yes!) Lawrence Tynes has kicked the Giants into the Super Bowl after missing at the end of regulation (Banks: Woo hoo! Woo hoo!) and Tynes runs into the tunnel on our right and theNew York Giants are going toSuper Bowl XLII , in overtime they beat the Packers 23-20!" - Calling Lawrence Tynes game winning kick in the 2007 NFC championship game to send the Giants to Super Bowl XLII"Manning takes the snap, back to throw, under pressure, avoids the rush and he's gonna...fight out of it, still fights out of it and then he throws it deep down field wide open Tyree who...MAKES THE CATCH! AT THE 23 YARD LINE! (Dick Lynch: What a play!) What a play by Manning!" - Calling the famous
Manning to Tyree catch inSuper Bowl XLII "Manning calling signals, takes the snap, looks left, lobs it left BURRESS IS WIDE OPEN! TOUCHDOWN GIANTS! IN THE LEFT CORNER OF THE ENDZONE! (Dick Lynch: TOUCHDOWN!) WITH 35 SECONDS TO GO THE GIANTS HAVE REGAINED THE LEAD! MANNING TO BURRESS!" - Papa calls the winning score of Super Bowl XLII
"The New York Giants are the Super Bowl XLII champions...and
Tom Coughlin and Big Blue erase all of their doubters and they knock off the Mighty Patriots...17-14!" - Calling the end of Super Bowl XLIIReferences
External links
* [http://www.hbo.com/boxing/bios/bob_papa.html Profile from HBO: Boxing: Bios]
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