Bob Papa

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Bob Papa (born September 19, 1964) is an American sportscaster.

He is best known as the radio play-by-play voice of the New York Giants, a position he has held since 1995. 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 the YES Network's Giants Training Camp Report and Giants Online. As a graduate of Fordham University, Papa, along with two more alumni, participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics Games held in Athens, 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 covered cross-country skiing and curling [1]. Every Thanksgiving weekend, Papa is the lead broadcaster for the annual Bayou Classic game between the Southern University Jaguars and the Grambling State University Tigers that airs on NBC. In addition, he has called boxing for SportsChannel America, ESPN, NBC, and Versus. Papa called the November 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 of sportswriter Sam Kellerman, brother of Max Kellerman.

Papa is now the lead announcer on HBO's Boxing After Dark.

From 1989-92, he was the studio host for SportsChannel America's coverage of the NHL.

See also: The NHL on SportsChannel America

Papa currently is the host of the Opening Drive on Sirius NFL Radio, the all NFL Channel on Sirius Satellite Radio.

He has been a resident of Dumont, New Jersey.[2]

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  1. ^ globeandmail.com: TRUTH & RUMOURS
  2. ^ DiTrani, Vinny. "ALL'S WELL, EXCEPT IN BOOTH", The Record (Bergen County), December 3, 1993. Accessed February 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."

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