On-air Talent

Bob Papa enters his fourth season with NFL Network, contributing as a reporter on NFL Total Access and NFL GameDay Morning during the 2011 season.

From 2008-2010, Papa served as the voice of NFL Network's Thursday Night Football telecasts alongside Cris Collinsworth (2008), Matt Millen (2009-2010) and Joe Theismann (2010).

A fixture in the New York media market since 1995, Papa is the radio voice of the New York Giants on WFAN and the Giants radio network. For Giants fans, Papa's provided the radio call for the Giants Super Bowl XXXV and XLII victories. He was also the lead play-by-play voice for NFL Europa games, including the 2007 World Bowl on NFL Network. In addition, Papa called the action on the world feed of Super Bowls XLIII and XLIV.

Papa became the "voice" of the New York Giants after joining the radio team as pregame and postgame host in 1988. In addition to his Giants duties, he is the host of FOX's Giants Access Blue and New York Emmy award-winning Giants Gameplan on WNBC.

Papa also hosts a weekday morning show, "Opening Drive," on the Sirius NFL Radio channel and has called NFL regular season and playoff games for Westwood One Radio.

Papa previously announced college football games, including the Insight Bowl for NFL Network, the Bayou Classic and the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

Outside of football, Papa is best known for his work in boxing. In 2008, Papa worked his seventh Olympics covering boxing for NBC and is the voice for HBO’s Boxing After Dark. Papa has covered the Budweiser Boxing Series on NBC and called more than 1,200 bouts for ESPN's Friday Night Fights and Sportschannel America. Papa has also been a part of NBC's Summer and Winter Olympic broadcasting team since 1992, providing coverage for a variety of sports including bobsled and curling, in addition to boxing.

In 1992, Papa was named the New York State Associated Press Sportscaster of the Year. Papa’s broadcasting career began at Fordham University where he honed his broadcasting skills working at the famed college radio station WFUV. He currently resides in New Jersey along with his wife and their three sons.