updated March 09, 2009

Bob Papa joined HBO Sports in the spring of 2007 as the blow-by-blow announcer on HBO's Boxing After Dark having established himself as one of the top play-by-play announcers in the broadcast industry.

The 1986 Fordham University graduate has been the radio voice of the New York Giants since 1995. Bob has been associated with the NFL's flagship franchise since 1988, where he began as the pre-game and post-game host of the Giants Radio Network. Along with his play-by-play duties, Bob hosts the NY Emmy award winning GiantsGameplan on Fox 5 as well as Giants On-Line on the YES Network.

While has been a fixture in the New York market, he has also worked quite extensively on the national stage as well. He has been involved with NBC's Olympic coverage since the 1992 Barcelona Games. Bob has handled the play-by-play for boxing, water polo, cross country skiing, biathlon, bobsled, skeleton, luge and even curling. Over the past several seasons he has also handled the play-by-play for NBC's Arena Football coverage as well as the Bayou Classic, the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, and the Budweiser Boxing Series. In 2008 he was teamed with Cris Collinsworth on the prime time NFL package for the NFL Network and the duo received wide acclaim.

The protégé of Marty Glickman has proven to be one of the industries most versatile talents. Bob also handles play-by-play duties for Westwood One radio. He is part of the network's NFL broadcast team, working the Thanksgiving Day broadcast from Dallas as well as numerous other regular season and postseason NFL games. He serves as the anchor for Westwood One's coverage of the Masters, U.S. Open, and PGA Championships from the 18th hole tower position. Along with his football and golf roles, Bob handles play-by-play for Westwood One's NCAA men's basketball tournament coverage as well.

Bob's involvement in NFL has turned into a year round commitment. In August of 2004, he was part of Sirius Satellite Radio's launch of the NFL Channel. Bob hosts a show each weekday morning called the "Opening Drive" with legendary NFL coach Dan Reeves, and twice a week, he co-hosts "Moving the Chains" with former NFL tight end Shannon Sharpe.

After graduating from Fordham's College School of Business in 1986, Papa immediately started working in Utica, NY handling play-by-play for the Utica Blue Sox baseball team. He returned to his native New York City in 1987 where he landed a job at WNEW, which at the time was the flagship station for the New York Giants Radio Network. While Papa's association with the Giants was beginning, he also began to cultivate his television career. In 1989 he was hired by SportsChannel America to handle the blow-by-blow for their boxing series, play-by-play for their national football package, as well as serve as the studio anchor for the network's NHL playoff coverage.

When Sportchannel America folded, Bob joined Sportschannel New York as a studio anchor for the Nets, Devils, Islanders and Mets. In 1996, Bob began an eight year association with ESPN handling the blow-by-blow for their boxing coverage working alongside Al Bernstein. In 1998 ESPN re-created the Friday Night Fights series teaming Papa with Teddy Atlas. The tandem called over 200 bouts per year for six years before Bob left the series to join NBC Sports.

Papa has always remembered one of the key lessons from his mentor, the late Marty Glickman. "Always keep your New York radio roots," Glickman would remind Papa. And Bob has never forgotten that lesson. Bob spent six full seasons as the radio voice of the New Jersey Nets from 1996 to 2002 in addition to his current relationship with the New York Football Giants.

The Bronx native has also worked with the network of the team from his home borough. When the YES Network was launched, Bob spent three seasons as the host of "This Week in Football". The weekly show, co-hosted with Giants running back Tiki Barber, reviewed and previewed each week in the NFL. Bob also handled a fill-in role on the Yankees pre-game and post-game coverage during the 2003 season. Papa also spent some time in the broadcast booth for YES, serving as the play-by-play announcer for the Staten Island Yankees telecasts for two seasons.

Bob Papa was born in the Bronx before moving to New Jersey as a child. After graduating from Bergen Catholic High School in 1982, Papa received a business degree from Fordham University in 1986, where he honed his broadcasting skills. He spent three years working at the famed college radio station WFUV.