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Paul Burmeister (born March 10, 1971) Paul … Paul Burmeister (born March 10, 1971) Paul Burmeister is a Sportscaster with NBC Sports and NBC Olympics, working primarily as a play-by-play voice and studio host across a wide range of platforms.Prior to his arrival at NBC in 2014, he spent a decade at NFL Network as a studio host. Burmeister is also the radio voice of Notre Dame football, having called all home and away games since 2018 alongside former Irish All American Ryan Harris. The former Big Ten Quarterback also called football this past spring, serving as NBC’s play by play voice for their coverage of the inaugural USFL season, working alongside Michael Robinson, Jason Garrett, Cam Jordan, and Ryan Harris At NBC he has now worked four OlympicGames, calling play by play for Water Polo at the Summer Olympics in Rio and Tokyo, and Ski Jumping at the Winter Games in Peyongchang and Beijing. Hosting The Tour de France has become a staple for him as well. Every summer Burmeister anchors NBC’s coverage of The Tour, hosting each one since 2016. In November of 2021, NBC extended its exclusive broadcast deal with The English Premier League. Burmeister has become a part of their studio team, as a host for “Premier League Live” during the week, and “Premier League Mornings” on the weekend. He’s involved with the NFL throughout the year on a weekly basis, co-hosting a pair of podcasts: “The Chris Simms Unbuttoned podcast,” and “The Peter King podcast.”And for the last decade in early January, he has hosted and worked play by play for NBC’s coverage of The All American Bowl, the nation’s premier High School Football All Star Game. During the winter he handles play by play duties for Atlantic 10 regular season basketball, as well as their conference tournament in March. From 2019 through 2021, Burmeister was front and center for NBC’s coverage of the Premier Lacrosse League, hosting its draft each spring, reporting from the sidelines during the season, as well as calling games from the booth. In his time at NBC he’s also hosted NHL Live, Pro Football Talk, The Dan Patrick Show, and America’s Cup.He’s reported for Football Night in America and from The Stanley Cup Finals, and done play by play for Notre Dame Football, Mountain West Conference football and basketball, Ivy League football, as well as called The Olympic Trials and National Championships for Luge and Diving. While at NFL Network from 2004-2014, Burmeister hosted the studio shows Playbook, College Football Live, NFL Total Access, NFL Gameday Scoreboard, Around the League Live, and Path to the Draft. Each January he hosted the networks’ coverage of the Senior Bowl, in addition to calling the game, and was a regular part of NFL Network’s Scouting Combine coverage in February as a host and reporter. Before being hired by NFL Network in 2004, Burmeister worked in local news, as a Sports Anchor and Reporter for KCRG in Cedar Rapids, IA from 1998-2001, and KWWL in Waterloo, IA from 2001-2004. Burmeister graduated from The University of Iowa in 1994 with a B.A. in Communication Studies, and an M.A. in Higher Education Administration in 1997.He also played Quarterback at Iowa for Hayden Fry from 1989-1993. His Senior season in 1993 he was voted Captain and MVP of the team that played in the first Alamo Bowl. He was invited to the NFL Combine and signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Vikings in 1995. A 1989 graduate of Iowa City West High School, Burmeister was voted Mississippi Valley Conference Player of the Year in football and All State as a Senior. He also graduated as the school’s all time leading scorer in basketball, and earned three varsity letters in baseball. earned three varsity letters in baseball.
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Paul Burmeister (born March 10, 1971) Paul … Paul Burmeister (born March 10, 1971) Paul Burmeister is a Sportscaster with NBC Sports and NBC Olympics, working primarily as a play-by-play voice and studio host across a wide range of platforms.Prior to his arrival at NBC in 2014, he spent a decade at NFL Network as a studio host. Burmeister is also the radio voice of Notre Dame football, having called all home and away games since 2018 alongside former Irish All American Ryan Harris. Hosting The Tour de France has become a staple for him as well. Every summer Burmeister anchors NBC’s coverage of The Tour, hosting each one since 2016. of The Tour, hosting each one since 2016.
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