Petros Papadakis
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Petros Papadakis (born June 16, 1977) is an American sportscaster who serves as a college football analyst for Fox Sports and co-host of the Petros and Money Show on AM 570 LA Sports. He played college football as a tailback and was team captain for the USC Trojans. He is the self-proclaimed "captain of the worst team in USC history."
Football career
Papadakis's family has long-held ties to
Papadakis started his college career at the University of California, Berkeley. He left the Cal Fall football training camp, undetected, in the middle of the night and hitchhiked back to Los Angeles after being homesick after one week.
While playing for USC, Papadakis scored 16
In the
The Trojans 2–6 conference record in 2000 was the only time the team finished in the last league position. Since his first year in broadcasting, Papadakis has regularly called himself "the captain of the worst team in USC history".
During his university football career, Papadakis played in the 1998 Sun Bowl, where the team lost to Texas Christian University, scoring a touchdown during this game.[4]
Papadakis's first experience of broadcasting occurred when he was a tailback for the USC football team, where he became a popular interviewee among media in Los Angeles. When questioned about his popularity, Papadakis replied, "I just feel like the media is starved for somebody to say something different than, 'We really have to play hard this week.' That’s all good stuff, but I deal with that in meetings every day. I deal with that for six hours with coaches."
Television and movie career
In 2002 and 2003 Papadakis continued broadcasting on FSN, and took employment as a
In 2004,
Papadakis hosted
From 2006 to 2010, Papadakis called a number of games as part of the California State High School Bowl Championship game on FSN.[8]
In the autumn of 2007, Papadakis appeared on KNBC Channel 4 as Fred Roggin's co-host on The Challenge, which followed NBC's Football Night in America on Sunday evenings.[9] He has continued on the show since then, recently completing his 11th season on the show with Roggin.
Papadakis has been featured on several television networks including
Petros appeared in an episode of The 7D titled "Whose Voice is it Anyway" as the King of Echoes from February 2016.
Appearing in Trial by Fire, Petros plays the voice of the Dallas Cowboys from a 1999 game being played on the radio. The film stars Jack O'Connell and Laura Dern.
Currently, Papadakis provides analysis for Fox Sports on their college football telecasts as well as FS1's Fox Sports Live studio show.[8]
Radio career
Papadakis's first regular radio experience came in 1998 while he was a junior tailback at USC.
In the summer of 2001, Papadakis began working on radio in addition to his TV duties. He co-hosted the weekly
In January 2004 "The Petros Papadakis Show" began on
"The Petros Papadakis Show" was known for Papadakis's musical parodies such as "
Papadakis resigned from his position at 1540 The Ticket in October 2006 to concentrate on his
On January 8, 2007, Petros returned to
In addition to his other media duties, Papadakis worked part-time for the USC men's basketball team as its
Education
He is a graduate of the Christ Lutheran School, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, and University of Southern California.
References
- ^ "AM 570 KLAC K-Los Angeles California/Orange County". Am570radio.com. October 16, 2009. Retrieved August 25, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "UCLA Football Player Biography". UCLA.edu. 2008. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
- ^ Hoffarth, Tom (December 5, 2010). "MEDIA: No matter how hard he tries, Papadakis can't please everyone at USC, UCLA". The San Bernardino Sun. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
- ^ "Player Bio: Petros Papadakis - University of Southern California Official Athletic Site". Usctrojans.cstv.com. June 16, 1977. Retrieved August 25, 2010.
- ^ a b "Petros & Money". Fox Sports Radio. Archived from the original on September 5, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
- IMDb
- ^ Hoffarth, Tom (January 29, 2009). "Papadakis isn't the favorite 'Joe' any more ... it's Strahan and Glazer - Farther Off the Wall". Insidesocal.com. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
- ^ a b "Petros Papadakis – Fox Sports PressPass". foxsports.com. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
- ^ "SbB Back On The Challenge Sunday Night On NBC". Sportsbybrooks. December 1, 2007. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
- IMDb
- ^ "Petros Papadakis Leaves 1540-AM". TrojanWire. October 10, 2006. Archived from the original on November 30, 2006. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "ESPN's Morgan still thanking Robinson". Los Angeles Daily News. Archived from the original on May 23, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2010.
- ^ "AM 570 KLAC K-Los Angeles California/Orange County". Am570radio.com. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2010.
External links
- USC Trojans bio Archived April 24, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- Petros Papadakis at IMDb
- The Jock's Itch: Petros Papadakis