Ari Wolfe Ari Wolfe ( born 1971 ) is a play - by - play announcer , reporter and anchor . He currently calls games for CBS Sports Network , Time Warner Cable Sports Net and NBC Sports . Additionally , he serves as an anchor and reporter for the NFL Network . Early life and career . Wolfe was born in Philadelphia and raised in Madison , Wisconsin . He currently resides in Los Angeles . Wolfe graduated from Emory University in 1994 . He later earned his Masters degree at USC . As a student Wolfe did both play - by - play and color commentary for the Trojans ' basketball , football , and baseball teams on KSCR ( 104 . 7 FM ) in Los Angeles . He also hosted the sports talk show , Blackjack and the Wolfe Attack . Before moving into commentary , Wolfe worked out of Los Angeles as Highlight Coordinator , creating highlight packages of NFL football games for " FOX NFL Sunday " . He held similar responsibilities for Fox ’ s coverage of the NHL and MLB . Broadcasting career . Since graduating from USC in 1997 , Wolfe has called games in college and professional sports . He currently calls games for NFL Network , ESPN , CBS Sports Network and Root Sports . He also serves as an anchor and reporter for NFL Network . In 1998 , Wolfe began his play - by - play career as the voice of the Albany Firebirds . He would serve in that role for six seasons . When the Firebirds left the AFL , Wolfe was hired to be the play - by - play voice for the Philadelphia Soul , where he would remain until 2008 . Wolfe has always been synonymous with the Arena Football League . Leading up to this season Wolfe called arena games for OLN , ESPN , Versus and NFL Network . This season Wolfe is one of two play - by - play men for the Arena League on CBS Sports Network and ESPN . While Wolfe has built up his play - by - play talent with the Arena League , it is his college work that began to get him noticed . From 2005 to 2009 Wolfe was the play - by - play man for Louisville Cardinals football and men ' s basketball games . It was while working with the Cardinals in 2005 that Wolfe won his first Sports Emmy for Outstanding Play - by - Play and his overall composite work . In addition to play - by - play at Louisville , Wolfe also hosted Courtside with Rick Pitino and kickoff with Coach K . Wolfe ' s impressive resume lead ESPN to hire him as the play - by - play man for the Madden Challenge in 2007 , shown on Super Bowl Sunday on ESPN2 . He was also hired as one of their a play - by - play men the Big East Conference . In 2009 Wolfe was hired by Universal Sports . Wolfe was hired to be the voice of many events . These events included the World Cup of Rowing , the Women ' s World Ice Championships , and the World Table Tennis Championships . His work at Universal led NBC Sports to use him as their play - by - play man for table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics . 2009 also marked the beginning of Wolfe ' s work for the Mtn . and BTN . Wolfe would serve as play - by - play for football , and men ' s basketball games . . Wolfe would leave BTN after the 2010 season , but Wolfe ' s work with the Mountain West Conference continued until the network ceased operations in 2012 . Wolfe currently calls Mountain West football games for Root Sports and the Mountain West Network . Wolfe ' s work is so popular , that he is one of a very few number of announcers to have worked for 4 major sports networks in one season . During the 2012 - 13 season Wolfe acted as the back - up play - by - play man for the Colonial Athletic Association on NBCSN , the play - by - play man for women ' s MWC basketball on CBSSN , the Big West game of the week broadcaster for ESPN , and he did weekday stats , highlights , and interviews for NFL Network . For the 2014 NFL preseason , Wolfe called games with Kurt Warner for NFL Network broadcasts . He also called Minnesota Vikings preseason games with Mike Mayock for five seasons after serving in the same capacity for the Philadelphia Eagles for one season . He also was the sideline reporter for Sports USA ' s coverage of the NFL as well as college football play - by - play .