Sal Paolantonio is the longest-serving NFL sideline reporter in ESPN history, an Emmy Award winning national correspondent for the Worldwide Leader in Sports, covering the NFL for SportsCenter and Sunday NFL Countdown. He is the host of NFL Matchup. He serves as an enshrinement selector for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. He is a former sportswriter and political correspondent for the Philadelphia Inquirer and served as a surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy. He lives in Moorestown, New Jersey.