Is Michael Strahan the permanent co-host of live?

It could be "Live! With Kelly and Michael" come 4, Sept.

Multiple news authors have reported that New York Giants Super Bowl champ and frequent "Live!" guest host with another person Michael Strahan has been tapped as the permanent substitute for Regis Philbin on the daytime talk show. The show announced earlier this week that Kelly Ripa's permanent co-host would be named 4, Sept.

"All bets are on this guy," "GMA" analogous Linsey Davis said on "Good Morning America" this morning.

A rep for Strahan was distinguished Tuesday outside the Manhattan building where "Live!" is staged, "grinning from ear to ear," allowing to gossip website TMZ.

Strahan, a former defensive star who won a Super Bowl ring in 2008, is a studio analyst for Fox's NFL coverage. Strahan would co-host "Live!" in New York throughout the week and fly to Los Angeles on weekends for his obligations on Fox, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Strahan, 40, also starred in "Brothers," a short lived Fox sitcom in fall 2009, and has appearanced in several commercials.

Since Philbin said goodbye in November, speculation approximately who would fill his chair has been rampant, everybody from Ripa's husband, Mark Consuelos, to Bravo's Andy Cohen to Rob Lowe to Seth Meyers.

"Live!" has employed several guest co-hosts, including Jerry Seinfeld, Kim Kardashian and Neil Patrick Harris, since Regis left.