Paul Finebaum Show

Host: Paul Finebaum
Category:
Sports & Recreation > Football
Radio Shows > National
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About the Podcast

Paul Finebaum, a well-known sports broadcaster, writer and commentator, and a leading sport authority in the south, known as the “Voice of the SEC”, provides his unique takes on the SEC and the world of college football. The show includes his insightful and compelling commentary on topical sports subjects, as well as interactions from his loyal, passionate. radio audience.

About the Host

Paul Finebaum

Paul Finebaum joined ESPN in August 2013 as host of the The Paul Finebaum Show. The four-hour daily program, heard on ESPN Radio Monday – Friday from 2 p.m. ET – 6 p.m. Finebaum also appears on a variety of other ESPN shows and outlets, including SportsCenter, College Football Live, College GameDay and in ESPN The Magazine. Beginning in August 2014, when the SEC Network launches, a television simulcast of Finebaum’s radio show will anchor the network’s afternoon lineup. Prior to joining ESPN, he ran the Paul Finebaum Radio Network (2001- 2012). Finebaum arrived in Birmingham in 1980 and became an award-winning columnist and investigative reporter for the Birmingham Post-Herald and later the Mobile Press-Register. From 2011 – 2012, Finebaum wrote a college football column for SI.com. Finebaum has received many honors for his work. In March 2013, Sports Illustrated ranked him one of the 20 Most Powerful People in Sports Media nationally (#17). In 2004, Sports Illustrated named the show as one of the top 12 sports radio shows in the United States. In January 2012, The Bleacher Report named Finebaum one of the “25 Most Influential People” in college football. Bunn Sports, a regional website, listed Finebaum as “the No. 1 must-follow in college football’’ on twitter. In July 2009, The Orlando Sentinel named Finebaum one of the SEC’s “10 most powerful people.” In 2002, Finebaum was named by The Tennessean in Nashville as one of the “Southeastern Conference’s Top Power Brokers,” coming in at No. 4. In 2008, Columbia University named Finebaum’s show a winner of its annual ‘Let’s Do it Better! Workshop on Journalism, Race and Ethnicity’. Finebaum was selected for “providing a strong and sometimes controversial view on racial issues in sports through his multi-media contributions” In particular, Columbia cited a poignant show on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday – which highlighted the slain Civil Rights leader’s still strong connections with today’s sports stars. Finebaum has spoken and lectured at a variety of colleges including Columbia University, UMass-Amherst, Texas A&M and the University of North Carolina. He has also authored a memoir about his radio show for HarperCollings.

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