Paul Finebaum, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Paul Finebaum

American journalist

Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1956

Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Profession: columnist, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Paul Finebaum

  • Paul Finebaum is an American sports author, television and radio personality, and former columnist.
  • His primary focus is sports, particularly those in the Southeast.
  • After many years as a reporter, columnist, and sports-talk radio host in the Birmingham area, Finebaum was hired by ESPN in 2013 for its new SEC Network starting in 2014, and produces a radio show out of the network's regional base in Charlotte, North Carolina.Finebaum attended Christian Brothers High School and White Station High School in Memphis before graduating from the University of Tennessee, where he received a degree in Political Science, in 1978.
  • He served as host of the Paul Finebaum Radio Network, whose flagship station was on WJOX-FM from 2:05-6pm CST.
  • The show was syndicated in Alabama (27 stations), Mississippi (2 stations), Tennessee (3), and on single stations in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, and also heard on Sirius XM Radio's Channel 81.
  • His radio show is simulcast every day on the SEC Network and heard on Sirius XM radio.
  • He is also a regular on ESPN's College Football Live, Sportscenter, Golic & Wingo, First Take, Outside the Lines, SEC Nation and College GameDay. ESPN broadcaster Joe Tessitore said in a December 2018 podcast interview, "If you asked me who are the two greatest interviewers on radio and television, I would say Paul Finebaum and Howard Stern." In the College GameDay episode of Origins, James Andrew Miller said: "Paul Finebaum knows the American Southeast like Jay-Z knows Brooklyn.
  • And that's a big blast of wind at your back if your job is covering college football.
  • His instincts as an interviewer rank him in the top tier of the sports world.
  • And he is beyond mere savvy when it comes to speaking very virally." And in March 2019, Bobby Burack writing in The Big Lead, praised his role as the preeminent voice in the game: "Finebaum's gives the most must-hear, mind-changing, make-you-stop-and-think opinions on the sport.
  • Finebaum is one of ESPN's most valuable people." In September 2019, the New York Post ranked him No.
  • 16 among the most influential people in college football, making him the highest-ranking on-air personality in a list dominated by conference commissioners and television moguls.
  • In September 2016, the Wall Street Journal revealed that author Harper Lee was a daily listener of the Finebaum show.In July 2018, after a much-publicized negotiation, Finebaum signed a new deal with ESPN.
  • There had been speculation from The Sporting News in an article by Michael McCarthy Finebaum was being wooed by Fox Sports to possibly jump to the Big 10 Network.
  • Dan Wolken of USA Today, in a July 10 article headlined: ``Paul Finebaum's potential departure is the biggest storyline in the SEC as media days nears.
  • No terms of the deal were released, but John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal wrote new ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro "personally had a hand in the negotiations with Finebaum and his reps at CAA (Nick Khan).
  • Ourand said the new deal "is believed to make Finebaum ESPN's second-highest-paid college football talent, behind only analyst Kirk Herbstreit." SBJ reported the new deal called for a salary of approximately $2 million annually.He has been a guest on television's Larry King Live, CBS' 60 Minutes, Nancy Grace, MSNBC's Morning Joe, HBO, and Tru TV.
  • He is a recurring guest on Pardon My Take.

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