17 Facts About Paul Finebaum

Paul Finebaum is an American sports author, former columnist, and television-radio personality.

Paul Finebaum's primary focus is sports, particularly those in the Southeast.

Paul Finebaum produces a radio show out of the network's regional base in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Paul Finebaum arrived in Birmingham in 1980 and became a columnist and reporter for the Birmingham Post-Herald.

Paul Finebaum's work has earned him more than 250 national, regional, and area sports writing awards, including his stories on the recruitment of Alabama basketball player Buck Johnson.

Paul Finebaum joined the Mobile Press Register in 2001 where he wrote a twice-weekly column with the column syndicated to other newspapers.

Paul Finebaum started his radio appearances in the mid-1980s by giving morning commentary on the Mark and Brian Radio Show on WAPI-FM.

In October 1993, Paul Finebaum moved his sports-talk show to WERC.

The man charged, Harvey Updyke, called the Paul Finebaum show, claiming to have poisoned the trees.

The interview, perhaps the most listened to ever in the history of the Paul Finebaum show, made national news, appearing in publications ranging from The New York Times to ESPN's SportsCenter.

Paul Finebaum's show went off the air on WJOX temporarily on January 21,2013, when his contract with Cumulus and WJOX expired.

In May 2013, Paul Finebaum signed with ESPN to appear on its new SEC Network beginning in 2014, and hosts a daily radio show based out of Charlotte.

Paul Finebaum was sports director for WIAT-TV from 1998 to 2002 and co-hosted individual shows on WVTM-TV and WBMA.

On March 27,2013, the Birmingham News reported that Paul Finebaum agreed to an advance with HarperCollins to write a book about the radio show.

In 2002, Paul Finebaum was named by The Tennessean in Nashville as one of the Southeastern Conference's Top Power Brokers.

Paul Finebaum is perhaps college football's best-known voice since TV announcer Keith Jackson retired.

Paul 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.