"Finebaum made his bones as a newspaper reporter in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1980s, and moved up the media ladder from there. He was a popular Southern sports talk radio host by the '90s, operated his own syndicated network in the 2000s, and by 2013 had become an inescapable presence on ESPN. The Paul Finebaum Show has made him the de facto voice of the Southeastern Conference, so omnipresent that even a handful of his recurring callers are minor internet celebrities."
"Finebaum now says he is considering running for a Senate seat in Alabama in 2026. On Sept. 29, he appeared in a video interview with OutKick provocateur Clay Travis and revealed his interest in the race. Finebaum said that some Alabamians had come to him and sounded him out about a potential campaign. If President Donald Trump were to ask him to run, Finebaum said, there would be "no way" he could turn down the request."
Paul Finebaum built a career from 1980s Birmingham newspaper reporting to Southern sports talk radio in the 1990s, a syndicated network in the 2000s, and an inescapable ESPN presence by 2013. The Paul Finebaum Show functions as the de facto voice of the Southeastern Conference, generating recurring callers who became minor internet celebrities. Finebaum said he is considering a 2026 U.S. Senate run in Alabama after Alabamians sounded him out, and he stated that he could not refuse if President Donald Trump asked him to run. Alabama politics feature prominent college-sports figures and an open seat as Tommy Tuberville departs.
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