Four Downs with Finebaum: ESPN’s own answers local college football questions
Sports commentator Paul Finebaum was raised in Memphis and graduated from White Station High. (Photo illustration by Kelsey Bowen/The Daily Memphian)
Former Memphian Paul Finebaum, the well-known college football commentator who makes his living talking SEC football, has agreed to produce a weekly Q&A series, “Four Downs with Finebaum,” that will run throughout the 2024 college football season.
Finebaum recently signed a multi-year contract extension with ESPN to continue to play a prominent role in ESPN and SEC Network programming, including as the host of “The Paul Finebaum Show” and as a commentator on “SEC Nation.” He also contributes to several other ESPN shows including “Get Up,” “First Take,” “SportsCenter” and “College Football Live.”
Former Memphian Finebaum extends contract with ESPN
Raised in Memphis and a graduate of White Station High and the University of Tennessee, Finebaum launched “The Paul Finebaum Show” on ESPN Radio in 2013. From 2001-12, he hosted the Paul Finebaum Radio Network.
Finebaum previously spent decades as a columnist and investigative reporter in Alabama, working for the Birmingham Post-Herald and the Mobile Press-Register.
As Memphis prepares to play host to North Alabama on Saturday, Aug. 31, Tennessee opens at home against Chattanooga, and Ole Miss is in Oxford against Furman.
Let’s kick things off with Finebaum:
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Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
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