Paul Finebaum — a longtime sports talk radio host known by many as the leading sports authority in the South and the “Voice of the SEC’’ — joined ESPN in August 2013 as host of the The Paul Finebaum Show. The four-hour daily program, heard on 92.1 The Ticket and the 92.1 The Ticket app Monday – Friday from 2 – 6 p.m.

In addition to hosting The Paul Finebaum Show, he is a commentator on SEC Nation and appears on a variety of other ESPN platforms, including First Take, Get Up, SportsCenter, College Football Live and more.

Prior to joining ESPN, Finebaum served as host of 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 numerous honors for his work. In January 2020, Finebaum was announced as the recipient of the 2020 Mel Allen Media Award, given to honor media members who have made a lifetime contribution to sports through their work. He is noted as a University of Tennessee Accomplished Alumni, having been given the award in October 2013. He was also recently inducted into the Hall of Fame for The University of Alabama College of Communication & Information Science.

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.