Report reveals which way ESPN’s Paul Finebaum is leaning on Senate run, timeline for career decision
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While there is certainly still plenty to discuss when it comes to the 2025 college football season, one of the sport’s leading voices is already contemplating a post-season move into another line of work.
According to reports by Front Office Sports, ESPN’s Paul Finebaum is considering a shift into the political sphere to make a run at a U.S. Senate position as a Republican in Alabama.
Finebaum is reportedly “very close” to leaving ESPN, with sources believing that the “Mouth of the South” is waiting until after the current college football season to make a final decision.
The radio host and analyst had previously spoken with OutKick’s Clay Travis regarding the idea. The conversation occurred following the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk in September, which affected Finebaum deeply.
“One or two people in Washington had reached out to me about whether I would be interested in politics, something I never thought about before. Something I didn’t really think possible,” he told Travis. “I gave some thought to it as the weekend [after Kirk’s murder] unfolded and got a little bit more interested.”
Current U.S. Senator and former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville is making a run for the Governor position in Alabama, thus presenting an opportunity for Finebaum to step in and become another sports-related figure to head up politics in the state.
Parker is currently the sports editor for the Enterprise-Journal in McComb, Mississippi. He's a graduate from Mizzou who has experience covering the Tiger football and basketball beats for SB Nation, and he's worked for a variety of sports news outlets in the past.
