Tag: Paul Finebaum

"I'm used to working 18 hours a day to just [being] bedridden. Everybody else was busy, and I felt like nobody had time for me. But you somehow seemed like you did. I don't think if it wasn't for your show, I wouldn't have been alive today. That's facts."

"Nothing beats the energy of tailgaters pregaming while watching the early games. I’m gonna mooch so much smoked meat. And on live television!"

"Everybody always wanted to go to the networks. Everybody wanted to work at WFAN. I still do."

"I, somehow, have been able to survive and adapt. My career is full of different chapters. Every one of those chapters, I never really knew if I’d make it out of it."

"Our 2026 recipient was creating multiplatform impact before the term even existed."

"A lot of awards are awesome and it’s great to get recognition. It’s even more special when it comes from people who know how hard it is to do morning radio."

"A total of 90 shows were eligible for voting consideration in the National Sports Radio Shows category."

"The contrast with Finebaum isn’t subtle, and neither is the message sent to the rest of the ESPN roster. Some voices get guardrails. Others get carte blanche. That approach may make business sense in the short term, but it erodes internal trust and external clarity."

"I had several very prominent people -- including two senators, sitting senators -- tell me, 'That's your path.'"

"Paul Finebaum is less glitz and more grit, less show biz and more straight talk, less frills and more facts."