ESPN VP Breaks Silence After Disney Reportedly Removes Paul Finebaum Over Political Involvement Clay Travis claims ESPN pulled a longtime analyst from network appearances, but the network's official r

The sports media world got a jolt Monday when OutKick’s Clay Travis dropped a bombshell on social media, c laiming ESPN had quietly removed Paul Finebaum from all network appearances. This happened after the longtime SEC analyst expressed interest in running for U.S. Senate in Alabama. Travis didn’t hold back, stating that “Disney/ESPN has removed @finebaum from appearing on @ESPN since his @outkick interview expressing interest in running as a Republican for senate in Alabama” and that the network “has canceled all network appearances on all shows, including some that have occurred for a decade plus.”

But as soon as the tweet started to garner attention, a swift denial entered by ESPN’s Bill Hofheimer, the network’s VP of public relations. Bill wasted no time in shutting down the repor