Overview

• OutKick’s Clay Travis reported that Disney/ESPN canceled Finebaum’s flagship ESPN appearances after his interview discussing a possible Republican Senate bid.
• ESPN communications vice president Bill Hofheimer publicly rejected the report as "TOTALLY FALSE" on X.
• Recent schedules showed Finebaum absent from SportsCenter, Get Up, and First Take, while he continued hosting his SEC Network show and appeared on SEC Nation.
• Multiple outlets reported he is booked for First Take on Tuesday and a later SportsCenter hit, indicating he was not fully barred from ESPN air.
• The episode has intensified scrutiny of ESPN’s rules on talent and politics, with comparisons to Stephen A. Smith’s public political flirtations.