One week after one of ESPN’s most recognizable college football commentators, Paul Finebaum, announced he was mulling a run for the U.S. Senate as a Republican in Alabama, conservative sports commentator Clay Travis reported that Finebaum had missed several regular appearances on ESPN.

“Disney/ESPN has removed @finebaum from appearing on @ESPN,” Travis, the founder of sports website Outkick, reported on X.

Very quickly, an ESPN communications staffer responded with a missive in all capital letters: “TOTALLY FALSE.”

Finebaum’s interview with Travis last week sent ripples through ESPN. Not only did he express an interest in running for office, spurred in large part by the killing of Charlie Kirk, but Finebaum accused ESPN of preventing him from interviewing Donald Trump on his show in 201

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