{"id":105306,"date":"2025-09-30T17:09:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T21:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306"},"modified":"2025-09-30T17:09:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T21:09:31","slug":"espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306","title":{"rendered":"ESPN star Paul Finebaum recalls leaning on Tim Tebow following Charlie Kirk’s assassination"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

ESPN college football analyst Paul Finebaum opened up about how the Charlie Kirk<\/a> assassination affected him personally and that he leaned on Tim Tebow for some support.<\/p>\n

Finebaum spoke to OutKick founder Clay Travis<\/a> and revealed that Kirk\u2019s killing jarred him a bit even though he had never met the 31-year-old conservative influencer in his life. On Sept. 10, Finebaum said he was “numb” while doing his radio show after learning about Kirk\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“I spent four hours numb talking about things that didn\u2019t matter to me. It kept building throughout that week and I didn\u2019t know Charlie Kirk. I never met him,” he said.<\/p>\n

Finebaum said he was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, preparing for an ESPN show when he pulled Tebow over to the side to chat with him about Kirk.<\/p>\n

He said the former Florida Gators<\/a> star asked if he was OK.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s hard to describe, not being involved in politics, how that affected me and affected tens of millions of people all over this country,” Finebaum said. “And it was an awakening and I went out and did the show that morning, but it still nagged at me and I couldn\u2019t get through it.<\/p>\n

ESPN STAR PAUL FINEBAUM SAYS NETWORK AXED POTENTIAL TRUMP INTERVIEW IN 2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Tebow was soothing to me because he told me a little bit about his relationship with Charlie Kirk. But I felt very empty doing what I was doing that day.”<\/p>\n

Finebaum said he believed he was affected by Kirk\u2019s assassination so much because of how many interactions he has with young people daily.<\/p>\n

“The senselessness but also what got me more than any other thing than the most obvious \u2013 losing his life \u2013 was his connection to young people,” he said. “I\u2019m on a college campus every week and I\u2019m always stupefied when young people come up and tell me they\u2019re fans. And usually they\u2019ll tell me, \u2018I had to be subjected to your show when my parents picked me up.\u2019 But I remember being that age when things affect you in other ways. We\u2019re adults. We\u2019re almost inoculated by tragedy, although not in this case. It was the young people that got to me.”<\/p>\n

Finebaum also talked about a potential U.S. Senate run and how ESPN nixed his potential interview with President Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0sports coverage on X<\/u><\/strong><\/i><\/a> and subscribe to<\/strong><\/i> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/u><\/strong><\/i><\/a>.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ESPN college football analyst Paul Finebaum opened up about how the Charlie Kirk assassination affected him personally and that he leaned on Tim Tebow for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-105306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nESPN star Paul Finebaum recalls leaning on Tim Tebow following Charlie Kirk's assassination - Wall Street PR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ESPN star Paul Finebaum recalls leaning on Tim Tebow following Charlie Kirk's assassination - Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ESPN college football analyst Paul Finebaum opened up about how the Charlie Kirk assassination affected him personally and that he leaned on Tim Tebow for […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-30T21:09:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"715\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"423\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\"},\"headline\":\"ESPN star Paul Finebaum recalls leaning on Tim Tebow following Charlie Kirk’s assassination\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-30T21:09:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306\"},\"wordCount\":443,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Market News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306\",\"name\":\"ESPN star Paul Finebaum recalls leaning on Tim Tebow following Charlie Kirk's assassination - Wall Street PR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-30T21:09:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ESPN star Paul Finebaum recalls leaning on Tim Tebow following Charlie Kirk’s assassination\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"description\":\"Latest News From WallStreet\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"width\":537,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"Wall Street PR\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ESPN star Paul Finebaum recalls leaning on Tim Tebow following Charlie Kirk's assassination - Wall Street PR","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ESPN star Paul Finebaum recalls leaning on Tim Tebow following Charlie Kirk's assassination - Wall Street PR","og_description":"ESPN college football analyst Paul Finebaum opened up about how the Charlie Kirk assassination affected him personally and that he leaned on Tim Tebow for […]","og_url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306","og_site_name":"Wall Street PR","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","article_published_time":"2025-09-30T21:09:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":715,"height":423,"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36"},"headline":"ESPN star Paul Finebaum recalls leaning on Tim Tebow following Charlie Kirk’s assassination","datePublished":"2025-09-30T21:09:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306"},"wordCount":443,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Market News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306","name":"ESPN star Paul Finebaum recalls leaning on Tim Tebow following Charlie Kirk's assassination - Wall Street PR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-09-30T21:09:31+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/espn-star-paul-finebaum-recalls-leaning-on-tim-tebow-following-charlie-kirks-assassination-105306#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ESPN star Paul Finebaum recalls leaning on Tim Tebow following Charlie Kirk’s assassination"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","name":"Wall Street PR","description":"Latest News From WallStreet","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization","name":"Wall Street PR","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","width":537,"height":70,"caption":"Wall Street PR"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105306"},{"taxonomy":"stock_ticker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stock_ticker?post=105306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}