About Paul M. Banks

Paul M. Banks is the Owner of The Sports Bank LLC and the Publisher and Founding Editor of TheSportsBank.net. With 18 years of professional media experience, he contributes to USA Today Sports Media Group’s NFL Wires and RG. Paul has covered major events onsite, including the College Football Playoff, National Championship, Rose Bowl, Cotton Bowl, and Fiesta Bowl.

He’s also been front and center at the Final Four, World Series, Stanley Cup, and NBA Playoffs. Over his career, Paul has secured exclusive interviews with sports legends like Alex Morgan, Dan Marino, Scottie Pippen, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Deion Sanders, and Christian Pulisic. His writing has appeared in prestigious outlets such as the New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Yahoo, MSN, FOX Sports, and Sports Illustrated.

Paul is also an author of two books: Transatlantic Passage: How the English Premier League Redefined Soccer in America and No, I Can’t Get You Free Tickets: Lessons Learned From a Life in Sports Media, which is used as a textbook in journalism courses at the State University of New York-Oneonta.

He frequently appears on live radio and television, with regular spots on NTD News, WGN-TV, CCTV, ESPN Radio, the History Channel, SiriusXM, and CBS Sports Radio. Notably, former President Barack Obama follows him on social media.

Paul holds a Fulbright fellowship in Media Studies and an MBA with a marketing focus from Loyola University Chicago. He also has certifications in SEO, AI, ChatGPT, and IP Routing. While English is his only official language, Paul is fluent in corporate buzzwords, coachespeak, press conference jargon, athlete clichés, and tech babble—plus he studied Spanish for four years.