“Shane From Centerpoint” leaves us

[Chechem]

Last night, around 7:30pm, Shane Corn lost his battle with lung cancer.

Better known as “Shane from Centerpoint,” and a regular caller to the Paul Finebaum Show, Shane personified what so many Auburn fans hated about Alabama.

And he wouldn’t have had it any other way.

For years Shane was a daily caller to the show, one of the most successful in sports talkshow history. Paul Finebaum’s show is about the callers, and Shane was a cornerstone to the foundation that made Paul’s show so successful.

In a sense, Shane was a trailblazer, clearing the path for the nutjobs who would later call in and make a name for themselves. Names like:

• Phyllis from Mulga
• B.O.B.
• Jim from Tuscaloosa
• Charles from Reeltown
• I-man
• Tammy

…and the list goes on and on.

Not familiar with the show? Well think back to the glory days of 1980′s professional wrestling, when the Macho Man Randy Savage was facing off against Jake the Snake Roberts, following Andre the Giant’s match with Hacksaw Jim Duggan. The WWF didn’t produce characters as unique as the ones that appear on Paul Finebaum’s show.

And of that bunch, Shane from Centerpoint was Hulk Hogan...

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[Chechem]

"Roll Tide."

[BAMAWV]

Roll Tide!

[MLB10]

don't listen to finebaum but my sister told me about him having cancer just yesterday.  sad news..  prayers with the family.

[Leroy]

Roll Tide Shane!

 

[Coach Hank Crisp]

RIP and RTR! For Shane from Centerpoint!

[pmull]

There is no telling how many of Shane's calls I have listened to over the years. Weither you agreed with his calls or not you could not question his love for the Crimson Tide.

RIP Shane. 

[ricky023]

Our Prayers are with the family. Shane has made his trip and now we wait our turn. May God Bless and strengthen his family. God Bless!

[Marshal Dillon]

The caller he is referring to is Bobby from Homewood. Shane used to needle him, since Bobby was a huge Auburn fan and was always calling Paul to rip Alabama about every little thing, but Shane would fire back and make Bobby look foolish on several occassions. Booby called Finebaum after hearing Shane had lung cancer and said he hoped Shane suffered and he was glad to hear that Shane had cancer. It was an unbelievable call.

 



Shane was a sports blogger before blogging existed. He was persistant in his passion for Crimson Tide football as well as his belief that anything orange was evil. So persistant was he that he proved his point last summer, when a rival Auburn caller made an ass of himself on the open airwaves, relishing in Shane’s recent grim diagnosis. The caller’s subsequent, and eventual ban from the show could not have been a more perfect illustration of Shane’s point. And the caller in question is now a bigger joke than he ever painted Shane out to be.

[Coach Hank Crisp]

The caller he is referring to is Bobby from Homewood. Shane used to needle him, since Bobby was a huge Auburn fan and was always calling Paul to rip Alabama about every little thing, but Shane would fire back and make Booby look foolish on several occassions. Booby called Finebaum after hearing Shane had lung cancer and said he hoped Shane suffered and he was glad to hear that Shane had cancer. It was an unbelievable call.

 



Shane was a sports blogger before blogging existed. He was persistant in his passion for Crimson Tide football as well as his belief that anything orange was evil. So persistant was he that he proved his point last summer, when a rival Auburn caller made an ass of himself on the open airwaves, relishing in Shane’s recent grim diagnosis. The caller’s subsequent, and eventual ban from the show could not have been a more perfect illustration of Shane’s point. And the caller in question is now a bigger joke than he ever painted Shane out to be.

Booby called Finebaum after hearing Shane had lung cancer and said he hoped Shane suffered and he was glad to hear that Shane had cancer. It was an unbelievable call.

I heard that call. Story started around 20 years ago.

PF had Bobby from Homewood and Shane from Centerpoint come to Beacon Parkway studio as Alabama A'burn guess host togehter. A fight broke out on the air after some words were said.

Shane always got the best of Bobby.

Bobby called in August and wished Shane suffered with the cancer. Shane had cancer for almost the whole past year.
Unbelievable! I couldn't imagine any person saying it.

[CrimsonCrusader]

Roll Tide Shane

[Marshal Dillon]

Supposedly, Bobby owns a restaurant in Homewood. Does anyone know which restaurant?



 

[Coach Hank Crisp]

Supposedly, Bobby owns a restaurant in Homewood. Does anyone know which restaurant?



 

I don't know if he owns a restaurant or not. I thought he worked as outside sales rep calling on customers.

Mainly he was always headed to Atlanta for a Dave Matthews Band concert!!

Use to brag on visiting the A'burn athletic complex and talking about being in their weight rooms and all the jerseys they had mounted on the wall like trophys.

I still hear him call on the round table, not every often thought.

Maybe he owns a business like you said.

His comments to Shane in late summer would have killed his own business!

[cbbama99]

RTR, Shane. I may not have always agreed with every point you had, but you are a fellow brother in the Bama Nation, and I hope even more a brother in Christ.  

[Jamos]

RIP Shane. 

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