One college football program could be employing one of the biggest faces in sports media. Akron, which is running a sweepstakes that will allow one season ticket holder to help create first-series plays for the team’s home opener, announced 10 finalists for the job — and one of them happens to be Barstool Sports’ Dan … Read more
A goose egg for Team Barstool. Led by a painful performance from former NHL player Ryan Whitney, Barstool employees scored a zero in “Celebrity Family Feud” on Thursday. The team, made up of Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy, Ryan Whitney, Rico Bosco, Kirk Minihane, Jersey Jerry and Stu Feiner, took on Mavericks star Cooper Flagg … Read more
Before Pat McAfee was a media superstar, he was a Barstool Sports personality with a chip on his shoulder at Dave Portnoy’s outlet. McAfee inked with Portnoy’s Barstool immediately after early retirement from the NFL in 2017, and roughly 18 months later, things had soured and McAfee departed after “feeling disrespected,” though Portnoy is calling … Read more
For nearly two decades Dave Portnoy made his life and his company, Barstool Sports, into an online reality show of sorts — oversharing everything from office friction to his own dating life. Now he’s written a memoir. With so much already out there, why go through the trouble? “Ego,” Portnoy humbly told me. “The thought of … Read more
Barstool Sports personality Evan “Big Ev” McDowell finally revealed on Wednesday why he suddenly disappeared from the popular media outlet earlier this year. “I’m a gambling addict,” he said. “And it just got way out of control.” Life Update: Went to rehab to get treatment. Truly sorry for any negativity I caused. Thank you to … Read more
Looks like Dave Portnoy has a lot on his hands. In a series of X posts Wednesday, Portnoy revealed that some of his Barstool Sports staff were involved in a car crash while driving on the wrong side of the road in the United Kingdom. Portnoy, the Barstool founder and owner, posted a photo of … Read more
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Pro golfer Kevin Kisner is officially joining Barstool Sports’ “Fore Play” podcast as a full-time member. The four-time PGA Tour winner has been splitting his time between serving as a lead golf analyst on NBC and playing for the Jupiter Links Golf Club in the TGL indoor league. Kisner joins … Read more
New video shows the vile moment a Mississippi college student smirked after he was confronted for hurling antisemitic slurs at Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy as he was filming one of his famous pizza reviews. The hate-filled heckler, identified by cops as 20-year-old Patrick McClintock, was caught on camera bombarding Portnoy and screaming “F–k the … Read more
Cody “Beef” Franke, a popular golf influencer for Barstool Sports, is dead at 31 after a “sudden medical issue.” Franke had started at Barstool in January and was a member of their ForePlay team that specializes in golf content. “We are beyond devastated to announce that our good friend and cherished Barstool Sports colleague, Cody ‘Beef’ Franke, … Read more
Dave Portnoy and Dan “Big Cat” Katz turned down an eight-figure payday. Katz, the “Pardon My Take” co-host Dan “Big Cat” Katz revealed that the duo turned down an offer of $10 million to attend an unspecified boxing match in Saudi Arabia. “By the way, I’m not judging this one either, because Dave and I … Read more
Don’t twist Kirk Herbstreit’s words. The ESPN college football analyst was caught on a hot mic at the start of the fourth quarter of TCU’s 48-14 beatdown of North Carolina saying, “You’re bad,” while letting out a loud groan. Herbstreit’s comment raised some eyebrows during an otherwise boring game in Bill Belichick’s Tar Heels coaching … Read more
Dave Portnoy took another shot at ESPN on Thursday. The Barstool Sports founder wrote on X that the network “is officially Barstool Jr.” after announcing a new partnership with “Bussin’ With the Boys” hosts and former Barstool podcasters Taylor Lewan and Will Compton. Portnoy later doubled down, clarifying that he has no problem with ESPN’s … Read more
The Barstool Sports pirate ship looks like it might be docking at Fox Sports. The network is “trending” in the direction of a partnership with Dave Portnoy and his media website, though no deal is done, a source confirmed to The Post. Fox Sports declined comment on the matter while Portnoy wrote on X, “These … Read more
It was the mile cry club. A Delta passenger has been ripped up and down online after griping about a baby throwing a screaming fit on a plane. He detailed the meltdown in a video with more than 15 million views on X. The clip shows Pat McAuliffe, a contributor for Barstool Sports, grimacing in … Read more
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy was on the receiving end of an antisemitic comment as he filmed a pizza review in Toronto. Portnoy, doing a review at Terrazza for his ever-famous “One Bite” reviews that was posted Monday, was outside the shop with a box containing a pizza pie as someone off camera went by … Read more
One of the men accused of taking part in the antisemitic sign controversy that appeared at the Barstool Sports’ bar in Philadelphia spoke out Tuesday in the latest twist in the ordeal. A sign that read “f— the Jews” was spotted at the bar in a video that went viral across social media over the weekend. Dave … Read more
Dave Portnoy said a local ABC news affiliate tried to “bait and switch” him during an interview about the incident involving an antisemitic sign at his Barstool Sansom Street bar in Philadelphia on Saturday. In a video posted to his social media on Monday, the Barstool Sports founder included a partial recording of the interview, … Read more
Dave Portnoy said he was trying to make this a learning experience rather than “f–king burn” the people who ordered the disgusting sign that had an anti-Semitic message on it at one of Barstool’s bars in Philadelphia. Portnoy had addressed the issue in an angry video posted to social media, but just hours later, the … Read more
A Barstool Sports bar in Philadelphia was thrust into the spotlight on Sunday as bottle-services waitresses held up a sign that read “f—k the Jews.” The video was posted on the Instagram account of Mo Khan and the video tagged Mike Wade. It showed the sign lit up with several other men and women partying without … Read more
Dave Portnoy is apologizing on behalf of Barstool Sports. During an interview with Tom Llamas of NBC News on Thursday, Portnoy apologized to Mary Kate Cornett for Barstool Sports employees posting about the untrue viral rumor that the Ole Miss student had been sleeping with her boyfriend’s father. “I would apologize,” Portnoy told Llamas after … Read more