The “Mean Girls” are done at Barstool Sports just one week after they joked about not being a part of the company’s recent layoffs. Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy revealed on Tuesday that he decided not to renew the contracts for Alex Bennett and Jordyn Woodruff, who host the “Mean Girls” podcast, after a series … Read more
There may be a bit of an unusual method to the madness in how Barstool Sports has been getting its viral content up on social media faster than other media companies have been able to. According to a report from The Daily Beast, the popular sports entertainment media brand has been using burner accounts in … Read more
Dave Portnoy has become enraptured with Belarusian tennis star Aryna Sabalenka’s game and quickly morphed into her biggest cheerleader. The Barstool founder had front-row seats on the baseline for a Sabalenka match this past Monday and has been brashly and publicly betting on her ever since. The attention did not go unrequited, as Sabalenka direct-messaged … Read more
Dragon Pizza appears to be doing just fine after Dave Portnoy hit the small business in Somerville, Massachusetts, with a lowly 6.4 rating out of 10. The Barstool Sports founder, who reviewed the pizza place on his “One Bite” series last week, got into a screaming match with the unnamed owner while filming the segment … Read more
It must be an acquired taste. A day after Barstool Sports CEO Dave Portnoy got into a heated altercation with the owner of Dragon Pizza in Somerville, Massachusetts, the pizzeria was packed with seemingly satisfied customers. One customer even disagreed with Portnoy’s review, giving his piece — a maple bacon slice — a much higher … Read more
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy got into a shouting match with the owner of a pizza joint who was angered that the loudmouth mogul was giving his restaurant a negative review. The 46-year-old Portnoy was in the middle of one of his customary pizza reviews that he offers to his legion of sports bro fans … Read more
There appears to be bad blood between Barstool Sports and the Colorado Buffaloes. Barstool Sports founder, Dave Portnoy – who bought back the company from PENN Entertainment for $1 earlier this month — took to Twitter on Wednesday and claimed Colorado told him to not bother showing up at its home opener against Nebraska on … Read more
Barstool Sports will lay off nearly 25 percent of its employees, which will result in around 100 lost jobs on Thursday, The Post has learned. Barstool founder Dave Portnoy has publicly stated the cuts were coming after he regained control of the company following its breakup with Penn Entertainment. Barstool has around 430 employees. It … Read more
Big changes are underway at Barstool Sports. Dave Portnoy admitted this week on Barstool Radio that layoffs are underway at his company. The payroll reductions come just weeks after he bought back Barstool Sports for $1 in a deal with Penn Entertainment. “I’ve been very clear. Anybody that’s paid attention, we are going to have layoffs … Read more
Dave Portnoy has a new enemy, the Savannah Bananas. The Barstool Sports founder — who bought back the company from Penn Entertainment for $1 earlier this month — ignited a war with the exhibition baseball team based in Savannah, Ga. “I’m so f–king sick of the Savanah Bananas,” Portnoy tweeted on Monday. In a response … Read more
Dave Portnoy is back — and he made sure his employees heard about it. One day after finalizing a deal to re-acquire Barstool Sports from Penn Entertainment, Portnoy arrived at Barstool’s headquarters in New York to a mostly empty office and quickly launched into a profanity-laden rant. In a blog post titled, “How F–king Brain … Read more
Dave Portnoy is back in the media spotlight and loving every minute of it. Following the deal to buy back Barstool Sports, he celebrated the occasion by appearing to purchase a horse. “I bought myself a present tonight. Goodnight,” Portnoy wrote on Twitter. The tweet was accompanied by a photo and a video of a … Read more
Dave Portnoy is once again the owner of Barstool Sports. Penn Entertainment announced Tuesday that it is divesting the company back to Portnoy, who founded Barstool in 2003. In its release, Penn said it sold “100%” of Barstool to Portnoy “in exchange for certain non-compete and other restrictive covenants” and the “right to receive 50% … Read more
El Pres delivered a verbal smackdown to those who ripped the attire he wore to a recent wedding. Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports who calls himself “El Presidente,” addressed “a–hole” critics on Sunday in a social media video that featured the outfit in question: a white shirt slightly unbuttoned at the chest worn … Read more
Get plugged in on the latest in sports media Sign up for Andrew Marchand’s Sports Clicker, a weekly Sports+ exclusive. Andrew Marchand is off this week, so New York Post media reporter Ryan Glasspiegel is pinch-hitting. Andrew will return to his regular spot in the Sports+ lineup next Monday. As we barrel toward football season, … Read more
Dave Portnoy said he was unprepared to talk about cricket on Tuesday — but then he went on a tirade for the ages. Speaking during an appearance on “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” Portnoy debated with former cricket star David “Bumble” Lloyd about the merits of the sport, launching an aggressive diatribe regarding his lack of knowledge and … Read more
Dave Portnoy is clearing the air on Barstool Sports after making a series of headlines over the past month. On Wednesday, Portnoy announced he was bringing back former Barstool talent Ben Mintz – whose firing in May was allegedly urged by parent company Penn Entertainment after Mintz accidentally uttered a racial slur while rapping along … Read more
Dave Portnoy has once again provided Ben Mintz with gainful employment, but the twist is that Mintz is not returning to Barstool Sports after getting fired earlier this month for rapping a racial slur on a live stream. Instead, Portnoy hired Mintz as a pitchman for Brick Watch, the watch company that Portnoy launched outside … Read more
Dave Portnoy and Barstool Sports have been inextricable since the company’s founding, but that may or may not be the case in the long run. In an appearance on “The Kirk Minihane Show” earlier this week, Portnoy revealed that his contract is up in 20 months and that he’s not sure if he will reach … Read more
Just call him the phone collector. In a video on Monday, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy, 46, took to Twitter to blast a man who appeared to be talking on speakerphone in the airport near him. “So, I’m flying commercial because Elio bankrupted me and I gotta be honest, I don’t get people like this,” … Read more