Erika Ayers leaving her Barstool Sports CEO job

Erika Ayers leaving her Barstool Sports CEO job

A new era is looming at Barstool Sports. The Post has learned that Erika Ayers is leaving her role as CEO. Ayers (nee Nardini), 48, began at Barstool in 2016, shortly after it was acquired by The Chernin Group for $15 million, leading the company through enormous personnel, revenue and relevance expansion that saw it … Read more

What Barstool CEO Erika Ayers sees behind the brand’s growth and where its future is, with or without Dave Portnoy

What Barstool CEO Erika Ayers sees behind the brand’s growth and where its future is, with or without Dave Portnoy

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

Barstool Sports’ Ben Mintz made an awful mistake but he shouldn’t be fired

Barstool Sports’ Ben Mintz made an awful mistake but he shouldn’t be fired

He’s gone.  Ben “Mintzy” Mintz is no longer employed by Barstool Sports. And our national nightmare is over, right? If you don’t know the name, Mintz is a Barstool Sports personality who, though sober, could be a plausible stand-in for John Blutarsky in an “Animal House” remake. He’s a goofy but endearing overgrown Southern frat … Read more