Ed Mintz, a mathematician who created an exit polling system for films called CinemaScore, which asks people leaving theaters on opening nights to grade the movies they have just seen — a precursor of the website Rotten Tomatoes, which aggregates and scores critics’ opinions — died on Feb. 6 in Las Vegas. He was 83. … 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
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
It certainly seems there is trouble in paradise at Barstool Sports. One day after Barstool’s parent company, gambling conglomerate Penn National, demanded that the media company fire personality Ben Mintz after he uttered a racial slur while rapping along to song lyrics on a live stream, owner Dave Portnoy tweeted an image of Penn’s stock … Read more
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy saw the backlash coming. Portnoy took to Twitter and explained why the firing of Barstool personality Ben Mintz — of the “Wake Up Mintzy” show — could be a “death blow” to the brand’s reputation. Mintz was fired from the company, which is owned by Penn Entertainment, on Wednesday after … Read more
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy announced Wednesday that popular host Ben Mintz was fired from the company after saying a racial slur while reading rap lyrics on a livestream earlier this week. Portnoy said the decision was made by Barstool’s parent company, Penn Entertainment, despite protestations from himself, Barstool CEO Erika Nardini and longtime talent … Read more