Paul Bissonnette is used to having to fight guys on the ice, but over the weekend the former NHLer and Barstool Sports personality found himself having to throw down in a Scottsdale, Arizona restaurant. Bissonnette, who also serves as a studio analyst for TNT’s NHL coverage, was assaulted by six men on Sunday night at … Read more
One NFL podcaster is learning what it’s like to be on the wrong side of the Swifties. Cam Stewart, one of the hosts of SportsGrid’s “Drew and Stew Podcast” made a poor attempt at a joke that Taylor Swift fans didn’t take kindly to while talking about the legitimacy of the Chiefs’ 9-0 record on … Read more
Dave Portnoy is not going to lose sleep over Dan Rapaport leaving Barstool Sports. Rapaport announced Thursday that he was leaving the outlet, and Portnoy reacted to the news on the “Unnamed Show” with co-hosts Kirk Minihane and Ryan Whitney. Minihane asked Portnoy about comments Rapaport, who joined Barstool two years ago from Golf Digest, … Read more
Eric Stonestreet isn’t as nice as he appears to be on TV, according to podcaster Taylor Strecker. Strecker, 41, appeared on “Summer House” star Paige DeSorbo’s Amazon Live last month and called out the “Modern Family” actor when she was asked to name the “worst guest” she ever had on her podcast, “Taste of Taylor.” … Read more
One of Australia’s top podcasters has recalled the mortifying moment when airport security found a sex toy among her luggage. Laura Henshaw, known for co-hosting the popular KICPod podcast, revealed to listeners and her Instagram followers that she was stopped at a security checkpoint while traveling as security guards believed she had a “mouse” in … Read more
YNG Cheese, a Philadelphia rapper and son of popular Barstool Sports podcaster Gillie Da Kid, was killed in a triple-shooting on Thursday night. He was 25. Philadelphia police told NBC 10 that the shooting occurred in the Olney neighborhood of the city at 8:24 p.m. ET. A 31-year-old man and a 28-year-old man were also … Read more
A podcaster covering the Big 12 is paying the price for his handling of West Virginia coach Bob Huggins’ use of an anti-gay slur on a Cincinnati radio show. Huggins referred to Xavier fans as “Catholic f–s” during an interview with Bill Cunningham on WLW in Cincinnati on Monday. Josh Neighbors, the host of the … Read more
Dr. Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, an associate history professor at The New School, is accusing the team behind a popular Hulu limited series of using exclusive reporting from her Spotify podcast without citation or payment. In an interview with The New York Times published Friday, Petrzela explained that she believes that content from her podcast, “Welcome … Read more