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Dave Portnoy and FOX Sports Want Different Things From Wake Up Barstool
"The pirate ship may have found a home in traditional sports television, but that doesn’t mean it’s willing to follow the rules of the harbor."
Dave Portnoy: FOX Sports Executives Suggest More Dallas Cowboys Content On Wake Up Barstool
"A direct quote. You can never have enough Cowboys talk and never enough LeBron talk. [I] swear to God."
Why The Barstool Sports and Big Noon Kickoff Experiment Was Worth The Risk
"The partnership itself shouldn't be viewed as a failure. It was different. It generated attention, created conversation, reached audiences in ways traditional television has struggled to reach them and, for a time, it worked."
Barstool Sports’ Brandon Walker Defends Appearance on the Rich Eisen Show: “I Didn’t Know” Eisen Was With ESPN
"I never thought about it. I never considered it was ESPN, and didn't know it was ESPN until they tweeted the clip out. I had no idea Eisen was on ESPN, and was just on the Eisen show."
Dave Portnoy: Tony Romo “Will Never” Get His Top Analyst Role Back Following OWI Arrest
"This decision was made within 0.2 seconds of this incident happening. They were clearly looking for an out, and Romo let him through the door."
Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy: Tom Brady Has An Agenda Against the New England Patriots
"Thank you for your Super Bowls — you’re just a guy. Go play your flag football game and go be in a million different ads. I don’t need you in my life anymore, and you don’t need us."
T-Bob Hebert Details How Creative Culture Is Fueling ‘Wake up Barstool’ for Growth on FS1
"My first success metric is am I proud of what we just did? That’s something that can bounce from day to day, but the goal is to have fun and a good time."
Dave Portnoy Tells NFL on FOX Analyst Greg Olsen His “Stock Is Rising” Following Criticism of Tony Romo
"There’s a guy on the other network, he looks like he’s on drugs or something when he’s calling games."
Are Bad Beats Morphing Into a Bad Trend for Some in Sports Media?
"When outrage becomes a content strategy and hyperbole becomes a personality trait, creators can unintentionally incite harassment, pile-ons, and even threats toward the people they target"
Barstool Sports Founder Dave Portnoy Apologizes for “Murder” Rant Towards Las Vegas Raiders’ Head Coach Pete Carroll
"Anybody who thought I was actually calling for him to be murdered and killed so he couldn't breathe… you misread this situation, and I apologize"