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Portnoy calls Pizza Hut's temporary 'Hut' branding for the 2026 NFL season a 'brilliant move' and suggests the chain spend advertising dollars with Barstool Sports during football season, pitching Barstool as a media partner to amplify the campaign as Pizza Hut drops 'Pizza' from its name for 25 weeks.
Dave Portnoy blasted Dan Orlovsky for praising Pat McAfee’s autotuned country album as “good good,” calling Orlovsky the “biggest joke” of the whole venture and saying that praise will follow him. The remarks come amid a broader backlash to McAfee’s musical project and highlight the tension between ESPN colleagues, Barstool’s brand, and the reception of the album.
Dave Portnoy slammed Dan Orlovsky for calling Pat McAfee's autotuned album 'good good,' saying the praise makes Orlovsky 'the biggest joke' and will follow him forever; the piece notes McAfee's move from NFL punter to media figure and musician has drawn mixed reviews, with some ESPN colleagues offering support while Portnoy remains unimpressed.
Alex Cooper pushed back on Dave Portnoy’s bombshell memoir claim that she and Sofia Franklyn planned to fake sexual-harassment allegations to exit Barstool Sports, telling CNBC that Portnoy has his version and she has hers and that she’s not seeking drama. She notes Portnoy helped launch her career, but she hasn’t read his memoir yet. Meanwhile, Cooper left Barstool in 2021 for a Spotify deal and moved to SiriusXM in 2024; Franklyn is set to address their fallout in a forthcoming memoir.
Barstool Sports’ on-air team, led by Dave Portnoy, went scoreless on Celebrity Family Feud against Cooper Flagg and his family, who routed them by 543 points. A viral moment came when Portnoy offered a crude answer to a prompt, and Ryan Whitney froze on a buzzer, prompting memes from Barstool’s social accounts and prompting Harvey to apologize to Flagg’s mom.
Barstool founder Dave Portnoy criticized Tom Brady’s post‑NFL public image as cringey and beneath his iconic status, citing Brady’s Fanatics Fest appearance and a staged confrontation with Logan Paul as examples of influencer-style moments that Portnoy says are eroding Brady’s legacy. Portnoy and his co‑host Brandon Walker argued Brady is chasing attention and should distance himself from such theatrics and from Michael Rubin to avoid “lame‑ifying” his legacy.
Dave Portnoy claims in his memoir Cancel Me If You Can that Alex Cooper and Sofia Franklyn plotted to exit Barstool Sports by fabricating sexual-harassment claims after meeting Logan Paul in 2019, pushing for huge pay, IP ownership, and merch control while their Call Her Daddy podcast stalled as leverage. Cooper later secured major deals with SiriusXM, while Franklyn left the show in 2020 and plans to publish a memoir about the fallout.
In a Wall Street Journal profile accompanying his upcoming memoir, Dave Portnoy claims that Call Her Daddy hosts Alex Cooper and Sofia Franklyn planned to accuse Barstool of sexual harassment to get out of their contracts, saying they were willing to burn bridges to advance. The piece revisits their 2020–21 split over IP and the paths each took afterward (Cooper to Spotify, Franklyn leaving Barstool), with Portnoy’s memoir 'Cancel Me If You Can' due June 30.
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy discusses his new memoir Cancel Me If You Can, detailing his rise from a Boston newspaper to a digital empire, the infamous feud with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, and tensions with Barstool stars Dan Katz and PFT, while hinting at a possible thaw with Goodell and envisioning a Bradley Cooper–led movie adaptation.
A resurfaced 2020 Barstool Family Feud clip shows Dianna Russini joking that she would close her eyes during sex with her husband on a video call with Patriots coach Mike Vrabel, fueling ongoing romance rumors between them amid related photos and recent coverage.
NBC lead golf analyst Kevin Kisner apologized on Barstool’s Fore Play for publicly criticizing CBS’s Masters coverage, saying he crossed the line and acknowledging how tough live production is; he complained CBS aired too many tape-delayed shots, while stressing CBS is a PGA Tour partner and NBC aims to do its best.
In a Spittin Chiclets interview, Brock Lesnar says none of his championships or accolades matter to him and that his kids Duke, Turk, and daughter Mya are his true legacy; he describes himself as a private person beyond his on-screen persona, embraces being a hockey dad, and notes WrestleMania plans and retirement rumors while mentioning a 2025 WWE contract renewal.
Sofia Franklyn, the former co-host of Call Her Daddy, is releasing a memoir titled Daddy Issues (due Nov. 10) that dives into the public fallout from her split with Alex Cooper and Barstool founder Dave Portnoy, her emotional and professional reinvention, and how she intends to tell her story on her own terms with a cover and narrative meant to go beyond online narratives.
Barstool Sports host Dan “Big Cat” Katz criticized the Golden Globes’ new Best Podcast award after his show Pardon My Take was snubbed despite being shortlisted; he called the process a joke and claimed voting was rigged, noting PMT did not receive a nomination while Good Hang with Amy Poehler won the award.
Cody ‘Beef’ Franke, a 31-year-old golf influencer and host associated with Barstool Sports, died suddenly in the Dominican Republic due to a medical issue while attending a wedding, as confirmed by Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy.