In a major deal, Fox Sports is linking up with the digital media company Barstool Sports and its founder Dave Portnoy, in what Portnoy calls a “wide-ranging” deal. Portnoy hosted an “emergency press conference” Thursday (he usually hosts them when discussing news about himself or his company), revealing that Barstool would be teaming with Fox on the effort, while pushing …
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Fox Sports is nearing completion of a major deal with Barstool Sports, sources briefed on the deal confirmed to The Athletic. The agreement would call for the company’s founder, Dave Portnoy, to become a regular on Fox’s premier Saturday college football pregame show, “Big Noon Kickoff.” On weekdays, Portnoy and top personalities, like Portnoy and Dan (Big Cat) Katz, would …
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Fox Sports is nearing a deal with Dave Portnoy and Barstool Sports that would bring Barstool content to FS1, according to a report from Ryan Glasspiegel of Front Office Sports. News of an imminent deal between Barstool and Fox Sports comes days after the network announced wide-sweeping changes to FS1 programming. A deal has yet to be finalized. As part …
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The Barstool Sports pirate ship looks like it might be docking at Fox Sports. The network is “trending” in the direction of a partnership with Dave Portnoy and his media website, though no deal is done, a source confirmed to The Post. Fox Sports declined comment on the matter while Portnoy wrote on X, “These are nothing more than rumors …
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