Dave Portnoy and Kirk Minihane

By Ben Axelrod on 09/18/202509/18/2025

Barstool Sports host Kirk Minihane slammed Dave Portnoy and the ‘extreme right’ over their reaction to ABC preempting ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live.’

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