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How Dave Portnoy and Barstool went mainstream

Dave Portnoy: ‘I should have never done a deal with ESPN’

"When we did the ESPN deal, they looked like they had a sour taste in their mouth every time they looked at me."

Dan ‘Big Cat’ Katz: FS1 deal ‘a lot different’ than ESPN ‘Barstool Van Talk’ in 2017

"We get to be Barstool."

Dave Portnoy prefers Barstool talent avoid appearances on Pat McAfee because of ESPN affiliation

It sure doesn't sound like Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy is a huge fan of Barstool personalities going on ESPN's shows.

Sports media exec: ‘Door is not closed’ on a Barstool television show

"The mindsets of networks and platforms have changed where they are intrigued."

Former CEO, ‘Pardon My Take’ hosts open up on challenges of working at Barstool Sports

"There's so much to be grateful and it provided so much and it enabled so many things, but in other ways it holds you back or it's with you."

Can Venu Sports overcome the checkered past of sports media joint ventures?

Sports media's history is littered with failed joint ventures. Will Venu Sports be the latest?

Ryen Russillo recalls how ‘Barstool Van Talk’ brought the worst out of ESPN

"Now it's every f***ing on-air guy going, 'what's going on with those guys? They're going to be doing something here? What's up?'"

Sam Ponder has unlikely ally in Dave Portnoy

"I’ve said this about Ponder, buried the axe, buried the hatchet; I have no champagne bottle for her."

PFT Commenter really wanted to bother ESPN in his ‘Pat McAfee Show’ appearance

“I'm very thankful that ESPN is welcoming me back on the airwaves."

ESPN president John Skipper overruled Connor Schell, Burke Magnus in cancelling Barstool Van Talk

Schell and Magnus viewed Big Cat and PFT Commenter as potential stars.

ESPN employees reportedly attempted to petition against ‘Barstool Van Talk’

Sam Ponder was reportedly only one of a group of ESPN employees who opposed the Barstool partnership.

Pardon My Take addresses ESPN cancelling Barstool Van Talk on latest podcast [updated]

Barstool Van Talk was originally set for a 20-week run on ESPN2.

Barstool drama the latest ESPN incident to make one wonder what the hell is going on in Bristol

ESPN trying to become cooler and funnier didn't work in this case.

After Barstool Van Talk cancellation, Dave Portnoy says “How stupid were you to think you could get Barstool without getting Barstool?

"In a weird way, it's like 'Oh my god, ESPN, you just played right into our hands. How stupid were you to think you could get Barstool without getting Barstool?' Like, we haven't changed."