Erika Ayers Badan on Penn sale: Barstool is ‘so antithetical to what a highly regulated industry wants’
"All of this put Barstool in a tough spot."
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Barstool Sports CEO Erika Nardini resigns from WWE board
"With the recent acquisition of Barstool Sports by Penn Entertainment, Ms. Ayers Nardini’s time will be focused on the next chapter of this business and partnership.
NWHL criticizes Barstool Sports video that featured reporters’ tweets, appears to close door on Barstool team ownership
The NWHL statement included "There is no circumstance where it would be acceptable to call out many of the reporters, staff members and fans who have given so much to women’s hockey."
Barstool Sports CEO Erika Nardini has been named to the WWE board of directors
"Erika is a seasoned executive with a tremendous track record of building businesses, developing experiences, and engaging different audiences across the media ecosystem."
HBO’s Real Sports Barstool feature is about what you’d expect with no participation of external critics and harassment victims
There's not much to see here if you're familiar with the history of the site.
Barstool Sports deletes over 61,000 social media posts after content theft controversy, CEO Erika Nardini says she won’t apologize
"That’s not the fault of Barstool. I can’t apologize for every human on the internet who submits a video under a dummy email account and says it’s theirs."
Michael Rapaport sues Barstool for defamation/breach of contract, wants the world to know he does not have herpes
"Along with the money, Rapaport claims Barstool engaged in a 'campaign to discredit' and embarrass him, including accusing him of having herpes. The actor wants to make it clear in legal documents that he does not have herpes."
Pat McAfee leaving Barstool Sports after ‘being disrespected by the business people in the building’
Despite McAfee not blaming Dave Portnoy and Erika Nardini, the two of them accepted responsibility for McAfee's departure.
Barstool Sports gets $15 million more from Chernin Group, plans to double staff, expand Rough and Rowdy, launch branded alcohol
The new funding values Barstool at around $100 million overall. This latest $15 million investment will be used for all sorts of expansions, from hiring more staff to boosting their boxing promotion and maybe launching branded alcohol or bars.
Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy says they’ll launch a premium service with “a bunch of extra shit” because Chernin wants them to
"It won’t be, we’re not going to put shit behind a paywall, but it’ll be new stuff. (The Chernin Group) wants us to do it, so it’s very important to the company, blah blah blah."
Barstool signs Facebook deal, deletes “fucking nauseating” post on “hottest college athlete”
Barstool Sports signed a deal with Facebook for an original campus show this week. They also deleted a post commenting on the appearance of Ohio State's women's hockey goalie Maggie Cory.
Erika Nardini is the new CEO of Barstool Sports
Barstool Sports has taken a lot of criticism for misogyny and harassment from both its writers and its...