Fired With a Newborn to a $100 MILLION Sale to Fox - Clay Travis' Media Empire
Oct 1, 2026•Ep. 4•Titans On TomorrowTitans on Tomorrow Ep. 4 with guest Clay TravisIn January 2011, Clay Travis turned his phone back on after a meeting and learned his employer no longer existed. He had a three-year-old, a baby, and a $45,000-a-year radio job. Six months later, he launched OutKick from a hotel room as a one-man band, writing every article and selling every ad. Ten years later, Fox bought it for a reported $100 million.Now he's launching a new sports media empire, in the age of AI.In Episode 4 of Titans on Tomorrow, Ben Shapiro sits down with Clay Travis, founder of OutKick, co-host of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show on more than 550 stations nationwide, and founder of the brand-new Sport & State, for a look at building a media business designed to win. Clay breaks down:• Why he turned down a Fox TV deal to become the next Skip Bayless• How one Super Bowl brought in $2 million in sports betting revenue• Why he thinks authentic human voices become MORE valuable as AI slop floods the internet• How he uses AI to sharpen his analysis instead of replacing it• The AI doom debate with his debate-champion son• Whether the sports leagues have finally learned to stay out of politics
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