Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy posted an update on Tuesday, sharing what he said would be his final comments on the saga that unfolded after patrons at his bar in Center City, Philadelphia, ordered bottle service and paid for a sign that said &#8220;f*** the Jews.&#8221;
Following the incident, Portnoy said that he spoke to the student who&#8217;d uploaded video of the sign to Instagram — Mohammed Adnan Khan — and initially, he&#8217;d been apologetic and tearful. Rather than ruin a college student&#8217;s life, Portnoy offered to send him to Auschwitz in the hopes of turning a hateful incident into a learning experience.
Over the next couple of days, the Barstool founder shared several updates — and ultimately revealed that he&#8217;d revoked his offer after Khan backtracked and claimed he had no connection to the antisemitic sign. By Tuesday, Khan had gone a step further.
Portnoy began his update with a post on X advertising a crowd-funding page — that he said was more fitting for a satire site like The Onion or The Babylon Bee — in which an apparent friend of Khan requested people send money to help him &#8220;stand against trial by public opinion&#8221; and support his &#8220;fight for due process and redemption.&#8221;
&#8220;Dude uploads an antisemitic video to his own instagram like a brain dead moron and now is playing victim. What a world,&#8221; Portnoy commented on the graphic.
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This godundme is straight from <a href="https://twitter.com/TheOnion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheOnion</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheBabylonBee</a> Dude uploads an antisemitic video to his own instagram like a brain dead moron and now is playing victim. What a world 😭😭😭 <a href="https://t.co/dP6GYMVTtL">pic.twitter.com/dP6GYMVTtL</a>
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1919817215076979157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Portnoy then shared Khan&#8217;s video statement — which he used to promote his GiveSendGo page — in which the now-suspended Temple University student complained that Portnoy had &#8220;sensationalized&#8221; the incident and he had done nothing more than document someone else&#8217;s behavior. Khan argued that the sign &#8220;reminded people of a lot of the unjust things that Israel is doing around the world,&#8221; and for that reason he&#8217;d felt compelled to &#8220;report on it.&#8221;
Khan went on to complain that the sign was just &#8220;an edgy joke&#8221; and claimed that he was being made into a victim of cancel culture.
Portnoy was not buying it, however, and he shot back, &#8220;This dude is a flat liar. I talked to him on the phone with his buddy and they both owned up to it and cried about it. He then lawyered up after speaking with his family. His name got out because he’s a moron and uploaded &#8216;F*** the Jews&#8217; sign to his instagram before I even knew about it. He already went viral without me.&#8221;
&#8220;He spreads hate and uses the conflict in Middle East as his excuse. And did it in a bar with my company&#8217;s name on it. Now he’s trying to profit from it. I’m sure he’ll make money because there is lots of antisemitism in the world. Regardless this is the least surprising thing ever,&#8221; Portnoy continued. &#8220;He is the definition of a coward. Zero accountability for his actions. I don’t care what religion you are or even how you feel about Middle East. This was an act of pure hate and this should disgust you.&#8221;
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This dude is a flat liar. I talked to him on the phone with his buddy and they both owned up to it and cried about it. He then lawyered up after speaking with his family. His name got out because he’s a moron and uploaded “Fuck the Jews” sign to his instagram before I even… <a href="https://t.co/YHkujPTCEA">https://t.co/YHkujPTCEA</a>
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1919937088880808308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 7, 2025</a></blockquote>
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But the drama did not end there. Portnoy followed with a video response to the GiveSendGo page for Khan — which, at the time of publication, had not even raised $1000 — and a video clip that he said was Khan throwing water on a sleeping homeless person.
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Another edgy joke. Throwing water on a sleeping homeless guy. <a href="https://t.co/jZsWlHDoka">pic.twitter.com/jZsWlHDoka</a>
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1919960863760335072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 7, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Portnoy followed that with a &#8220;Team Portnoy&#8221; press release that relayed the entire saga.
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For immediate release <a href="https://t.co/TLghAIVJpE">pic.twitter.com/TLghAIVJpE</a>
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1919975541634929005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 7, 2025</a></blockquote>
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His overall assessment of the situation came on Thursday, as he added, &#8220;Mo Kahn may be the greatest thing that’s ever happened for Jews to fight antisemitism in [America]. Like imagine trying to defend this guy? Whether he’s spitting on people, throwing buckets of water on homeless people, dealing drugs, running a sex cam ring or going on Nazi podcasts he’s undeniably a piece of s***.&#8221;
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Mo Kahn may be the greatest thing that’s ever happened for Jews to fight antisemitism in American. Like imagine trying to defend this guy? Whether he’s spitting on people, throwing buckets of water on homeless people, dealing drugs, running a sex cam ring or going on Nazi… <a href="https://t.co/Yv9SHn5J61">pic.twitter.com/Yv9SHn5J61</a>
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1920216615380979765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 7, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Suspended Temple U. Student At Center Of Barstool ‘F*** The Jews’ Drama Just Made Things Worse

Suspended Temple U. Student At Center Of Barstool 'F*** The Jews' Drama Just Made Things Worse

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Throwing yet another twist into the ongoing situation stemming from a &#8220;F*** the Jews&#8221; sign that was spotted at Barstool Sansom Street, a sports bar in Center City Philadelphia, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy announced that one of the patrons who initially took responsibility for the incident had backtracked.
Taking to X to deliver the follow up, Portnoy said that Mo Kahn — one of the two people he spoke to who had said on Sunday that they were behind the sign — had taken to social media to write a lengthy post disavowing any and all connection to it. Instead, he said that he had simply shared video of something that happened at the bar while he was there.
&#8220;Quick update. Mo Kahn is no longer taking any responsibility or involvement for the &#8216;F*** the Jews&#8217; sign at Barstool Samson. [He] is basically lawyering up and blaming it all on his friend now and is saying he was just a citizen journalist. It is a 180 from my convo with him yesterday. Needless to say his trip to Poland has been revoked,&#8221; Portnoy said in his caption.
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Quick update. Mo Kahn is no longer taking any responsibility or involvement for the “Fuck the Jews” sign at Barstool Samson. His is basically lawyering up and blaming it all on his friend now and is saying he was just a citizen journalist. It is a 180 from my convo with him… <a href="https://t.co/LGW4sVUhbz">pic.twitter.com/LGW4sVUhbz</a>
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1919497567093850337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Portnoy shared a screenshot of Kahn&#8217;s post, showing where he told his followers that he had not been the one who &#8220;paid for or requested that sign,&#8221; and said that his only mistake had been making &#8220;the poor decision to record and upload it.&#8221; He then apologized for anyone whose feelings had been hurt by his post, adding, &#8220;I hope honest and open dialogue can come out of this incident so we can address the deeper realities of the world we live in.&#8221;
The Barstool Sports founder, who had previously spoken to Kahn and one other patron (whose name he did not reveal), said on Sunday that both had taken responsibility for the sign and had subsequently agreed to take a trip to Auschwitz and try to learn something from the experience.
Upon seeing Kahn&#8217;s post, Portnoy called to speak with him again, but this time, he said the conversation was very different. Kahn recorded the call and had his parents with him, and insisted that he&#8217;d had nothing to do with the sign — rather, he said that he&#8217;d felt pressured to take responsibility for it when they spoke the first time.
Portnoy said that Kahn, a 21-year-old Temple University student who has since been suspended, attempted to distance himself from the situation, saying that he would &#8220;never&#8221; do anything like that — but then Portnoy came across an old social media post of Kahn&#8217;s that included an anti-Semitic joke from six months earlier.
&#8220;I&#8217;m like, &#8216;How do you explain that one if you&#8217;re not ever doing anything like that?'&#8221; Portnoy continued. &#8220;He&#8217;s like, &#8216;Well, I really won&#8217;t be able to explain that, maybe my parents can explain that.&#8217; Your parents can explain the &#8216;how you find a Jew, you throw a quarter on the floor&#8217; joke? Not like — I mean, whatever, I&#8217;ve got thick skin. But this kid couldn&#8217;t even — he wouldn&#8217;t even admit he did it. He&#8217;s like, &#8216;That&#8217;s on a social media channel, like, I deleted, I don&#8217;t even have that anymore.'&#8221;
&#8220;Buddy, what are you doing?&#8221; Portnoy asked then, saying that he&#8217;d hoped to be able to turn a bad decision into a teachable moment, but that Kahn&#8217;s 180-degree turn had made him change his mind. &#8220;Maybe if you actually learn a life lesson, maybe if people watch you go to Poland and seem like you&#8217;re changed, this gets behind you.&#8221;
Portnoy concluded by saying that he&#8217;d rescinded his offer to send Kahn to Poland, arguing that if he wasn&#8217;t willing to take responsibility for his actions, he was not ready to learn the kind of lesson that would help him behave differently in the future.

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Barstool Patron Flips, Claims No Responsibility For ‘F*** The Jews’ Sign. Portnoy Isn’t Buying It.

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Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy turned an ABC News interview on its head when a reporter from Philadelphia affiliate 6abc suggested that he and his company — and white men in general — were truly the ones at fault after patrons held up a sign that read &#8220;F*** the Jews&#8221; at his bar in Philadelphia.
Portnoy, who is Jewish, shared a video on X detailing the incident and saying that after the story about the sign went viral, numerous outlets had reached out to him to talk about it. He agreed, and was talking to a reporter from 6abc when the whole thing went sideways and he caught the entire exchange on video.
&#8220;So @6abc begged me to do an interview about the incident at our bar. Since it was local I agreed. Then the reporter tried to say Barstool and I and white men were responsible for the incident. Austin started recording once it got contentious,&#8221; Portnoy captioned the clip.
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So <a href="https://twitter.com/6abc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@6abc</a> begged me to do an interview about the incident at our bar. Since it was local I agreed. Then the reporter tried to say Barstool and I and white men were responsible for the incident. Austin started recording once it got contentious <a href="https://t.co/ug8CX83HHp">pic.twitter.com/ug8CX83HHp</a>
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Portnoy explained that he&#8217;d been happy to do the interview initially, but that the outlet had pulled a &#8220;bait and switch&#8221; by pitching one reporter and then having a different reporter do the interview. The new reporter had then blindsided him with a quote claiming that Barstool Sports had created a &#8220;culture of harassment&#8221; and was therefore responsible for the hateful sign displayed by patrons — and things only went downhill from there.
&#8220;Then she shifts. Then she does what a media scumbag does,&#8221; Portnoy said. &#8220;She&#8217;s like, well, she pulls a quote out of her a** from like, I don&#8217;t even know, a made up journal?&#8221;
Portnoy cut to video from the actual interview then.
&#8220;Here&#8217;s who I would say is causing that type of environment: all these colleges who let Jewish kids get harassed on campus 24-7. I&#8217;ve been speaking out about this since it started. So these professors, I&#8217;d love to know — first of all, that sounds like a made up — I don&#8217;t know what that quote is,&#8221; Portnoy said to the reporter, asking where the professors were from.
The reporter pushed back, suggesting Portnoy was wasting time by asking for background information, but eventually revealed that the quoted professor was at the University of Virginia.
Portnoy then challenged the reporter directly, asking, &#8220;Who&#8217;s creating more hate right now in the world, would you say Barstool Sports and white men or college campuses?&#8221;
After a long pause, Portnoy clarified, &#8220;That was a question to you.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m a journalist, I&#8217;m asking the questions,&#8221; the reporter protested.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t play by those rules. What does that mean, you&#8217;re a journalist?&#8221; Portnoy shot back. &#8220;I&#8217;m a journalist. I run a big media organization. I just asked you a question &#8230; I asked you a question, you answer the question. You answer the question.&#8221;
The reporter continued to object: &#8220;You&#8217;re not running this interview.&#8221;
&#8220;All right, then, the interview is over,&#8221; Portnoy said, closing his laptop.
Cutting back to his direct video format, he added, &#8220;This piece of s***. ABC, the person who set it up, gave me one reporter, bait and switch to the other. F*** ABC! F*** ABC! … I forgot how much I hate f***ing journalists. This f***ing piece of s***!&#8221;

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Dave Portnoy Flips Script On Reporter Who Suggests He’s To Blame For ‘F*** The Jews’ Sign At His Bar

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U.S.

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy announced on Sunday that he would arrange a trip to Auschwitz for the people who ordered a &#8220;F*** the Jews&#8221; sign at a Barstool bar in Center City, Philadelphia, in the hopes that they would learn something from the experience.
Portnoy, who is Jewish, initially posted an &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dave-portnoy-coming-for-throats-after-f-the-jews-sign-spotted-at-philly-barstool-bar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">emergency press conference</a>&#8221; and vowed that he was &#8220;coming for throats&#8221; over the incident that took place at Barstool Sansom Street, said that he did not want to &#8220;ruin a couple 20 year olds lives.&#8221;
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Emergency Press Conference &#8211; I’m sending the people who ordered the “Fuck Jews” signs at my bar to Auschwitz to learn about the Holocaust. Rather than ruin a couple 20 year olds 
lives maybe this can be used as a teaching moment <a href="https://t.co/sci4hBPBFA">pic.twitter.com/sci4hBPBFA</a>
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&#8220;All right, real quick update,&#8221; Portnoy began, recalling just how angry he&#8217;d been when he first learned about the sign. &#8220;You literally could have cooked an egg on my head. that&#8217;s how much steam and heat I had coming out of my ears.&#8221;
&#8220;And the more I thought about it, these are young f***ing morons who did this,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;They&#8217;re drunk. It&#8217;s like, do you really want to ruin somebody&#8217;s life — and let me be honest, I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going on in the world, well, I do in the Middle Eats obviously, but I&#8217;ve been doing Barstool for 20 years. I&#8217;ve had more hate, more antisemitism in the last year or year and a half than I&#8217;ve ever had doing it.&#8221;
Portnoy went on to note just how mainstream antisemitism had become, and argued that even though his initial reaction had been to burn them all, he felt that the best way to put a stop to that was ultimately through education.
&#8220;I&#8217;m sending these kids to Auschwitz. They&#8217;ve agreed to go,&#8221; Portnoy said, explaining that he&#8217;d spoken with the families of the people involved. &#8220;That&#8217;s of course the Holocaust concentration camp &#8230; We&#8217;re going to send these kids to Auschwitz and they&#8217;re going to do a tour or the concentration camps in Germany and hopefully learn something, and maybe like their lives aren&#8217;t ruined, they think twice &#8230; to me, that&#8217;s a fair outcome.&#8221;
Portnoy explained in his first &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dave-portnoy-coming-for-throats-after-f-the-jews-sign-spotted-at-philly-barstool-bar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">emergency press conference</a>&#8221; that patrons at the bar had requested the sign to be displayed, prompting his initial angry response — and he said that the two waitresses responsible for going ahead with the request had been fired.

Dave Portnoy Finds Alternative Punishment For Patrons Who Ordered ‘F*** The Jews’ Sign At His Bar

Dave Portnoy Finds Alternative Punishment For Patrons Who Ordered 'F*** The Jews' Sign At His Bar

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Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy posted a video on Sunday that he described as an &#8220;emergency press conference,&#8221; reacting to a light-up sign — with the message &#8220;F*** the Jews&#8221; — that had been spotted by patrons at a Barstool-owned bar in Philadelphia.
Portnoy said that he&#8217;d had no complaint about the Center City bar, Barstool Sansom Street, in the past. &#8220;Usually a great bar. You know, bottle service, people buy drinks, you get a sign,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There was a sign yesterday that said, &#8216;F*** the Jews.'&#8221;
&#8220;Emergency Press Conference — There was a &#8216;F*** the Jews&#8217; sign at our Philly bar last night. I am shaking I’m so mad,&#8221; he captioned the video.
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Emergency Press Conference &#8211; There was a “Fuck the Jews” sign at our Philly bar last night. I am shaking I’m so mad <a href="https://t.co/DRlQc9woiA">pic.twitter.com/DRlQc9woiA</a>
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&#8220;&#8216;I&#8217;ve been shaking. I&#8217;ve been so mad for the last two hours. Like I instantly got on, this is why the Emergency Press Conference is late, because I was so over the top,&#8221; Portnoy, who is Jewish, said in the video, explaining that before even taking to social media to address the situation, he had done everything he could to track down everyone responsible for allowing it to happen.
&#8220;I&#8217;m gonna f***ing make it my life f***ing mission to ruin these people. Like, I&#8217;m coming for your throat. I&#8217;m never ending,&#8221; he continued, saying he&#8217;d spent the last two hours &#8220;on the trail&#8221; digging up as much information as he could.
&#8220;You think I&#8217;m going to put up with this s**t at my bar?&#8221; he asked. &#8220;So I&#8217;ve been hunting down waitresses, the table who did it, and everything you can f***ing name, because I want f***ing consequences for f***ing actions &#8230; Trust me, I have been on it.&#8221;
Portnoy went on to reveal that he had tracked down and fired the two waitresses who held up the sign, referring to one of the two as &#8220;one of the dumbest f***ing humans I&#8217;ve ever talked to in my life,&#8221; and that he had spoken to a Temple University student who he said was responsible for posting a since-deleted video of the sign via Instagram.
Saying that he&#8217;d had &#8220;the kid&#8221; in tears and swearing that he was not antisemitic, Portnoy added, &#8220;I don&#8217;t buy it for a second. Who the f*** would do that sign in my f***in bar? You think I&#8217;m just gonna sit here? I&#8217;m gonna make it my mission to put you in lights. Tell me how do I make this right before I go ape-s**t. You want to take anti-Semitism classes? You want to do whatever? You make it feel right. I don&#8217;t need your tears &#8230; Trust me, they&#8217;re pulling the footage.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m 20 steps ahead and I&#8217;m using everything. I am going to come for your f***ing throat unless you give me answers,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;What I&#8217;m saying is: I&#8217;m getting the names, I&#8217;m trying to be a little responsible, I&#8217;m trying to keep it together, but I&#8217;m on it. I&#8217;m f***ing on it.&#8221;

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Dave Portnoy ‘Coming For Throats’ After ‘F*** The Jews’ Sign Spotted At Philly Barstool Bar

Dave Portnoy 'Coming For Throats' After 'F*** The Jews' Sign Spotted At Philly Barstool Bar

The following is an excerpt taken from the new book &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Jester-Became-King-Unauthorized/dp/B0DV3W4QBN/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How the Jester Became King: Dave Portnoy and the Real Unauthorized Story of Barstool Sports.</a>&#8221; by Charlie Stanton (Post Hill Press, December 2024)
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October 2003
Dave was sweaty and beyond exhausted as he bent down to drop off a stack of newspapers next to his bin at the Alewife T-Station in Cambridge. Sporting his questionable goatee and a beat-up Red Sox hat, his skin reeked of the cigar he had smoked inside his maroon 1992 Plymouth minivan while he trudged from station to station. His breath was a mix of tobacco and the hot Italian beef sandwich he’d ordered in between stops. Portnoy needed a shower. As he leaned over to fill the bin, he paused. The sound of fabric ripping echoed across the brown quarry tiles that lined the floors and walls of the subway entrance. Commuters turned their heads at the noise, and their eyes fixated on Portnoy. He knew immediately what had happened:
<blockquote>“It might as well have been like a gunshot went off in Alewife Station. Everybody in Alewife and maybe all of Cambridge just froze. And I was reduced to doing the ‘Oh my god did I just split my pants?’ maneuver. This, of course, is when you have a glazed expression over your face as you feel your ass to see what the damage is. Honestly, it was like time froze for a couple minutes.”</blockquote>
It was an unseasonably warm fall afternoon, just a few months after Mike Portnoy had given his son his $25,000 blessing. Dave, who had quit his sales job and moved back home with his parents to save money, was now spending it hand-delivering his newspapers to more than 100 Barstool Sports bins he had placed around Boston — a job that made grad school look like Margaritaville.
After all of his bins were filled, Portnoy would begin handing out his newspapers to the public, aggressively. The streets of Boston weren’t for the faint of heart. “When we upgraded from black and white to color copies, I would be just screaming things like ‘We got color now! We’re so much better than these other (papers)!’ Whatever the hook was.” Like a vendor peddling overpriced beer at nearby Fenway Park, Portnoy would yell at – borderline berate – commuters to take a copy.
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Portnoy was on his own when it came to distribution following Barstool’s first issue on August 27, 2003, when the temp company Labor Ready he hired to help him sent him mostly drifters, half of whom didn’t show up. “Let’s just say they weren’t the most dedicated workers to ever come down the pike,” Portnoy explained. And according to Portnoy, the outfit in Atlanta where he bought newspaper bins, Go Plastics, wasn’t able to deliver the bins on time for the day of the launch, which only compounded this calamity. Most commuters were unable to find Portnoy’s newspapers, as Barstool Sports sat inconspicuously inside plastic bags next to other competitors’ fully marked bins.
Of the 40 train stations where workers were supposed to hand out copies of Dave’s paper that day, only about 15 operated as planned. Portnoy would eventually hire local models to hand out his papers, which, to no surprise, worked better but were too expensive to continue with. “Chaotic and nearly disastrous,” is how Dave described his paper’s first days in existence. Unbeknownst to Portnoy, it was a phrase that would become the narrative of Barstool’s entire operation for the next 20 years.
At the start of Portnoy’s maiden voyage, he was able to produce several thousand copies of his weekly newspaper. This was dwarfed by the daily circulation of the 450,000 newspapers The Boston Globe printed, and the 300,000 distributed by both The Boston Herald and Metro Boston, the city’s largest free paper. But eventually Barstool would reach a peak of 40,000 issues every other week, which was on par with most other alt-weekly publications such as The Phoenix or The Improper Bostonian. Reaching this number was an unlikely development to everyone around Dave in those early days, including his production manager Erin Boyce.
Boyce worked at The Daily Item of Lynn, a neighboring town’s paper; she had extensive experience inside the publishing industry and agreed to help Portnoy after connecting through a friend of a friend. “I really only thought it would last six, maybe 12 issues. I’ve been in the newspaper industry for many years, and to start a publication in a dying industry is kind of unheard of. Little did I know 200 issues later, it would become part of my life for almost nine years.”
Boyce’s help was invaluable, but there was no doubt the 26-year-old was doing the work of five people just to produce the meager eight-page publication. Originally, Portnoy published his newspaper once a week. Mondays were the busiest in terms of writing, and Dave often stayed up past 2 a.m. finishing the last articles for that week’s issue. Tuesdays, Portnoy took his work over to the nearby graphic designer, who worked with Boyce to lay out the paper. Later that day, the layout was taken to Boyce’s printer, and once the thousands of copies were printed, Portnoy filled up his beaten-down minivan to the brim. “When I pick up Barstool Sports from our printer company, I swear I can hear her scream. I actually think the bottom of the car scrapes against the cement when it is fully loaded.”
Wednesdays started at 4:30 a.m. Portnoy made the 45-minute drive south down Route 1A to Boston, dropping his publication off at the bins he had placed inside various T-stations. “I had bins at T-stops I didn’t know existed before that,” Portnoy said of his paper route. He also stopped at select stores, bars, and restaurants he somehow convinced to take his newspapers, like the Grand Canal bar near The Boston Garden or Bayview Liquors in Southie.
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After emptying his van around 9:00 a.m., Dave headed to a T station and handed out copies of Barstool Sports to commuters. Around noon, he drove back to Swampscott to write; call potential advertisers (the paper had fake ones and real ones); or fix whatever part of the business was melting down that day. Around 4:00 p.m., he drove back into Boston to hand out papers again until returning home, well after dinner.
As for the rest of the week, Thursday was a repeat of Wednesday, while Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were reserved for writing. And Portnoy would spend each Monday just like the previous one, cramming in last-minute changes until the candle was burned at both ends. Unsurprisingly, this routine began taking a toll on his health, but as 2004 approached, people slowly began to read Portnoy’s paper. “It was always a good reception and when I judged it, it would be 10 people who took the paper and said they enjoyed it the first time I did it. The next issue would be 20 people, and the next issue would be 40, and the next 80. So, it always was slowly growing and there was something in my gut that was like I’m on to something here.”
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This excerpt is taken from &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Jester-Became-King-Unauthorized/dp/B0DV3W4QBN/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0">How the Jester Became King: Dave Portnoy and the Real Unauthorized Story of Barstool Sports.</a>&#8221; by Charlie Stanton. Published by permission of Post Hill Press. 
Charlie Stanton currently resides in New York City. Stanton graduated from Wake Forest University with Honors in Economics in 2012. In his free time, the author enjoys playing pickleball, paddle, tennis, running, skiing, and spending time with his three younger brothers.
The views expressed in this book excerpt are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Daily Wire.

The Grind Before The Glory: Dave Portnoy’s Sweaty, Cigarette-Stained Rise

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Barstool founder <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/barstool-founder-dave-portnoy-promises-war-on-business-insider-theres-no-way-im-letting-this-go" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dave Portnoy</a> called an “emergency press conference” and suggested the Democrats sent President Joe Biden out to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-says-it-is-over-for-joe-biden-following-trump-biden-presidential-debate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">debate</a> because they “want to whack him.”
In a <a href="https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1806735519747019097">video</a> he posted on Friday on X, Portnoy told his millions of followers that he didn’t think it was an accident that the Democrats agreed to let Biden debate former President Donald Trump, suggesting it was the party’s way of removing him from the 2024 presidential ticket. The post has since gone viral with more than 1.5 million views at the time of this publication.
“That was as good as Joe Biden could ever do in a debate. Before it started, I tweeted out ‘how are the Democrats allowing Joe Biden to do a debate?’” Portnoy said, playing clips of Biden, calling him “a vegetable” and saying he “belongs in a nursing home.”
“The Democrats had to know that,” he added. “Why would you agree to a debate with Biden. At this stage, the earliest debate of all time, when you know he’s gone. When you know he can’t speak.”
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“When you know he’s a vegetable,” Portnoy continued. “Because they want to whack him. Because they know he is not going to be the nominee. I said this ten months ago, 11 months ago when [California Gov.] Gavin Newsom was in China being an idiot playing basketball with these little Chinese kids&#8230;”
The Barstool founder said at the time that Newsom was going to run for president and questioned in the clip on Friday why else would a governor take a tour of the world.
“Because he knew and the Democrats knew Joe Biden is gone. He’s gone,” Portnoy said. “And they need somebody else. And this is the scary part, like I said, Gavin Newsom is poison.”
“Gavin Newsom is everything that is wrong with every politician in the world,” he added. “He’s the guy who ruined California, strictest lockdowns during COVID.”
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He then talked about how Newsom closed public beaches, forced everyone to wear a mask even outside, and then was caught on camera out having dinner with friends at the French Laundry in Napa Valley with no mask in sight. 
“Rules for thee, not for me,” he added. “Gavin Newsom, he is going to be the Democratic [nominee], and I’m telling you right now, the guy is poison.”
Earlier in the video, Portnoy talked about how everyone has said how “how bad Joe Biden looked.&#8221;
“And I’m not talking Republicans and the Trump people. I’m talking the Democrats, CNN, just shoveling dirt on him,” Portnoy said. “Being like, ‘He didn’t do what he had to do. He looked weak. We may have to make a change.’”
In the clip, the founder of Barstool played several clips of members of the media reacting to Biden’s disastrous debate performance. One person in the video was CNN’s Chris Wallace, who said, “I think the question answers itself, he wasn’t capable of doing any better than he did.” CNN host Van Jones was another who added, “That was painful. We’re still far from our convention and there is time for this party to figure out a different way forward if he will allow us to do that.”

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Barstool Sports personality Francis Ellis bashed <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/chelsea-clinton-claims-her-family-is-the-reason-that-fox-news-was-created/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> hosts <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/everyones-dead-watters-and-gutfeld-spar-over-drug-legalization/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jesse Watters</a> and <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/hilarious-and-sad-hollywood-a-lister-mocked-for-saying-tucker-carlson-haunts-her-nightmares/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tucker Carlson</a> — and mocked the network&#8217;s audience as stupid — on a hot mic just days after making an appearance on Watters&#8217; show.
Ellis, who hosts Barstool&#8217;s &#8220;Oops the Podcast,&#8221; may have created new fodder for his own show with the comments that aired on Tuesday&#8217;s episode of &#8220;Barstool Rundown,&#8221; accusing the network that has invited him on as a guest — multiple times — of &#8220;trafficking in hate.&#8221;
Mediaite obtained the unedited audio, which can be heard below.
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“They’re just trafficking in hate.” Regular Fox News guest, and Barstool Sports star Francis Ellis, caught on hot mic slamming Fox News, Fox News hosts, and the Fox News audience. (Via Mediaite and Barstool Rundown) <a href="https://t.co/9nPl9inG7G">pic.twitter.com/9nPl9inG7G</a>
&mdash; Mike Sington (@MikeSington) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/1600578062898196480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Co-host Adam Ferrone, after signaling the end of the show, asked Ellis about his most recent hit on Watters&#8217; show, &#8220;Jesse Watters Primetime,&#8221; on Monday.
&#8220;He wanted me to talk about how Democrats in Massachusetts want to lower the voting age to 16,&#8221; Ellis answered, explaining that he had weighed in with a Q-Anon joke and one referencing &#8220;To Catch a Predator,&#8221; but that overall, he didn&#8217;t feel great about the segment. &#8220;I just couldn’t get my feet under me. And I was like, I’m trying too hard.&#8221;
The hosts then asked what Ellis would do if Fox News offered him a &#8220;man-on-the-street&#8221; gig — mirroring how Watters had started out on the air with former network host Bill O&#8217;Reilly — and Ellis claimed they had offered that and he had turned them down.
&#8220;But what if they offered you not just a segment, but what if they’re like, ‘Francis, we want you to do the eight o’clock to nine o’clock hour!’” Ferrone upped the ante, and Ellis said he would consider that.
But then Ellis pivoted to attack Fox News — and the hosts who have given him airtime — saying, &#8220;Look, I got home. I talked my wife about it &#8217;cause I was disappointed in myself and she was like, ‘Let’s be honest, like, do you want to be working with these f***ing people?’ She was like, ‘I watched the rest of his show — he’s a f***ing joke.’”
&#8220;This is still part of the &#8216;Rundown,’” Ferrone said, and another voice confirmed, &#8220;Still rolling, baby!&#8221;
&#8220;And then like, Tucker comes on and just screams,&#8221; Ellis continued. &#8220;It’s so weird. &#8230; They’re just trafficking in hate.&#8221;
Ellis did not stop the attack, instead redirecting it toward the Fox News audience — which he suggested was comprised of people too stupid to realize that he was intentionally screwing with them.
&#8220;I think last night I went into a place that I shouldn’t have gone to,&#8221; he admitted before adding, &#8220;No, because last night I was like, yes, the Democrats are like eating children beneath pizza shops. There are people watching that, who don’t know that I’m f***ing with them. They’re like, &#8216;Finally a young, handsome person is saying it!’”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nfl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NFL</a> officials are investigating after videos of a Miami Dolphins practice were posted to Twitter.
Ahead of their Thursday night contest against the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nfl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cincinnati Bengals</a>, the Dolphins conducted walkthrough practices Wednesday at Nippert Stadium, home of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football team, while <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hurricane-ian" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hurricane Ian</a> continues to batter Florida. But an individual present at the stadium took videos of the team running plays, then posted them to Twitter.
NFL analyst and podcaster <a href="https://twitter.com/BrettKollmann/status/1575259441359822849?s=20&amp;t=f0MNS4VZWCqDp2QmerOYgw">Brett Kollmann</a> called out the individual Wednesday on Twitter, noting that league security officials are serious about preventing unauthorized recording. &#8220;Looks like someone was recording the entire Dolphins walk through and posting it to Twitter,&#8221; Kollmann wrote. &#8220;NFL security is going to be massively p***ed about this. They take this stuff seriously when a club is on the road.&#8221;
The <a href="https://twitter.com/JfolkUHC/media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">account</a> in question posted six clips of the Dolphins offense in sweatsuits and practice jerseys, jogging through plays. The videos also show Tua Tagovailoa playing at quarterback, indicating he will likely play Thursday after sustaining a back injury during Sunday&#8217;s game against the Buffalo Bills. The user went on to boast that he has &#8220;the entire playbook&#8221; in his phone&#8217;s camera roll.
Several clips from practice were also shared by Barstool Sports&#8217; <a href="https://twitter.com/UCBarstool/status/1575221655844323328">University of Cincinnati</a> affiliate. &#8220;@Bengals got some film for y’all,&#8221; the account <a href="https://twitter.com/UCBarstool/status/1575222320968663042?s=20&amp;t=OfLN4VJ2Wo3LvMMRvmElsg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joked</a>.
Thursday morning, Miami Herald sports reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/flasportsbuzz/status/1575492374431551489?s=20&amp;t=5Sge1Gd0oUl_cEpq2qZ6bg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barry Jackson</a> reported on Twitter that the league was investigating the incident. &#8220;Per source, NFL security is looking into the Dolphins&#8217; practice being filmed by someone yesterday,&#8221; Jackson tweeted. &#8220;League obviously doesn&#8217;t want that happening&#8230;&#8221; League sources gave similar statements to the <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/dave-hyde/fl-sp-hyde5-dolphins-preview-20220929-j74dtlbeorbuhfq222hiah6i3e-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">South Florida Sun-Sentinel</a> and <a href="https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/NFL/2022/09/29/NFL-look-into-Dolphins-practice-filming/2931664464942/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UPI</a>.
The Miami Dolphins also sent Barstool Sports founder and President <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1575266704837545986">Dave Portnoy</a> an email asking him to take down the posts, since the practice was closed. Portnoy posted screenshots of the email, then replied with a tweet giving a <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1575266716715728900?s=20&amp;t=9_a4-sbI9UGORJf7LhQeqg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thumbs-down</a>, indicating he would not take the posts down.
Many users on Twitter put the blame on the Dolphins for not taking better security precautions. Nippert Stadium is located in the center of the University of Cincinnati campus; students often have to walk through the stadium itself to get to class, and several campus buildings have full views of the field. Indeed, a Snapchat post shared by the Barstool Cincinnati account showed a group of students standing on a walkway, <a href="https://twitter.com/UCBarstool/status/1575234899770241024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">watching</a> the Dolphins practice.
The Dolphins seemed to be aware of the visibility of their practice, however, and used some trickery of their own to keep their game plan a secret. “The #Dolphins noticed people watching their walkthrough Wednesday in Cincinnati, so they made a sly adjustment: All the clips circulating on Twitter have 12 players on offense,&#8221; NFL Network Insider <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1575567786381783046?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1575567786381783046%7Ctwgr%5E6cf95e05ed73b074486145401a2623a65d862349%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportingnews.com%2Fus%2Fnfl%2Fnews%2Fdolphins-practice-video-leaked-nfl-cincinnati-bengals%2Fmuevsigci9zwbbom3zwearvz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Pelissero</a> tweeted Thursday afternoon &#8220;Fake plays? Fake routes on real plays? Either way, Mike McDaniel and company staying one step ahead.&#8221;
Furthermore, another league source told Washington Post NFL reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkMaske/status/1575572950027096064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1575572950027096064%7Ctwgr%5E6cf95e05ed73b074486145401a2623a65d862349%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportingnews.com%2Fus%2Fnfl%2Fnews%2Fdolphins-practice-video-leaked-nfl-cincinnati-bengals%2Fmuevsigci9zwbbom3zwearvz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Maske</a> that the league does not suspect that a competitive violation was committed. Kollmann also noted on Twitter that no action would be taken against the person who filmed the practice. He did speculate, however, that the NFL would not be so kind to Barstool Sports. “[C]onsidering that Barstool runs a sports book and posted private practice video on their social media leading up to a game that they as a company are taking bets on. Yeah&#8230;<a href="https://twitter.com/BrettKollmann/status/1575536724872024064" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the NFL won&#8217;t like that</a>,&#8221; Kollman tweeted.
The Dolphins take on the Bengals Thursday night at 8:15 p.m.

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Barstool Sports is launching sports bars in Philadelphia and Chicago.
An earnings report from <a href="https://pennnationalgaming.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/penn-national-gaming-reports-second-quarter-revenues-15458">Penn National Gaming</a> — which holds a minority stake in Barstool — reveals that the sports entertainment company is taking on several new ventures as it continues to grow in popularity.
The earnings report explains:
<blockquote>Not only does Barstool Sports’ creative content, exclusive bets, and social media reach provide a competitive advantage for our mobile sportsbook via low-cost customer acquisition, but it also provides us with the brand leverage to drive our omnichannel strategy as the Barstool audience converts to our core gaming businesses.
Barstool Sports, the media company, has continued to show tremendous growth this year both financially and in terms of audience metrics, as it has continued to evolve into a highly diversified media, entertainment and lifestyle brand&#8230; The continued growth and diversification of the company’s revenue streams, including advertising, licensing and merchandise, has meaningfully enhanced the value of the media asset, which we believe is still underappreciated and extends well beyond the benefits to our sports betting business.</blockquote>
Penn revealed that it is, therefore “making progress on the build-out of stand-alone Barstool-branded sports bars” in the two major cities.
Likewise, Barstool founder Dave Portnoy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dave-portnoys-barstool-fund-will-become-established-charity-help-entrepreneurs-for-decades-to-come">revealed</a> that he is transforming the “Barstool Fund” — a project launched in December to help small businesses survive government-imposed lockdowns — into an official nonprofit.
“We’ve decided to turn The Barstool Fund into a full-time charity,” said Portnoy on his Instagram page last week. “Something that will be existing not only during COVID, and hopefully COVID doesn’t come back… but [for] decades and making positive impacts for entrepreneurs, which I truly believe are the backbone of the United States.”
“We’ve done something very special, very unique, and we’ve created a brand and a name that people trust,” he continued. “They know that when you donate to The Barstool Fund, we’ll get the money and get it to small businesses instantly.”
The Barstool Fund has <a href="https://www.barstoolsports.com/the-barstool-fund">raised</a> nearly $42 million to aid 443 small businesses and is now searching for a full-time director.
Beyond his leadership of Barstool and live-streamed pizza reviews, Portnoy is known for speaking publicly against cancel culture.
“There is an audience that appreciates, and it’s not even Left or Right, it’s kind of both, like, ‘I like how these guys aren’t backing down,’” he recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dave-portnoy-talks-sports-politics-and-why-he-fights-back">explained</a> to Daily Wire editor emeritus Ben Shapiro. “And our audience allows us to do that, so people have always asked, ‘Why do you fight back’ or ‘Why do you push back’ or ‘Why don’t you just shut up when someone takes a shot at you that you feel is unfair,’ it’s like, I’m not going to do that. I will never throw the first punch, but if you throw a shot at me on Twitter — out of the clouds — it’s not my responsibility to protect you.”

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In December, Portnoy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/portnoy-announces-barstool-fund-to-save-struggling-businesses">created</a> the Barstool Fund as he watched small businesses crumble under government-imposed lockdowns. 
“I’ve been ranting and raving lately about the plight of small business in the United States,” he said in an “emergency press conference” video posted to social media. “New York City just shut down indoor dining. It’s like, how do you expect these people to survive? How are restaurants going to survive? They’re already on their last legs and you’re pulling the plug on them, and nobody seems to care in the government.”
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Introducing The Barstool Fund
If you are a small business that needs help staying in business because of covid email us your story to barstoolfund@barstoolsports.com. We will try to help as many people as we can. <a href="https://t.co/9BS8HeyHaq">pic.twitter.com/9BS8HeyHaq</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1339674567447556098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Though the group has slowed donations over the past several months as officials scrapped COVID-19 mitigation efforts, Portnoy desires to continue supporting American entrepreneurship.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve decided to turn The Barstool Fund into a full-time charity,” said Portnoy on his Instagram page. “Something that will be existing not only during COVID, and hopefully COVID doesn&#8217;t come back… but [for] decades and making positive impacts for entrepreneurs, which I truly believe are the backbone of the United States.”
&#8220;We&#8217;ve done something very special, very unique, and we&#8217;ve created a brand and a name that people trust,” he added. “They know that when you donate to The Barstool Fund, we&#8217;ll get the money and get it to small businesses instantly.&#8221;
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The Barstool Fund — which has <a href="https://www.barstoolsports.com/the-barstool-fund">raised</a> nearly $42 million to aid 443 small businesses — is seeking a full-time <a href="https://jobs.lever.co/barstoolsports/50cdd702-e079-47a2-9b12-bedef4f9c298">director</a> with experience in running nonprofits.
Several large cities throughout the United States are returning to stricter regulations amid a surge in the COVID-19&#8217;s Delta variant and some are introducing vaccine passport-like measures. 
For instance, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-mayor-announces-city-will-require-proof-of-covid-19-vaccination-to-enter-indoor-restaurants-work-out-inside-gyms">unveiled</a> a “Key to NYC Pass,” which will require proof of vaccination for citizens to solicit indoor dining, gyms, and performances. As de Blasio described: “If you want to participate in our society fully, you’ve got to get vaccinated.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health <a href="https://twitter.com/lapublichealth/status/1415801207151493123">reinstated</a> a mask mandate for both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals within indoor public settings.
“Wearing a mask indoors with others reduces the risk of both getting &amp; transmitting the virus,” said the agency’s Twitter page. “We’re requiring masking for everyone while indoors at public settings &amp; businesses, regardless of vaccination status so that we can stop the increased level of transmission we&#8217;re seeing.”

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For the second time in one week, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy trended on Twitter after Fox Business’ Charles Payne called Portnoy “a little b****” on live television.
“You’re being a little b****,” said Payne, after which Portnoy broke out laughing.
“THE LITTE B**** SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD,” Portnoy tweeted.
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THE LITTE BITCH SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD <a href="https://twitter.com/cvpayne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cvpayne</a> <a href="https://t.co/BpsdbPmjqJ">pic.twitter.com/BpsdbPmjqJ</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1408136792738603010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Meanwhile, Barstool Sports tweeted, “Charles Payne just called David paper hands Portnoy ‘a little b****’ on live TV.”
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Charles Payne just called David paper hands Portnoy “a little bitch” on live TV <a href="https://t.co/LODm2U5vhD">pic.twitter.com/LODm2U5vhD</a>
&mdash; Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) <a href="https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1408146077891575818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Portnoy trended on Twitter last Friday evening after it appeared that Portnoy’s account was suspended by the Big Tech giant. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-dave-portnoy-suspended-on-twitter-barstool-sports-founder-posts-freeportnoy-to-instagram-story">The Daily Wire</a> reported at the time, “Users who tried to access Portnoy’s Twitter profile, which is followed by over 2.5 million people, were presented with the recognizable ‘Account suspended’ banner, followed only by the words, ‘Twitter suspends accounts that violate the Twitter Rules.’”
The verified account titled, “BFFs with Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards” — the Twitter account for the weekly podcast presented by Barstool Sports — tweeted a screenshot of Portnoy’s apparently suspended account, alongside the hashtag, “#FREEPORTNOY.”
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FREEPORTNOY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FREEPORTNOY</a> <a href="https://t.co/MYY4l9vh9C">pic.twitter.com/MYY4l9vh9C</a>
&mdash; BFFs (@BFFsPod) <a href="https://twitter.com/BFFsPod/status/1406037138282631171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2021</a></blockquote>
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“Twitter’s purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment, and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely,” the social media platform states in their “<a href="https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules">Twitter Rules</a>.”
Twitter then restored Portnoy’s account on Friday evening following a widespread backlash. 
“Portnoy’s handle @stoolpresidente, which had 2.5 million Twitter followers, was shut down with an ‘Account suspended’ message,” Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/twitter-dave-portnoy-suspension">reported</a>. “#FreeDavePortnoy began dominating social media as it was unclear what led to his suspension.”
Speaking with Fox, Portnoy said, “The will of the people will be heard. #freeportnoy.” He also celebrated his return to Twitter with “I’m back. #freeportnoy.”
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I’m back. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/freeportnoy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#freeportnoy</a> <a href="https://t.co/EeY0hnelrO">pic.twitter.com/EeY0hnelrO</a>
&mdash; Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1406056468571471872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The Barstool Sports founder <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dave-portnoy-talks-sports-politics-and-why-he-fights-back">spoke</a> with Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro on “The Ben Shapiro Show: Sunday Special” in April and explained why he doesn’t refrain from engaging in social media altercations.
Portnoy told Shapiro during an interview that aired on Sunday, April 25, that he’s willing to debate with anyone — even in front of a crowd — but that he’s not willing to just stand around and take it when critics come at him first.
“There is an audience that appreciates, and it’s not even Left or Right, it’s kind of both, like, ‘I like how these guys aren’t backing down.’ And our audience allows us to do that, so people have always asked, ‘Why do you fight back’ or ‘Why do you push back’ or ‘Why don’t you just shut up when someone takes a shot at you that you feel is unfair.’ It’s like, I’m not going to do that. I will never throw the first punch, but if you throw a shot at me on Twitter — out of the clouds — it’s not my responsibility to protect you,” said Portnoy.
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