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BARSTOOL SPORTS

BY KEVIN GARDNER

APRIL 15, 2023

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LINKS• HTTP://WWW.BARSTOOLSPORTS.COM/ TO BARSTOOL WEBSITE

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HOW IT STARTED• DAVID PORTNOY AKA EL PRES GRADUATED FROM BOSTON UNIVERSITY WITH

A DEGREE IN SPORTS PHSYCOLOGY AND WENT TO WORK FOR THE YANKEE GROUP (A MARKETING COMPUTER/TELECOM COMPANY) AND BY AUGUST 2003 HE LEFT THAT COMPANY AND PRINTED OUT THE FIRST PAPER OF BARSTOOL SPORTS FEATURING: BETTING LINES, FANTASY POINT PROJECTIONS.

• HE EVENTUALLY TURNED THE COMPANY INTO A WEBSITE AND APP IN WHICH HE BLOGS ALL KINDS OF SPORTS AND GOSSIP AND WORLD NEWS.

• HE IS LISTED AS ONE OF THE BEST YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS IN THE U.S.

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PURPOSE

• BLOGS ABOUT WORLD EVENTS AND SPORTS IN A LESS THAN PROFESSIONAL MANNER

• ALSO RAISES MONEY FOR PEOPLE IN NEED EX PETE FRATES, NYPD, BOSTON MARATHON

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FEATURES OF BARSTOOL

YOU CAN WATCH SPORTS VIDEOS, CATCH UP ON THE NEWS AND READ ARTICLES AND LOOK AT PICTURES.

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PEOPLE WHO USE BARSTOOL

BARSTOOL IS PREDOMINATELY GEARED TOWARD MEN (18+) BUT IT ALSO ATTRACTS WOMEN. THE BARSTOOL WEBSITE GETS APPROXIMATELY ONE MILLION VIEWS A DAY.

THEY ALSO APPEAR ON MANY TV SHOWS AND RADIO SHOWS

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EXPANSION

• BARSTOOL HAS LOCATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA, LOS ANGELES, CHICAGO, NEW YORK, IOWA AND BARSTOOL U.

• BARSTOOL HAS EXPANDED FROM JUST A TWO PAGE NEWS PAPER TO U.S. KNOW SPORTS BLOG

• ALSO HAS OWN RADIO SHOW AND PODCAST

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CONTROVERSIES

• BARSTOOL HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT TO MANY ONLINE VIOLATIONS INCLUDING COPYRIGHT AND ILLEGAL USE OF IMAGES

• MANY PEOPLE HAVE DUBBED BARSTOOL SPORTS SMUT AND UNINTELLIGENT FOR THE READERS.

• EVEN HOWARD STERN HAS CALLED BARSTOOL INAPPROPRIATE FOR TAKING COMMENTS TO FAR

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WORKS CITED• "BARSTOOL SPORTS." BARSTOOL SPORTS RSS. N.P., N.D. WEB. 12 JAN. 2015.

• DAVID PORTNOY: IS THIS REALLY BOSTON'S NEXT MEDIA MOGUL?" BOSTON MAGAZINE. N.P., 22 NOV. 2010. WEB. 12 JAN. 2015.

• "THE MAN BEHIND THE 'BIBLE OF BRO CULTURE'" ENTREPRENEUR. N.P., N.D. WEB. 12 JAN. 2015.