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BARSTOOL SPORTS
BY KEVIN GARDNER
APRIL 15, 2023
LINKS• HTTP://WWW.BARSTOOLSPORTS.COM/ TO BARSTOOL WEBSITE
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.
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
FEATURES OF BARSTOOL
YOU CAN WATCH SPORTS VIDEOS, CATCH UP ON THE NEWS AND READ ARTICLES AND LOOK AT PICTURES.
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
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
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
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.