{"id":213321,"date":"2025-07-17T04:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T04:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/213321\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T04:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T04:31:11","slug":"fox-sports-trending-toward-partnership-with-dave-portnoy-barstool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/213321\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox Sports &#8216;trending&#8217; toward partnership with Dave Portnoy, Barstool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Barstool Sports pirate ship looks like it might be docking at Fox Sports.<\/p>\n<p>The network is \u201ctrending\u201d in the direction of a partnership with Dave Portnoy and his media website, though no deal is done, a source confirmed to The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Fox Sports declined comment on the matter while Portnoy <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stoolpresidente\/status\/1945559400573190457\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">wrote on X<\/a>, \u201cThese are nothing more than rumors at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66699219;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36556568\" width=\"394\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/user-expressly-acknowledges-agrees-downloading-108218243.jpg\" alt=\"Dave Portnoy attends the Indiana Fever vs. Connecticut Sun game in Boston on July 15, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-36556568\"  \/>Dave Portnoy attends the Indiana Fever vs. Connecticut Sun game in Boston on July 15, 2025. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The move would come with a seat for Portnoy on \u201cBig Noon Kickoff,\u201d the network\u2019s college football kick-off show on Saturdays.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/frontofficesports.com\/fox-sports-deal-dave-portnoy-big-noon-barstool-fs1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Front Office Sports<\/a> was the first to report the news.<\/p>\n<p>The Michigan grad and unabashed fan would join the likes of former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer, Matt Leinart, Brady Quinn, Mark Ingram, Chris Fallica and host Rob Stone.<\/p>\n<p>It would also bring Barstool Sports content to FS1\u2019s airwaves, likely via licensing agreement, though it\u2019s unclear which properties would be included or if new ones would be created, according to FOS.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Fox Sports reportedly canceled three shows \u2014 \u201cSpeak,\u201d \u201cThe Facility\u201d and \u201cBreakfast Ball\u201d \u2014 and parted ways with some of its talent, according to The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36556562\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2181035697.jpg\" alt=\"From left: Rob Stone, Brady Quinn, Mark Ingram, Matt Leinart and Urban Meyer on Fox's &quot;Big Noon Kickoff&quot; show.\" class=\"wp-image-36556562\"  \/>From left: Rob Stone, Brady Quinn, Mark Ingram, Matt Leinart and Urban Meyer on Fox\u2019s \u201cBig Noon Kickoff\u201d show. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, NFL insider Peter Schrager and ex-NFL QB Michael Vick <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/15\/sports\/charissa-thompson-prepping-for-fox-shakeup-after-two-nfl-show-exits\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">moved on from the network<\/a>, as well.<\/p>\n<p>The Post\u2019s source said that a \u201cmultitude of people\u201d would fill the roles left open by the canceled shows.<\/p>\n<p>Barstool Sports famously had a deal in place for a show on ESPN, though \u201cVan Talk\u201d was canceled after one episode in 2017 due to backlash from the partnership.<\/p>\n<p>This puts the company back on cable, in direct competition with the Worldwide Leader and former Barstool personality and network centerpiece Pat McAfee \u2014 especially in the former punter\u2019s co-hosting gig on \u201cCollege GameDay,\u201d ESPN\u2019s Saturday kickoff show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Barstool Sports pirate ship looks like it might be docking at Fox Sports. 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