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Michael Rapaport Continues Milking Kevin Durant Fight For Publicity
“On Monday, Rapaport continued the media rounds, first joining The Howard Stern Show, later he appeared on FS1’s Undisputed with Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe.”

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Kevin Durant was fined $50,000 for private messages he sent to Michael Rapaport, while the actor and comedian is still trying to cash in on the incident.
On Monday, Rapaport continued the media rounds, first joining The Howard Stern Show, later he appeared on FS1’s Undisputed with Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe. And if you heard Rapaport yelling at Gary Dell’Abate on Stern, you’d struggle to buy his emotional appearance with Undisputed as anything more than a performance.
But nonetheless, Rapaport did join the FS1 show, seemingly in search of sympathy over the incident with Durant.
Watch till the end. Almost shed a tear’ish
— MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) April 5, 2021
Went on @undisputed to break it all down about being shunned at the dog park.@iamrapaport ALWAYS WINS!#cupcake #Kaufman pic.twitter.com/oHbpi4rej6
“I went to the dog park with my dog and people…they don’t want to play with my dog Wheezy,” Rapaport said as he apparently fought back tears. “And you know, I went to my coffee shop and they said ‘not today cupcake,’ and it’s weird, it’s like why are you calling my cupcake?”
The continued media tour for Rapaport comes after he posted a video last Friday, saying he now feels bad about the incident with Durant.
This situation got way out of hand,
— MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) April 2, 2021
here’s my final statement on it….#ramifications
the whole breakdown is on a very very new @iamrapaport here on ITunes:https://t.co/tJuxYIOUfV pic.twitter.com/9dnpUpqWYE
“I feel bad about it,” Rapaport said shortly after the NBA fined Durant for using offensive language in the direct messages. “I feel bad about my involvement in the situation. I feel bad that it’s gotten this far. I met him one time. It was cool, cordial. I’m a fan. I met him as a fan.”
The vulgar messages took place over multiple conversations between Durant and Rapaport, beginning after the Nets forward was short with Charles Barkley and TNT’s Inside the NBA crew during a postgame interview last December. After Rapaport made the DMs public, Durant seemed surprised, tweeting “Me and mike talk CRAZIER than this on the regular and today he’s pissed….My bad mike, damn!!”
I receive threats and disgusting messages DAILY, but never in my wildest dreams did I think @KDTrey5 would be among them. The 🐍 himself is now threatening me, bringing up my wife and wants to fight. This is supposed to be America’s sweetheart right? #ImDaRealMVP pic.twitter.com/l1VQfGMMRF
— MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) March 30, 2021
“It’s not the first time I’ve posted people’s DMs, it’s funny, when people are saying anti-Semitic things about me, saying racist things about me, threatened me and they’re Joe Schmos, everybody loves it,” Rapaport added. “But when it was Durant, people have 400 opinions.”
Sharing DMs might not be something Rapaport continues to do, noting that he “lived and learned from this situation,” and has dealt with ramifications, later describing the dog park reaction.
Ultimately, Durant gave a half-hearted apology when asked about the situation and was fined $50,000 by the NBA. Durant might have thought he had a relationship with Rapaport that welcomed that kind of back and forth, but according to the actor, the language went beyond friendly banter.
Rapaport is getting a tremendous amount of publicity over the incident that cost Durant a measly $50,000. He continues to make media rounds and bring more attention to the issue despite complaining about the public’s reaction toward him. I’m not sure if the attention will land him more acting gigs, but it’s certainly burying the lawsuit he lost last week to Barstool Sports.
Brandon Contes
Brandon Contes is a former reporter for BSM, now working for Mediaite. You can find him on Twitter @BrandonContes or reach him by email at Brandon.Contes@gmail.com.
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Dave Portnoy Tells Business Insider CEO He Is ‘Piece Of S*** Coward’
“Despite objections from the moderator, Dave Portnoy got out his entire question before his mic was muted.”
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May 13, 2022By
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Dave Portnoy is not going to move on from his hate of Business Insider. The Barstool founder joined a Twitter Spaces session on Thursday night where the public had a chance to talk to Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget.
The event was hosted by the New York Times. Blodget was part of a panel discussing issues facing the business community.
“So yeah, I saw that piece of shit Henry Blodget’s on there,” Portnoy said when his mic went live. “My first question’s why would a piece of shit who’s been banned by the SEC from talking about stocks be on there. My second question is hey Henry, you f***ing coward, you know everything you wrote about me was bullshit. Why don’t you ever sit down with me you f***ing piece of shit coward. That’s my question.”
The look on his face…. ☠️☠️☠️☠️ pic.twitter.com/qDWhocv0d1
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) May 13, 2022
Despite objections from the moderator, Dave Portnoy got out his entire question before his mic was muted. No answer came. The moderator apologized to Blodget and ended the event.
The accusations of Blodget being banned by the SEC from discussing financial advice are true. Portnoy was referncing fraud charges that Blodget settled in 2003 when he was a Wall Street analyst.
Business Insider has ran a salacious piece about Portnoy’s sex life in November. It included accusations of misconduct from three women that claimed consensual sexual encounters with Portnoy took a dark turn without their consent.
Dave Portnoy has maintained the story is not true. He has also threatened to sue Blodget, Business Insider and the story’s author Julia Black.
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Mile High Sports Acquires Colorado Preps
“Mile High Sports adds Colorado Preps to a portfolio that includes a radio brand broadcasting on 98.1 FM and 107.5 FM HD-3 in Denver, a magazine, and MileHighSports.com.”
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May 13, 2022By
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Mile High Sports has acquired the Colorado Preps brand, including ColoradoPreps.com and the company’s radio and podcast networks. The deal is effective immediately.
“I am proud of what we’ve accomplished through 19 years of the Colorado Preps Network and very excited about the future with Mile High Sports,” said Kevin Shaffer, owner and founder of Colorado Preps. “The MHS crew is poised to bring additional and expanded coverage to high school sports across the state and we’re honored to stay involved with the network and help its growth.”
He will remain on the staff and continue hosting and producing radio and digital shows.
“With the elimination of the Rocky Mountain News, and shrinking budgets across most news outlets, local high school sports coverage has often and unfortunately become the casualty,” said Mile High Sports Editor-in-Chief Doug Ottewill. “But there will always be kids playing sports and parents wanting to read about those kids playing sports. I think ColoradoPreps.com fills a need and a niche that will never go away, no matter what’s happening on the bigger sports landscape in Colorado.”
Mile High Sports adds Colorado Preps to a portfolio that includes a radio brand broadcasting on 98.1 FM and 107.5 FM HD-3 in Denver, a magazine, and MileHighSports.com.
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Barstool Sports To Eliminate Some Podcasts
“We almost created a model where we started with all the resources, we didn’t start with the idea or the people and as a result, we have a lot of things that weren’t necessarily going in the right places.”

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May 13, 2022
Barstool Sports is doing some internal re-organizing. As a result, some shows are being cancelled.
Talking on her podcast Token CEO, Barstool Sports CEO Erika Nardini said the company has looked under the hood the past few months and are trying to clean things up.
Change is never easy, but it's necessary to continue to push forward and innovate. @tokenCEO talks re-org and inside Barstool. pic.twitter.com/BnEm8oRdZs
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) May 12, 2022
Nardini also stated that the company’s spending needs to be reined in. She feels like too much has been invested in content that hasn’t been delivered, and creative freedom has become more of a curse than a blessing.
“We almost created a model where we started with all the resources, we didn’t start with the idea or the people and as a result, we have a lot of things that weren’t necessarily going in the right places,” she said.
In the podcast space, Barstool has 94 different offerings to choose from. Nardini said it’s just become too much, and they’re going to have to scale things back.
“No company of our size should have 94 shows,” she said. “What was my mistake and our mistake? We treated all 94 shows equal.”
Nardini realizes that means tough decisions are going to have to be made. Good, talented people will either have to move on or their jobs will be re-purposed.
“I’m bummed that it impacts people’s jobs,” she said. “I think that is a really, really serious thing when a role gets impacted and things change. You have to take that with a little bit of a heavy heart.”
Erika didn’t specify which shows, in particular, would be getting the ax, but it’s believed that the show Podfathers will be among them.
Show co-hosts Michael McCarthy aka “Large” and Justin Clemenza aka “Clem” took to Twitter and to the Barstool blog to announce the parenting podcast was no more.
RIP Podfathers by @TheClemReport@PodfathersShow
— Large (@LargeBarstool) May 11, 2022
https://t.co/TwDMGl0Gsr
RIP Podfathers https://t.co/4nDM0kEkNw pic.twitter.com/poFN6VhFQB
— Clem (@TheClemReport) May 11, 2022
Jordan Demcher aka “Jordie” tweeted a couple of thoughts on the situation but then clarified his podcast would carry on.
A lot of really great shows have been getting cut lately. It sucks to see, but also I get that’s just business.
— Jordie (@jordiebarstool) May 11, 2022
Just want to make it clear that @thecreasedive has never officially been a Barstool podcast. We don’t get any money or resources for it, simply a passion project.
Keep your eyes on social media over the next few days for more details on this situation from Barstool’s personalities.
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