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Barstool Fund to Aid Small Businesses Owned By Military, Veterans, First Responders

The Barstool Fund is expanding to help businesses owned and operated by current military, veterans, first responders, and National Guard who are struggling with expenses, local regulations, and supply chain issues.

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Established in 2020 during the pandemic, Barstool Sports launched The Barstool Fund to help small businesses shut down because of COVID-19 that weren’t getting help from the government.

Though Barstool often gets bad publicity due to some of its content and allegations against founder Dave Portnoy, the fund raised over $40 million as of last year. Payments ranging from $5,000 to $60,000 were distributed to nearly 400 businesses throughout the country, helping them to keep employees, make rent payments, and pay for equipment like Plexiglass shields or air filtration systems.

On Monday, Barstool announced that The Barstool Fund is expanding to help businesses owned and operated by current military, veterans, first responders, and National Guard who are having difficulty with expenses, local regulations, and supply chain issues in staying afloat.

According to “Uncle Chaps,” a Barstool blogger and Marine, $3 million dollars has been set aside with an initiative called The Barstool Difference to distribute to those specific businesses in need.

“These will be one-time grants, really investments in your business, that you as the owner will use to help recover from the impact of covid,” he wrote in the announcement.

“Whether you saw your business struggle because you were in the Guard and activated longer than expected or if you were just getting started with your small business and covid threw the world’s largest wrench into your operation or whether you have had a business for a few decades and the country changed so the outlook of your business did as well, we got ya. We want to get this money in your hands so that you can continue doing what you do.”

Business owners interested in apply for the new fund can apply here.

(It should be noted that small businesses that don’t fit the above criteria can still apply for aid from the regular Barstool Fund.)

The fund for military, veterans, first responders, and National Guard is one of four initiatives comprising The Barstool Difference that was announced earlier this month, via Axios. The other three initiatives, to be announced at later dates, will direct aid toward female-run companies, youth service, and sobriety.

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Eric Bischoff Ends ‘Strictly Business’ Podcast; Launches New YouTube Show

Bischoff and Conrad Thompson will continue to produce Bischoff’s main podcast, 83 Weeks, however, an additional show which Bischoff was doing with Jon Alba, Strictly Business, will come to an end.

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Eric Bischoff, the former Turner Broadcasting executive who famously beat WWE in ratings with WCW for 83 consecutive weeks has ended one show and launched another. Bischoff and Conrad Thompson will continue to produce Bischoff’s main podcast, 83 Weeks, however, an additional show which Bischoff was doing with Jon Alba, Strictly Business, will come to an end.

“Unfortunately, this week’s episode of Strictly Business with Eric Bischoff will be the last edition of the podcast,” said Alba in a post on his X account. “Eric’s schedule is loaded these days, and for good reasons, he’ll [be] putting his efforts into other endeavors.”

One of those endeavors will be a new YouTube show, Wise Choices, which Bischoff has already debuted. Bischoff said he and Alba’s schedules were getting tougher to align and that his new show will be a solo project he can produce based on his own schedule.

“Trying to align my busy schedule with Jon’s busy schedule and then if we wanted to have a guest on, we had to coordinate with that person’s schedule,” Bischoff said. “It was just getting too difficult and now, for the first time, I will do a solo project and be on my own.”

Bischoff’s first solo YouTube show focused on his reply to AEW owner Tony Khan who posted on his X account in reply to Alba’s post on Strictly Business coming to an end, “Sunsetting this fraud of a business podcast before the next AEW media deal is a wise choice.”

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‘Saving Sakic’ to Premiere in U.S. April 17 on ESPN+

The documentary follows the high-stakes saga that ensued when Colorado Avalanche Chairman/CEO Charlie Lyons was blindsided by an attempt to sign away the captain of his team, Joe Sakic.

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Prime Video and NHL Productions revealed the trailer for the upcoming original hockey documentary ‘Saving Sakic’ premiering on April 16 for Prime members in Canada and April 17 for ESPN+ subscribers in the U.S. 

The documentary follows the high-stakes saga that ensued when Colorado Avalanche Chairman/CEO Charlie Lyons was blindsided by an attempt to sign away the captain of his team, Joe Sakic. With only seven days to raise $15 million to save his star, Charlie finds a lifeline from an unexpected place – Hollywood.

Joe Sakic garnered a slew of accolades over his 20-season NHL career, first for the Quebec Nordiques, who selected him in the first round of the 1987 NHL Draft, and later for the Colorado Avalanche after the Nordiques relocated to Denver. In Colorado, he captured two Stanley Cups, won the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP, and the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the playoffs. As part of NHL’s Centennial celebration in 2017, Sakic was voted one of the 100 Greatest Players in League history.

‘Saving Sakic’  is directed by Jay Nelson with executive producers Steve Mayer, Ross Bernard, and Craig Axelrod for NHL Productions and Gary Cohen for Triple Threat TV. Saving Sakic joins sports content on Prime Video, including original documentaries Chosen One: Alexandre Daigle, Giannis: The Marvelous Journey, KelceAll or Nothing: Toronto Maple Leafs, and Sportsnet on Prime Video Channels.

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Saquon Barkley to WFAN’s Tiki Barber: “Don’t Feed Into the B.S.”

Barkley said any narrative that he chose to go to Philadelphia over staying with the Giants is incorrect because New York never offered him a contract.

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Former New York Giants and current Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley made an appearance this week on New Heights, the podcast hosted by Travis and Jason Kelce. In addition to several football related topics, Barkley spoke about his war of words with WFAN host and former Giants running back Tiki Barber.

After Barkley signed with the Eagles on a three-year, $37.5 million deal, Barber said that Barkley was “dead to us,” referring to New York Giants fans. Barber has said those comments were more about what the fans were thinking and were “tongue-in-cheek.” Barkley came back at Barber on social media and said he was a “hater” since he came to New York.

In explaining what made him upset about Barber’s response, Barkley said he didn’t think it was right to be attacked by a former player.

“I love seeing NFL guys, I love seeing OGs, I love seeing you guys, you have a platform, this is a place where you know ball, you can talk, you can educate fans,” Barkley said. “Maybe use that time to show, ‘Maybe this is why Saquon is going to Philly’ … the business side of it, use that to show, I’m not saying you got to have loyalty to me because I don’t care for that, to be honest, but you are an ex-NFL player, an ex-NFL athlete, don’t feed into the B.S., let fans do that, they’re supposed to do that, they’re emotional.”

Barkley said any narrative that he chose to go to Philadelphia over staying with the Giants is incorrect because New York never offered him a contract.

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