<P> Chernin Group president of digital Mike Kerns appeared on the inaugural episode of Portnoy's podcast, The Dave Portnoy Show, to discuss the acquisition . During the appearance, Kerns and Portnoy detailed the beginning of their talks, when Kerns was put into contact with Portnoy via a mutual friend in former University of Kentucky quarterback Jared Lorenzen . After an initial phone call, Kerns took a private plane from San Francisco to Boston in order to have dinner with Portnoy, discuss vision for Barstool and the future of the brand, and begin preliminary talks of an acquisition . </P> <P> Following the acquisition, and as a result of no longer being the majority owner, Portnoy adopted the title of Chief of Content . Barstool U head writer Keith Markovich, a.k.a. KMarko, was also announced as the sites' new head editor . On July 19, 2016, Erika Nardini, former chief marketing officer of AOL, was announced as the CEO of Barstool Sports . </P> <P> During the week of Super Bowl LI, Barstool broadcast a televised version of The Barstool Rundown live from Houston on Comedy Central . The show made headlines on February 2, 2017 after Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee announced during a segment of that night's episode that he was retiring from the NFL to become a contributor to the site . On June 19, 2017, the site announced that Michael Rapaport would be joining Barstool Sports and hosting a podcast . </P> <P> On October 18, "Barstool Van Talk" debuted on ESPN2 . The show starred Pardon My Take personalities PFT Commenter and Dan "Big Cat" Katz . It was cancelled after one episode, with ESPN Inc. president John Skipper citing concerns about distinguishing the content of Barstool from that of ESPN . The show's removal came in the wake of complaints from staff at the network, most notably Samantha Ponder . </P>

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