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"I didn’t want to add any more negativity as it was taking place. … We will try to figure that out and make some sort of silver lining in a very terrible situation," McAfee said Wednesday.
Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports, said, ‘I wish we didn’t play any part’ in amplifying the viral false rumor that ...
During an interview with Tom Llamas of NBC News on Thursday, Portnoy apologized to Mary Kate Cornett for Barstool Sports employees posting about the untrue viral rumor that the Ole Miss student ...
Ole Miss freshman Mary Kate Cornett had a vile rumor spread about her that she slept with her boyfriend’s father. It was amplified online by popular sports talk hosts including at least two ...
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy expressed regret for his company amplifying a false cheating rumor involving an Ole Miss freshman ...
Pat McAfee broke his silence on the Mary Kate Cornett situation Wednesday at his "Big Night Aht," a week after he was accused of recklessly amplifying false rumors about the Ole Miss freshman's ...
Weeks after amplifying an unsubstantiated internet rumor about Ole Miss freshman Mary Kate Cornett, Pat McAfee briefly alluded to the situation during a live event in Pittsburgh on Wednesday night ...
Mary Kate Cornett, a college freshman, has accused Pat McAfee of amplifying an unverified rumour about her on his show, drawing criticism despite McAfee's statement expressing his aversion to ...
Mary Kate Cornett, a then-18-year-old student at the University of Mississippi, moved into emergency campus housing not long after sports talk show host Pat McAfee, whose ESPN show has 2.8 million ...
That's what Mary Kate Cornett, an 18-year-old college freshman, did when Pat McAfee, Barstool Sports, and others in the media amplified a lie about her that had absolutely nothing to do with sports.
After University of Mississippi student Mary Kate Cornett expressed her disappointment in celebrity personalities like podcasters at Portnoy’s Barstool Sports and ESPN’s Pat McAfee amplifying ...