Dave Portnoy
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- Where should I start?
- Start with Cancel Me If You Can — it's the only Dave Portnoy book we've reviewed, and it's the natural entry point since it tells the full story of how Barstool Sports was built. It was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller and holds a reader rating of 4.7/5 on Amazon from 609 ratings.
- What's their writing style?
- Portnoy writes in the unfiltered, candid voice they're known for publicly — the same persona behind the pizza reviews carried straight onto the page. In Cancel Me If You Can, that means a first-person account that doesn't shy away from the messy parts: toxic relationships, political firestorms, and the luck alongside the hard work. It's a memoir told plainly, in the author's own style.
- Books we've reviewed
- We've reviewed 1 Dave Portnoy book. Cancel Me If You Can (2026) is Portnoy's memoir of building Barstool Sports from a small Boston broadsheet into a media empire — an instant #1 New York Times and #1 Publishers Weekly bestseller with a reader rating of 4.7/5 on Amazon from 609 ratings.
- What genre do they write?
- Dave Portnoy writes Biography & Memoir — specifically the founder's-memoir corner of the genre. Cancel Me If You Can is a first-person account of building Barstool Sports, blending business story with personal revelations about toxic relationships and political controversies.
- What does Cancel Me If You Can cover?
- The memoir traces Barstool Sports' growth from a four-page Boston broadsheet into a multi-million-dollar media empire. Along the way, Portnoy covers the hard work and luck behind the rise, as well as toxic relationships and political firestorms. It's told entirely in Portnoy's unfiltered style.
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