US EditionBarstool’s Dave Portnoy Unfazed by Student’s Antisemitic Abuse During Pizza Review
Patrick McClintock, 20, was charged with disturbing the peace after making antisemitic remarks and throwing coins at Dave Portnoy during a weekend pizza review video.
- On Friday, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy was subjected to antisemitic abuse while filming a pizza review outside Boardtown Pizza & Pints, Starkville, Mississippi, a city of 25,000 about 140 miles west of Birmingham, Alabama.
- Advocates cite a broader rise in antisemitism, with Portnoy criticizing protests after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack and offering Auschwitz tours earlier this year, amid FBI hate-crime data showing Jews as the second-most targeted group last year.
- A clip recorded on Friday captures a young man saying `F*** the Jews` as Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy speaks, while the suspect throws coins and the crowd reacts angrily.
- On Monday, Patrick McClintock, 20, was arrested, released on a $2,500 bond, and withdrew from Mississippi State University.
- Mississippi law allows prosecutors to add a hate-crime enhancement, while the American Jewish Committee said the incident reflects rising antisemitism as hate crimes nearly matched last year's record, advocacy groups urged charges.
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Antisemitic Outburst at Dave Portnoy Leads to Arrest
A 20-year-old Mississippi State University student was arrested after hurling an antisemitic slur and coins at Dave Portnoy, the Jewish founder of Barstool Sports. The incident took place on November 7, 2025, outside a pizza restaurant in Starkville, Mississippi, where Portnoy was filming a segment for his One Bite pizza review series. The suspect, Patrick McClintock, allegedly shouted “F*** the Jews” and threw coins toward Portnoy and his crew …
Man charged after antisemitic outburst during pizza review by Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy
A 20-year-old man was charged with disturbing the peace after video showed antisemitic epithets being hurled at Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy outside Mississippi State University, police said Tuesday
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The Independent (US)Barstool’s Dave Portnoy unfazed by student’s antisemitic abuse during pizza review
The media mogul says he now faces antisemitic harassment ‘every single day’
Student arrested after disrupting Dave Portnoy’s pizza review with antisemitic rant caught on video: police
Former Mississippi State student Patrick McClintock was charged with disturbing the peace after allegedly shouting antisemitic slurs at Dave Portnoy during a pizza review in Starkville.
Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy releases video showing student smirking after hurling vile antisemitic slur
New video shows the vile moment a Mississippi college student smirked after he was confronted for hurling antisemitic slurs at Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy as he was filming one of his famous pizza reviews.
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