Exclusive | Dave Portnoy reveals what could end his feud with Roger Goodell and the Barstool figure he blames for nearly getting him canceled

For nearly two decades Dave Portnoy made his life and his company, Barstool Sports, into an online reality show of sorts — oversharing everything from office friction to his own dating life.Now he’s written a memoir.With so much already out there, why go through the trouble?“Ego,” Portnoy humbly told me.

“The thought of walking into an airport and seeing this book in all the bookshops really appealed to me.”The Barstool honcho was tempted by the possibility that his book, “Cancel Me If You Can,” out Tuesday, could potentially become the next “Private Parts” by Howard Stern, complete with a movie version.So who would play him? “Bradley Cooper.I like to say that I’m a poor man’s Bradley Cooper,” said the 49-year-old.The book traces Portnoy’s meteoric rise from the owner of a free newspaper in Boston to a cultural lightning rod — with millions in the bank, an army of devoted “Stoolies” and a prominent role on Fox’s “Big Noon Kickoff.” Along the way, he sold his company for $551 million and, in 2023, bought it back for $1.If Cooper is to play the media mogul, he better strengthen his jawbone.The self-proclaimed “Don King of internet fights” made his name by unapologetically instigating feuds against powerful people and the media establishment.In the book, he details the depths of his grudge against NFL commissioner Roger Goodell — and reveals he would willingly break bread with his longtime nemesis.“If I had dinner with Goodell, which I tried to, we would probably have squashed [our beef],” he said.But he also keeps a permanent enemies list that includes Business Insider and former “Call her Daddy” co-host Sofia Franklyn — whom he accuses of orchestrating a 2021 story with the publication that alleged sexual misconduct against him.

It’s a period he calls “the lowest of my life.”“There’s sports hate and there’s you f–ked with my life type of hate,” he said.But Portnoy believes followers will...