OutKick hires former Seattle Times columnist who quit after axed column about transgender athletes
Matt Calkins will write multiple columns a week for OutKick.
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Josh Pate prioritized IP ownership over network money during media rise
"I had to make some decisions"
Ryan Clark believes that someone at ESPN cooperated with OutKick and sought ‘positive publicity’ for his ouster
Clay Travis to exit OutKick as site fully integrates into Fox News Digital
Travis will continue as a contributor at Fox News.
Clay Travis reportedly considering new project as 2026 free agency approaches
An announcement regarding a new project could reportedly come in time for the Super Bowl.
Reading between the lines of the Paul Finebaum-ESPN debacle
Paul Finebaum considering leaving ESPN to run for U.S. Senate as a Republican
Finebaum revealed he's a registered Republican who voted for Donald Trump in 2024.
‘The OutKick Show’ with Clay Travis coming soon to FS1
"I probably shouldn't have said that..."
Sports media has shifted right, now it’s time to shut down the grievance machine
Brittney Griner addresses bad-faith Caitlin Clark controversy: ‘I wouldn’t use that type of language’
"Would never say that. Like, there's no place for that in our league."
Is the ‘stick to sports’ crowd out of things to say?
Clay Travis: Barstool isn’t an Outkick competitor because they employ ‘super libs’
"I don’t think we have a white dude who voted for Harris."
Michael Wilbon rants on LeBron, Stephen A. Smith, and sports media: ‘Our business is a piece of sh*t a lot of days’
"There is no accountability in this world."
Associated Press says failure to cite OutKick’s Justin Tucker statement was an ‘oversight’
"We updated the story to note that Outkick first reported Justin Tucker’s new statement."
Justin Tucker denies sexual misconduct allegations in exclusive statement to OutKick
"I maintain I did not act inappropriately at any point before, during, or after a professional bodywork treatment session..."
Dan Dakich claims Pat McAfee told him he is an ‘enemy’ of ESPN talent aligned with Stephen A. Smith
"He is the enemy of the ESPNers that are African American that are siding with Stephen A. Smith."
Mina Kimes: Peddling ‘inflammatory bulls***’ is all Clay Travis has
Kirk Herbstreit enters transgender athlete culture war: ‘I’m done giving any sh*ts [about pushback]’
"I’ve been biting my tongue on a lot of topics for three years."
Clay Travis on Stephen A. Smith’s contract: ‘A rising tide lifts all boats’
"Unlike the WNBA, I believe a rising tide lifts all boats."
OutKick announces new show with Ricky Cobb of Super 70s Sports
Cobb launched the Super 70s Sports account in 2013.
Clay Travis says WNBA ‘refused to credential’ OutKick for draft after transgender athlete question
OutKick founder Clay Travis claims his outlet has been denied credentials for the WNBA Draft on Monday, April 15.
Dawn Staley, Lisa Bluder asked about transgender women inclusion at press conferences
"If you consider yourself a woman and you want to play sports or vice versa, you should be able to play. That's my opinion."
LSU reporter asserts OutKick ‘pushing a narrative’ in anthem coverage
"OutKick, a 'National Media' outlet, is pushing a narrative that LSU is protesting the anthem. That’s not true."
Jim Boeheim appears ready to ‘punch’ Jay Williams over Caitlin Clark take
"Some expert says, ‘Well, she hasn't won a championship.’ If I ever see that guy, I’ll just punch him."
Barrett Sallee joins OutKick as college sports contributor
"Excited to be part of the team and provide you the best college football commentary on the interwebs."
Stephen A. Smith wants to be the highest paid talent at ESPN: ‘I’m a business.’
"I'm not doing all of that to look up at somebody else and see that they're making more than me when I'm producing superior ratings and revenue."
Curt Schilling criticized for revealing Tim Wakefield has brain cancer
"This is NOT your place."
Donovan McNabb to host video podcast for OutKick
"I've always been a fan of OutKick and I’m excited to take the next step in my career off the field."
Dan Dakich aspires to give speeches that will make ‘some crazy political zealot to go nuts.’
"You know how when people go give speeches at colleges, people riot...I want to get to where people get mad if I’m giving a speech."
Charly Arnolt felt ‘stifled’ at ESPN, blasts network’s transgender athlete coverage
"There was a lot of conversations and issues that have really just permeated the world of sports and really just society in general that I was not able to speak up about."
Curt Schilling joins Outkick, Clay Travis welcomes him by slamming ‘pathetic losers at ESPN’
"Unlike the pathetic losers at ESPN, we don’t believe in cancel culture, and we never will."
Reportedly fired radio host Dan Dakich asks why everybody says ‘he got fired’
"Why am I always the guy, why am I always the guy, when he changes jobs, everybody says 'he got fired?' I don’t know"
Jemele Hill: Barstool and Outkick ‘tend to stoke the mob’
"The people that rock with Barstool, rock with Clay Travis, are more than welcome to rock with those people. I don’t think it’s a larger indictment of where sports media is."
Clay Travis threatens to ‘obliterate’ Tampa Bay Lightning over rumor the team left WFLA due to COVID misinformation
"We are about to unleash holy hell on you, Tampa Bay Lightning, and you have no idea what you’re in for."
Dan Le Batard blasts Outkick for mocking his Ryan Fitzpatrick interview: ‘F*ck all the way off’
"You can’t always take the other side against me so reflexively that you take too seriously a question I posed while dressed as a professional wrestler"
Fox News syndicated an Outkick piece with apparently-fake quotes from Josh Smith from a “Ballsack Sports” tweet
The @BallsackSports account then celebrated this trolling of Fox News.
Dan Dakich will no longer call games for ESPN with new Outkick radio show announced
Dakich's new show will debut next month.
Fox will incorporate a Clay Travis-led bus tour into its Big Noon Kickoff pregame, as well as Fox & Friends
Fox's answer to covering the SEC more closely is a Clay Travis bus tour
Fox has bought Clay Travis’ OutKick
Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch announced on an earnings call Wednesday that his company has bought Clay Travis' OutKick site. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
