{
  "id": 8257592,
  "title": "Barstool Sports is bolstering its NBA coverage. Sam …",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/barstool-sports-is-bolstering-its-nba-coverage-sam",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-18T14:26:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/barstool-sports-bolstering-nba-coverage-142652917.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Barstool Sports is expanding its NBA coverage by bringing in Sam Vecenie, a senior NBA writer at The Athletic since 2017. Vecenie will be partnering with Ryen Russillo, joining The Ryen Russillo Show to announce his move. He will continue to release \"Game Theory\" two days a week during the offseason, shifting to a Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday schedule once the NBA season begins. Steve Ceruti will play a significant role in \"Game Theory\" alongside his regular duties on Russillo's show, and Vecenie will also make regular appearances on the Russillo show.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}