Andrew Marchand is off this week, so New York Post media reporter Ryan Glasspiegel is pinch-hitting. Andrew will return to his regular spot in the Sports+ lineup next Monday.

As we barrel toward football season, the busiest time in the sports calendar, it has already been an eventful year for Barstool Sports.

In February, Penn Entertainment finalized its acquisition of Barstool from The Chernin Group, at a total price of $551 million.

The Post caught up with Erika Ayers (formerly Nardini), who has been Barstool’s CEO since 2016, to talk about some of the company’s biggest accomplishments, what’s next for the brand, and what she thinks about Barstool founder Dave Portnoy’s comments regarding his contract expiration coming up on the medium-term horizon.