<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no,shrink-to-fit=no"><title>RIP Kevin Clancy</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://htlbid.com/v3/barstoolsports.com/htlbid.css"><script async src="https://htlbid.com/v3/barstoolsports.com/htlbid.js"></script><script async src="https://www.caffeine.tv/embed.js"></script><script>window.htlbid=window.htlbid||{},htlbid.cmd=htlbid.cmd||[],htlbid.cmd.push(function(){htlbid.setTargeting("pagetype","blog"),htlbid.setTargeting("authorId","54"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_keywords",["rip kevin clancy | barstool sports","kfc","grotesque heartbreak","total failure","mets","god","despair","microcosm","big game week","el pres","big cat","@stoolpresidente","symbol","david 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video[autoplay]").forEach(e=>e.play())})</script><script>window.htlAdUnitPath="57249056/in-app-iOS/Article-Page_In-Article-Unit",window.htlKeyvalues={authorId:"54",category:"Boston",tags:[],brandName:null,brandId:0,pagetype:"standard_post"}</script></head><body class="union__content"><blockquote class="twitter-video" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sorry <a href="https://twitter.com/KFCBarstool">@KFCBarstool</a> <a href="https://t.co/oIKl3ilQaC">pic.twitter.com/oIKl3ilQaC</a></p><p>— David Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/661050156570275840">November 2, 2015</a></p></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p><script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async charset="utf-8"></script></p><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-405288" src="https://cdn.barstoolsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/02/kevinclancydead.jpg" alt="kevinclancydead" width="448" height="631" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="eager"></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It’s late, I want to go to bed.   I don’t want to rub this debacle in KFC’s face.  I’m sure he’s already hurting.  But I’d be remiss not to at least give God a quick shout out.  I asked for tshirts or grotesque heartbreak and the big man delivered.  The <a title="Mets" class="aalmanual" target="_blank" href="https://seatgeek.com/new-york-mets-tickets/?aid=12060">Mets</a> just losing in horrific fashion seemingly every single game during this series highlighted by tonight.   I mean has any slogan gone from inspirational to total failure faster than “NO WAY?”   We were literally printing up the shirts ready to sell a boatload to Mets fans and now they are just a symbol of despair, heartbreak and failure and a microcosm of KFC’s miserable life.   Sure I would have liked the money but I love the carnage.   Good night and god bless</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-405289" src="https://cdn.barstoolsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/02/nowayyy.png" alt="nowayyy" width="640" height="1136" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="lazy"></p></body></html>

<blockquote class="twitter-video" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sorry <a href="https://twitter.com/KFCBarstool">@KFCBarstool</a> <a href="https://t.co/oIKl3ilQaC">pic.twitter.com/oIKl3ilQaC</a></p><p>— David Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href="https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/661050156570275840">November 2, 2015</a></p></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p><script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async charset="utf-8"></script></p><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-405288" src="https://cdn.barstoolsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/02/kevinclancydead.jpg" alt="kevinclancydead" width="448" height="631" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="eager"></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It’s late, I want to go to bed.   I don’t want to rub this debacle in KFC’s face.  I’m sure he’s already hurting.  But I’d be remiss not to at least give God a quick shout out.  I asked for tshirts or grotesque heartbreak and the big man delivered.  The <a title="Mets" class="aalmanual" target="_blank" href="https://seatgeek.com/new-york-mets-tickets/?aid=12060">Mets</a> just losing in horrific fashion seemingly every single game during this series highlighted by tonight.   I mean has any slogan gone from inspirational to total failure faster than “NO WAY?”   We were literally printing up the shirts ready to sell a boatload to Mets fans and now they are just a symbol of despair, heartbreak and failure and a microcosm of KFC’s miserable life.   Sure I would have liked the money but I love the carnage.   Good night and god bless</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-405289" src="https://cdn.barstoolsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/02/nowayyy.png" alt="nowayyy" width="640" height="1136" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="lazy"></p>

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