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The Jumbotron Emails, the Courtside Cabana and Ballmer's "Highest Integrity": Kawhi-Gate, Part XIV
Aug 14, 2026 · 55 min
As Kawhi Leonard resurfaces, Pablo shakes loose written proof of the Clippers trying to help make their star do something — anything — for a scoreboard company. David Samson beams in with meditations on an emergency: how the governor of Rhode Island paid hundreds for an NBA ticket, how to hide millions in a stadium construction site... and how much a billionaire owner really knows about the cost of doing business. • More from WPRI on the governor and the Clippers game • Subscribe to Huntebrook M…
The Truth Behind the 49ers' Electromagnetic Injury Conspiracy
Aug 13, 2026 · 57 min
Is a mysterious substation — looming over an NFL practice facility "like The Eye of Sauron" — really causing a wave of injuries? Pablo teams up with Wendy Zuckerman of the "Science Vs" podcast to map the actual electric waves, explain the cancer research and pore over the football data, to determine why the grass is always browner... on the other side of a deep story. • Subscribe to "Science Vs” • Subscribe to PTFO on YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Take the Keys Away": Bill Belichick, His Exiled Consigliere and a "Sabotaging" at Carolina
Aug 11, 2026 · 37 min
The 25-year-old girlfriend is one thing. But as the greatest football coach of all time attempts to salvage his final act, the University of North Carolina is now investigating GM Michael Lombardi — aka Bill's Guy. Bruce Feldman of The Athletic explains how an old-school consigliere stepped on campus, in the middle of an already slimy era of college sports, and left Belichick a laughingstock. • "North Carolina put Michael Lombardi on leave. The Bill Belichick era has reached a crisis point" (Bru…
Share & Vore & Tell with Katie Nolan and Michael Cruz Kayne
Aug 8, 2026 · 41 min
Sophie Cunningham brought the Riley Gaines School of Victimhood to the WNBA, and then attempted to walk it back — but not before protests, counter-protests, and all the social-media engagement that hate can buy. Also, Katie Nolan and Michael Cruz Kayne react to a troubling and unbelievable fetish map of the United States. • Subscribe to "Casuals with Katie Nolan": https://www.youtube.com/katienolan • Subscribe to "But Also with Michael and Asher”: https://www.youtube.com/@ButAlsowithMichaelandAs…
The Halo, Ballmer's Bowl and a New Crisis in the Super-System: Kawhi-Gate, Part XIII
Aug 7, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
How high up did Kawhi Leonard's silent deals go? Pablo ties a larger-than-life scoop to Steve Ballmer's "seemingly impossible aspirations," as Hunterbrook Media's Sam Koppelman follows the money from South Dakota to L.A. — and Amin Elhassan is left to deconstruct the Death Star. • Subscribe to Huntebrook Media's newsletter for more investigations • Subscribe to PTFO on YouTube for Kawhi news, greatest hits and more Previously on PTFO: • Part I: The Silent Superstar and the Rotten Apple Tree • Pa…
What Is Riley Gaines Hiding? (PTFO Vault)
Aug 6, 2026 · 1 hr 19 min
She notoriously parlayed a tie for fifth into a star turn on Fox News. Now, as MAGA's top sports troll takes the WNBA's Sophie Cunningham under her wing in the trans-athlete debate, re-visit our Emmy-nominated, six-month investigation in partnership with Madison Pauly from The Center for Investigative Reporting. Who's funneling money into the radicalization of Riley Gaines? And what's her dark past lurking beneath the surface? • Read the full profile at Mother Jones This episode originally aired…
How FIFA Tried (and Failed) to Sell the Soul of Football
Aug 4, 2026 · 41 min
The World Cup was a $15 billion jackpot. Then FIFA president Gianni Infantino overplayed his hand, with a secret plot to allegedly enrich the extended Trump family — and himself. The Athletic's Adam Crafton explains the NFL-inspired motives, political naïveté and potential downfall of the man who would be king of sport. • More from The Athletic: Inside the Week That Shook Gianni Infantino, FIFA and the Football World • Previously on PTFO: America Signed Up for the World Cup. FIFA Stuck You with…
Searching for a "Good" Sports Billionaire, with Henry Abbott
Jul 31, 2026 · 40 min
Fans want a "smoking gun" with Kawhi Leonard. Portland doesn't want its new owner to move the team. Even Vegas is looking to fill a C-suite. TrueHoop's Henry Abbott — the skeptic-in-chief of NBA insiders — stops by for a reality check on the state of truth, big money and basketball scandal: Should you believe Adam Silver and his lawyers, who all answer to the 1 percent? Who gets to be in the most exclusive club in sports? And did an owner really have a threesome with the Larry O'Brien trophy? •…
RIFC, the Impossible Deal and Life After Aspiration: Kawhi-Gate, Part XII
Jul 30, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min
Just when you thought the Kawhi Leonard scandal was almost over, Pablo peels off another branch of the saga, with stacks of new documents and a group of reporters in tow. Amin Elhassan and David Samson reunite to trust the process of local journalism, meet another benevolent entrepreneur... and follow the public money, straight to the top — and back to The House That Ballmer Built. • Support The Kyra Fund • Read much more about RIFC at WPRI Previously on PTFO: • Part I: The Silent Superstar and…
Share & Call the President & Tell with Brace Belden and Liz Franczak
Jul 28, 2026 · 40 min
The hosts of TrueAnon and Pablo Torre obtain Trump’s personal cell number and debate what to ask him. Plus: “FreddyLA7,” Nicholas Adamopoulos, special presidential envoys, America 250, Woke 2, Tom Brady vs. Logan Paul, Zohran Mamdani vs. The Internet, Lori Lightfoot vs. The Fridge... and whether you should autograph a bomb. • Subscribe to "TrueAnon" • Previously on PTFO: Six Degrees of Jeffrey Epstein, with the the Experts of TrueAnon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How "The Odyssey" Outsmarts Itself, with Wesley Morris
Jul 24, 2026 · 50 min
A three-hour puzzle in IMAX makes for great storytelling, but does Christopher Nolan make going to the movies feel like homework? The New York Times critic at large joins Pablo for a (relatively spoiler-free) cinematic sparring session: What goes wrong when an auteur plays with too many Hollywood toys? What goes right when Homeric text aligns with classic Damon? Is the casting really so "woke" after all? And why were those Greek islands so... neutered? • Subscribe to "Cannonball with Wesley Morr…
We Go Deep with the Unlikeliest of Performance-Enhancing Drugs: Smooth Jazz
Jul 23, 2026 · 47 min
Forget hold music and Kenny G. Move over Michael Jordan and HGH. Smooth jazz — yes, smooth jazz — is the "stimulax" you've been sleeping on. From geriatric hotel ballrooms to the moneymaker-shaking high seas, correspondent Mickey Duzyj fights off the jazz police to report on the communal power of a comeback genre... then outs a closeted, world-champion super-fan. • Learn more about "Smooth World" • Subscribe to PTFO on YouTube • Previously on PTFO: "Bird-Watching Will Blow Your Mind" ("A New Day…
"Play, Don't Pay": Meet the College-Football YouTuber Who Led a Gaming Revolt
Jul 21, 2026 · 36 min
James Bordeaux was a 23-year-old in Kentucky, playing EA Sports College Football 27 for a living. Then Electronic Arts — the $50-billion mega-developer backed by the Saudis and Jared Kushner's private-equity firm — tried to extract so-called "microtransactions" from inside his beloved video game. So the furious creator put his mouth where his money is: leading the type of organic, populist revolt that has become all too uncommon in American life. Bordeaux explains to Pablo how fans won a battle.…
He Funded Jeffrey Epstein. Why Is This Billionaire's Name All Over College Campuses?
Jul 17, 2026 · 43 min
Victoria's Secret mogul turned mega-donor Leslie Wexner introduced Epstein to Harvard. Now, a growing protest movement to strip his name from university buildings is getting shut down. What did Epstein's money man know? When did he know it? And who really calls the shots in higher education? The Harvard Crimson's Dhruv Patel returns for Part 3 in our series on America's most prestigious school and most notorious predator, to examine Wexner and Epstein's "friendship," plus an exclusive interview…
Decoding the Kawhi Leonard Investigation, with DeMaurice Smith
Jul 16, 2026 · 43 min
A superstar held up by the salary cap. A billionaire under the microscope. A league inquiry hidden from public view. De Smith has seen this playbook for punishment before. The former NFL union boss — and white-shoe law-firm investigator — returns to answer questions the NBA still won't: Who is "independent" when the league (and Steve Ballmer, in particular) pays the legal bill? Why would witnesses participate if they face potential criminal exposure? How do unions play the long game? And what ob…
The "Pay-to-Play" Scheme That (Almost) Ruined Video Games, with Dan Soder
Jul 14, 2026 · 51 min
Virtual currency is a new cheat code. But when EA Sports tried to squeeze extra cash out of sports fans with so-called "microtransactions" inside its latest-college football title, gamers revolted... and won? Comedian Dan Soder, who's been playing video games with a future NFL coach since childhood, takes Pablo on a journey to the seventh circle of nerddom: What does this phenomenon say about private equity turning fun into an asset? How do we stop sacrificing community for convenience? And is s…
The Best, Worst and Sexiest Trophies in Sports, with Legendary Art Critic Jerry Saltz
Jul 10, 2026 · 52 min
The Heisman? "An American classic." The World Cup? "Uncircumcised." A white-gloved Pablo welcomes back New York magazine's unfiltered, Pulitzer Prize-winning arbiter of taste to evaluate the history of competitive hardware as sculpture — with a curated tour of shiny balls, stolen chalices and one gigantic mystery box. • Previously on PTFO: Athlete Statues, Reviewed by Pulitzer-Winning Art Critic Jerry Saltz • Subscribe to New York magazine for more Jerry Saltz • Subscribe to The Athletic Hosted…
Share & Risk & Tell with Jay Jurden and Katie Nolan
Jul 9, 2026 · 48 min
Why were Taylor Swift's wedding guests and celebrity Knicks fans assigned "risk" scores inside Madison Square Garden's secret VIP database? Who was the karaoke MVP at the wedding afterparty? And would you rather test-drive the "most potent weed beverage known to man" ... or Bill Simmons' colonoscopy? Plus: Guy Fieri, Shaboozey, Polyp George, The Mike Vrabel Sliding Scale of Chivalry, The Blandino Tier and fogging the glass of exclusivity. • Read the follow-up story at WIRED • Previously on PTFO:…
We Visited Death Row for the Super Bowl. You Can Help Save This Fan's Life. (PTFO Vault)
Jul 7, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
The reason for this re-air is dire: A wrongfully convicted football fan is running out of time — and legal avenues to pursue. When Pablo sat down with Cowboys superfan Charles Flores in January, Flores’ legal team was working on a Hail Mary: petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to review his case — and to consider whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals had violated his right to due process. On June 15, that effort failed. Public pressure is all that remains. Which means that the power of Char…
Uncovering Phil Mickelson's Misconduct Allegations, with Alan Shipnuck
Jul 3, 2026 · 53 min
After months of rumors, journalist Alan Shipnuck investigates why Phil Mickelson has basically vanished from the LIV Golf Tour — and social media. Leading us down a rabbit hole of hidden misconduct claims and exits from three different golf clubs. Not to mention 19 sources, an off-shore oil pipeline and an ex-friend's ex-wife: Ashley Perez. Read Alan Shipnuck’s reporting at Skratch Golf: https://www.skratch.golf/news/pro-golf/phil-mickelson-misconduct-women-madison-club-bridges-farms-exits Read…
The Sporting Class: Hydration Breaks, FIFA Trials and a Condo Full of Cats
Jul 2, 2026 · 49 min
Ex-ESPN president John Skipper was once the most important soccer fan in America. But then he lost the World Cup to FOX — and became a federal witness. So we wanted to know what it’s been like to watch America fall in love with the very tournament Skipper wasn’t allowed to win. And whether federal corruption trials, nine figures worth of commercials and a Trump Tower apartment full of cats can slow the spread of the world’s favorite game. • Donate to the Kyra Fund, which will support research on…
“Please Enjoy It Or You Are Fired”: Inside PTFO, with Dan Le Batard
Jun 30, 2026 · 43 min
PTFO keeps winning awards. But what do we do for an encore? How do you make something special without losing our standards — or our minds? Do you guys even enjoy this? Pablo visits Miami to see his friend/boss, Dan Le Batard, and Dan’s producer, Chris Cote. They discuss balancing real life; perspective in the face of grief; Oprah; and figuring out how to serve an audience without missing the point. • Donate to the Kyra Fund, which will support research on Glioblastoma, one of the deadliest cance…
The Missing Ambassador of the World Cup
Jun 26, 2026 · 50 min
He covered soccer before it was cool, promised to go WikiLeaks on FIFA, then got detained and mysteriously collapsed in Qatar. If there was ever someone we needed to hear from, as a global conduit during this corrupt World Cup on American soil, it's Grant Wahl. So his former co-host, Chris Wittyngham — along with his family and one of the many stars he inspired — helps Pablo listen back to Wahl's lost tapes, re-live his fearless run for office and the rainbow target on his chest... then put the…
What the World Cup Can Teach the American Fan, with John Green and Daniel Alarcón
Jun 25, 2026 · 41 min
We are numb, as Americans, to the attention of the globe and the power structures of our sports leagues. But what if love of country could be simple again? And what if fans had more power than we thought? Pablo feels the football osmosis from the (banned) bestselling author and his old friend turned MacArthur Genius, as they offer a liberal-arts education in the beautiful game — from the fault in our superstar interviews to the damage wrought by Alexi Lalas upon our would-be Neymars and Messis.…
Sarah Jessica Parker on the Seductive Power of Sports and the City
Jun 23, 2026 · 46 min
New York is palpably horny right now. And happy. So we invited the patron saint of sex and this town to chase euphoria, appreciate the romance of the American idea, advise these young Knicks, remember the halcyon days of HBO... and make the case for reading books in the crowd. • Previously on PTFO: Celebrating These Knicks Title Vibes, with Desus Nice • Subscribe to The Athletic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
USMNT's Tim Weah on World Cup Dreams, the American Idea... and Wu-Tang
Jun 19, 2026 · 41 min
He is the realest member of Team USA — an activist athlete, from Brooklyn and the African diaspora, choosing to represent a divisive nation as it tries bringing the globe a little closer together. In a rare sit-down ahead of the U.S. men's national team match against Australia, Timothy Weah explains the pressure of this moment, the power of soccer over politics... and why the Knicks' good-luck charm might need to strike again. • Listen to The Athletic FC Podcast • Listen to Tifo Football Podcast…
The (Summer School) Sporting Class: Sex, Dolan and Contract Haircuts
Jun 18, 2026 · 49 min
Did the Knicks owner's pump-up speech help them win it all? Did their players stop fornicating because of it? How much do billionaires matter to championships anyway? And should superstars sacrifice millions for the greater good? David Samson and Domonique Foxworth chart the power and powerlessness of the billionaire class. • Subscribe to "The Domonique Foxworth Show" • Subscribe to "Nothing Personal with David Samson" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Reverse 9/11": Celebrating These Knicks Title Vibes, with Desus Nice
Jun 17, 2026 · 51 min
Transcendence on the court. Dancing in the streets. And a drunk Instagram Live for the ages. Why wait 'til the parade? Pablo raises a glass (while devouring an egg-and-cheese) with Desus — his fellow New Yorker and bard of Knicks nation — to the commute of a champion and the beauty of a bandwagon; to the drip of Landry Shamet and the sweat of Patrick Ewing; to KAT and OG and Wu-Tang and, yes, even Coldplay. Just not that traitor from Sesame Street. • Subscribe to "Desus Pieces" • Subscribe to Pa…
UFC at the White House: How Dana White and Donald Trump Cashed In
Jun 12, 2026 · 46 min
The president's birthday-party fight card is straight out of central casting — and chock-full of political favor-trading. Who stands to gain the most? Luke Thomas unapologetically explains why everyone, from MMA fans to D.C. pundits, is missing the real story... then unearths fresh evidence of a purely transactional relationship. • Take the PTFO audience survey • Subscribe to "Morning Kombat" with Luke Thomas • Subscribe to Pablo's newsletter • Subscribe to The Athletic Previously on PTFO: • The…
America Signed Up for the World Cup. FIFA Stuck You with the Tab.
Jun 11, 2026 · 57 min
The biggest party in global sport is underway, and soccer's governing body stands to profit nearly $9 billion. How did FIFA squeeze U.S. taxpayers with so many hidden costs? The Athletic's Adam Crafton crunches the numbers on wasted public money, as Pablo dissects comically absurd demands upon host cities — from "clean" stadiums and super-V.I.P. treatment... to a pop-up jail. • Take the PTFO audience survey • Subscribe to Pablo's newsletter • Subscribe to The Athletic Further reading: • "The U.S…
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