Pablo Torre Finds Out

Unlocking the State Secrets of College Football, with FOIAball's "King of the Bros"

He dug up Dianna Russini's playlist for Mike Vrabel. And Osama bin Laden's p*rn stash from the CIA. He even got a DM from Bill Belichick's girlfriend on the prowl. Now, David Covucci is shattering the illusion of coaches' power — and the unfathomable pastimes of the billionaire booster class — one embarrassing document bomb at a time. Pablo finds a kindred spirit... and Jessica Smetana makes history. • Subscribe to FOIAball [https://www.foiaball.com/subscribe] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Share & Walk Alone & Tell with Mike Schur and Joe Posnanski

Have billionaire owners left us in the twilight of American fandom? Are crying Liverpool fans actually the cure for male loneliness? And is the NFL offseason running out of juice? Would you get married during the Super Bowl on Valentine's Day? Plus: Jim Thome's farm adjacency, Regis Philbin analytics, Gerry and the Pacemakers, institutional investors, the worst pandemic crowd... and feeding a sandwich to Stugotz on Microsoft Teams. • Read "Big Fan"  [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/778607/big-fan-by-michael-schur-and-joe-posnanski-foreword-by-tom-hanks/] • Subscribe to The PosCast [https://pod.link/1595575940] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Cheap Trick: Debunking the "Magic" of Mentalist Oz Pearlman

He's wowed presidents, pro athletes and podcasters. But magicians tell us Oz Pearlman's viral act has crossed an ethical line. Stevie Baskin, after obsessively studying Pearlman's tricks, explains to Pablo how influencers from Charles Barkley to the White House were in on the act — and why he thinks this brand of "mind-reading" amounts to fraud. • Much more from Stevie Baskin's YouTube video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnwcU-XDyJ4] • Previously on PTFO: The Unwritten Rules of Magic [https://pod.link/1685093486/episode/OTUyZDA3ZmEtODRkZC0xMWYwLWFjNDUtOWZhOGQyMzhkZWE1] (Pablo Torre Finds Out is independently produced by Meadowlark Media and distributed by The Athletic. The views, research and reporting expressed in this episode are solely those of Pablo Torre Finds Out and do not reflect the work or editorial input of The Athletic or its journalists.) ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Sporting Class: Is the NFL Killing the Golden Goose?

What do the tech titans of Silicon Valley and the old heads of traditional broadcast television have in common? Answer: they all need to kiss the ring of Roger Goodell. But will the NFL get too greedy in their continued pursuit of maximum return on their media rights? And why is Rupert Murdoch secretly meeting with Donald Trump? The Sporting Class — aka “Rich Guys OnlyFans” — returns… Read Vanity Fair's Roger Goodell's Hollywood Blitz: Why All the Other Moguls Have to Kiss the Ring [https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/story/roger-goodells-hollywood-blitz?srsltid=AfmBOor3FiLr6nZz5fo_bkKywecgK7k3JoA_N1Ns5Xo0sCBv51QWK_R9] Read Wall Street Journal's Rupert Murdoch’s High-Stakes Blitz Against the NFL [https://www.wsj.com/business/media/murdoch-nfl-television-fight-35aa3587] Subscribe to "Nothing Personal with David Samson" https://www.youtube.com/@npds [https://www.youtube.com/@npds] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

"Be Like Satoshi": We Unmask Scottie Pippen's A.I. Crypto Slop

Why is the Bulls legend hawking "the Mona Lisa of sports" as a talking Web3 meme-coin NFT? And who are the secret weapons turning the 60-year-old Hall-of-Famer into a crypto bro, with a last-ditch effort to cash in on The Last Dance? Pablo breaks out the folders for Jordan family friend Wyatt Cenac and former Pippen colleague Amin Elhassan, featuring revelations on MJ's son, Benihana, Lil Hippo... and so on. • Previously on PTFO: The Last Dance of Larsa Pippen and Marcus Jordan [https://pod.link/1685093486/episode/OTUyZWNlZjAtODRkZC0xMWYwLWFjNDUtMzNjNmUzNGE1MGNh] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.