Pablo Torre Finds Out
Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Athletic
The Billionaire, the Billboards and the Star of the Worst Ad in Sports History (PTFO Vault)
47 minutes Posted Aug 18, 2026 at 9:00 am.
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The viral commercial has a mysteriously simple message: sportsmanship. The child actor has gotten dunked on by NBA Twitter for more than a decade. Correspondent Zach Schwartz untangles a web from Madison Avenue to the Supreme Court to Damian Lillard, in search of a boy named Alex — and the meaning of perseverance.


(This episode originally aired January 7, 2025.)


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