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Can a ‘weirdo version of a newsroom’ thrive? Pablo Torre is finding out.

Poynter · Oren Weisfeld · last updated

His unconventional approach has drawn skepticism from the sports media establishment. It’s also producing serious journalism.

When Pablo Torre left ESPN to go independent in 2023, few could have predicted that he’d change sports journalism in the process.

Torre joined the Worldwide Leader from Sports Illustrated in 2012, when he wrote for ESPN the Magazine and appeared across the network on shows like “Pardon the Interruption,” “Around the Horn” and “High Noon.” He pivoted into podcasting with ESPN Daily in 2020, but Torre wasn’t satisfied with interviewing other reporters about their stories and got the sense that ESPN wasn’t fully invested in the show.

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