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"The sensation that I have felt personally and have felt in our audience," @PabloTorre tells @danshanoff, "is that people have been almost delighted that maybe we can hold the richest people in the world to something resembling a standard of accountability." https://t.co/En0QzDzM07
NEW: The DOJ could build a criminal conspiracy case against Steve Ballmer and the Clippers for securities fraud in the Kawhi Leonard scandal, former federal prosecutors tell @PabloTorre.
"Even in 2026, a creative theory could map out a road to jail time."
And that's before Trump gets involved.
Paul George: "When you think of Boston it's winning obviously right? Is it tied for banners?"
Brad Stevens: "Up 1. Mike could say up 6 but that's a whole nother story" ๐
ESPN has lost a ton of credibility over the past week. From Pablo Torre dunking on them, to now Adam Schefter missing completely on the Gonzo deal.
Can we just admit ESPN is now fully an entertainment company? Not real journalism?
ESPN is facing internal scrutiny after recent Clippers reporting seemed to put it at odds with former employee Pablo Torre
Staffers called it a โdisaster,โ questioning whether business interests are impacting editorial independence
https://t.co/vk1ARGoP2m
Pablo Torre on the NBAโs Clippers report:
โThe sensation that I have felt personally is that people have been almost delighted that maybe we can hold the richest people in the world to something resembling a standard of accountability.โ
(Via @danshanoff)
Winner: Pablo Torre
Loser: ESPN
These are the biggest winners and losers from the NBA laying the hammer down on Steve Ballmer and the Clippers โฌ๏ธ
https://t.co/wq9xnH15Mo
Accountability for the wealthiest people on Earth is hard to come by.
Thank you for believing in the power of independent journalism to accomplish it.
(And, yes, more to come.)
https://t.co/xi8BD3MCzv
It is shameful that @nytimes@TheAthletic buried the fact that the biggest punishment in NBA history was the result of an investigation by journalist @PabloTorre. And to call it the result of a "podcast episode" is a further slap in the face. He won a Pulitzer for this story and they call it an "episode" instead of, at the outset -- crediting him with exposing this scandal. Really really lame.
Never forget that ESPN let Pablo Torre walk over "creative differences" because he wanted more resources for deep-dive investigative journalism... and then immediately backed up the Brinkโs truck to license Pat McAfee.