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The Billionaire, the Billboards and the Star of the Worst Ad in Sports History (PTFO Vault)

Pablo Torre Finds Out

The Athletic

August 18, 2026

Show Notes

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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