Pablo S. Torre

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Pablo S. Torre
Pablo S. Torre Jan 2018.jpg
Torre in 2018
Born (1985-09-27) September 27, 1985 (age 38)
Education Harvard College (B.A.)
Occupation(s)Television host
Sportswriter
SpouseElizabeth Doherty (m. 2016)

Pablo S. Torre (born September 27, 1985) is an American sportswriter, podcaster, and television host. [1] He hosts Pablo Torre Finds Out with Meadowlark Media. He previously hosted and contributed to various programs at ESPN, including the television program High Noon with Bomani Jones and the podcast ESPN Daily.

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Education

Torre, whose father Pablo is a urologist and mother a dermatologist, attended Regis High School in New York City. [2] (Torre once humorously referred to his father as "the LeBron James of Filipino urologists." [3] ) He graduated from Harvard College magna cum laude with highest honors in sociology in 2007, and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society. [4] [5] There, he wrote a 114-page thesis entitled Sympathy for the Devil? Child Homicide, Victim Characteristics, and the Sentencing Preferences of the American Conscience, [6] which won the Albert M. Fulton Prize for best thesis in the field of sociology. [7] He contributed to the college newspaper, The Harvard Crimson , and became an executive editor.

Career

Upon graduating from Harvard, Torre joined Sports Illustrated as a staff writer, where his focuses included sports investigations, boxing, and basketball. His 2009 award-winning article, "How (and Why) Athletes Go Broke", [8] along with two follow-up reports, spurred an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of the investment firm Triton Financial for defrauding investors in a multimillion-dollar scam. A federal jury would later find Triton's CEO Kurt Barton guilty of criminal charges. Broke, an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary, prominently featured Torre, and was based on his research.

ESPN

On October 10, 2012, Torre joined ESPN as a senior writer for both its website and magazine.

On March 12, 2014, Torre first filled in as host on TV talk show Around the Horn in the absence of Tony Reali. In August of that year, Torre covered for Reali when he took time off for the birth of his daughter. In 2015, Torre was the first person to report that Tony Wroten had begun using the term "Trust the Process" when talking to the Philadelphia 76ers during their rebuilding phase. [9]

In 2016, Torre produced his first 30 for 30 entitled Friedman's Shoes, which was directed by Danny Lee.

In 2018, Torre and Bomani Jones debuted High Noon, a daily show from the new ESPN Studios in New York City's South Street Seaport. The show was cancelled in March 2020. [10]

In 2020, Torre began hosting the ESPN Daily podcast. [11]

At ESPN, Torre was a frequent guest on various ESPN shows such as Around the Horn and The Sports Reporters . Torre also frequently served as an alternate host for Pardon the Interruption , Around the Horn, and Highly Questionable . He has also appeared on Outside the Lines , The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz , and TrueHoop. [12]

Meadowlark Media

In March 2023, Torre joined Meadowlark Media, a new company founded by former colleague Dan Le Batard. It was reported that Torre was expected to continue contributions to the ESPN programs Around the Horn and Pardon the Interruption. [13] [14]

In September 2023, Torre launched a new podcast and webseries called Pablo Torre Finds Out. [15]

Personal life

Torre is of Filipino descent. [16] Torre has been married to Elizabeth Doherty since 2016. They have a daughter. [17]

Filmography

YearTitleCredit
2016Friedman's ShoesProducer
202238 at the Garden [18] Cast

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  2. Torre, Pablo S. (28 July 2006). "Growing Up Beyond Kips Bay". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  3. HIGHNOONonESPN [@HIGHNOONonESPN] (October 17, 2018). ""As the son of the LeBron James of Filipino urologists, I went and inquired and said Dad, how serious is a smashed testicle?" @pablotorre after learning what New Zealand rugby player Jona Nareki played 30 minutes withpic.twitter.com/3pIxWVgJ6F" (Tweet). Retrieved 2020-02-09 via Twitter.
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  6. Torre, Pablo S. (23 March 2007). "Sympathy for the Devil? Child Homicide, Victim Characteristics, and the Sentencing Preferences of the American Conscience". doi:10.2139/ssrn.1310916.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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