Episode 194: Pablo S. Torre

Published: May 25, 2016, 6:55 p.m.

b'Pablo Torre is a senior writer at ESPN the Magazine and frequently appears on Around the Horn, PTI, and other ESPN shows.\\n\\n \\u201cMost of my friends are not sports fans. My parents aren\'t. Brother and sister \\u2014 no. So I just want to make things that they want to read. That\'s the big litmus test for me in deciding if a story is worth investing my time into: Is somebody who doesn\\u2019t give a shit about sports gonna be interested in this?\\u201d\\n\\nThanks to MailChimp, Johnson & Johnson, FreshBooks, and Squarespace for sponsoring this week\'s episode.\\n\\nShow Notes:\\n@PabloTorre\\nPablog\\nTorre on Longform\\n[07:00] Torre\\u2019s Harvard Crimson Archive\\n[11:00] "Fuck It We\\u2019ll Do It Live!" (YouTube)\\n[12:00] First Take\\n[12:00] "Raissman: Who will be Stephen A. Smith\\u2019s next foil on ESPN" (Bob Raissman \\u2022 New York Daily News \\u2022 Apr 2016)\\n[17:00] The Longform Guide to Nurses\\n[21:00] A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Tony Kornheiser \\u2022 Sports Illustrated \\u2022 Apr 1983)\\n[23:00] Around the Horn\\n[25:00] "How (and Why) Athletes Go Broke" (Sports Illustrated \\u2022 Mar 2009)\\n[28:00] "Sympathy for the Devil? Child Homicide, Victim Characteristics, and the Sentencing Preferences of the American Conscience" (Social Science Research Network \\u2022 Mar 2007)\\n[33:00] Broke (30 for 30 \\u2022 Oct 2012)\\n[35:00] "A Light In the Darkness" (Sports Illustrated \\u2022 Jun 2010)\\n[40:00] "Larger Than Real Life" (Sports Illustrated \\u2022 Jul 2011)\\n[42:00] "Where Are They Now? Mike Tyson" (Sports Illustrated \\u2022 Aug 2010)\\n[43:00] "The Biggest Little Man in the World" (Andrew Corsello \\u2022 GQ \\u2022 Mar 2010)\\n[44:00] "Welcome To Manny\\u2019s World" (ESPN the Magazine \\u2022 Apr 2015)\\n[45:00] "A Mystery Wrapped Inside An Enigma Shrouded In a Beard" (ESPN the Magazine \\u2022 Oct 2015)\\n[45:00] "The Friendship That Divides the NBA" (ESPN the Magazine \\u2022 May 2016)\\n[51:00] "Isolation Play" (ESPN the Magazine \\u2022 Mar 2015)\\n[53:00] "Kobe Bryant Snaps After Lakers Practice, Calls Team \'Soft Like Charmin\'" ( Mike Prada \\u2022 SB Nation \\u2022 Dec 2014)\\n\\n\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'