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

PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT

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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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.)


Subscribe to PTFO on YouTube for breaking news, greatest hits and live premieres with Pablo


Subscribe to Pablo's Substack for exclusive access, documents and invites


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2026-08-18 47 min
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