The podcaster discusses why investigative reporting in sports is still rare and whether fans even want it, and the problem with private equity investing in professional teams.
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The sports journalist Pablo Torre recently won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for audio reporting for an investigation on his podcast, “Pablo Torre Finds Out.” Torre talks with David Remnick about the challenge of investigative reporting in professional sports—where leagues, owners, players, and sometimes even fans don’t welcome hard questions. “As much as I am doing that and urging people to join me in the pool,” he says, “it kind of feels like I’m the guy who is the proverbial turd” in that pool. But as private equity invests large sums in teams, he says, the work is even more necessary—and that fans do care when misdeeds are revealed.
Further reading:
- “Lessons in Fanhood from the Knicks,” by Vinson Cunningham
- “The Knicks: The Only Game in Town,” by David Remnick
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