3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (240+ words) Back in 2023, when our staff was still imagining what PTFO could even be, we kept returning to the idea of a podcast that is also a magazine that is also an independent newsroom that is also a YouTube channel that…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (263+ words) You may have seen us scrutinize the incentives and unintended consequences of legalized sports betting and the rise of multibillion-dollar prediction markets. We've investigated the gambling scandals that threaten the NBA; we've covered scams that touch the White House; you've…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (325+ words) Kobe Bryant's memorial service happened live, inside Staples Center, in front of more than 20,000 fans and the world, on February 24, 2020. The same day my daughter was born. Which is to say that I missed the broadcast that day, entirely. I…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (91+ words) Welcome to MMA America'PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT | Substack Welcome to MMA America EPISODE 356: Homeland Security. You may have noticed that the U.S. government is mixed martial arts now. In fact, the same day we published this episode, with our returning pals…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (166+ words) A couple months ago, I was invited to speak at the 20th edition of the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, in Boston: an annual convention of some of the richest and most powerful people in sports (and beyond). Owners and general…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (208+ words) Steve Ballmer's Clippers are hosting NBA All-Star Weekend this Saturday, at the gleaming Intuit Dome, because of course they are. It's a bit of hilarious symmetry that I didn't anticipate, honestly, when I started investigating the story of Aspiration one…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (78+ words) I once feared that my quest to interview the poet laureate of butts had ended here: At the time, we were rushing production on a truly special episode " which somehow involved a certain automobile owned by one Sir Mix-A-Lot " that…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (163+ words) It's been more than a week since we published our episode with Hunterbrook Media about Robert Pera " the founder of Ubiquiti Inc. and owner of the Memphis Grizzlies "and how his technology has enabled Russia's drone war in Ukraine. Clips…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (144+ words) PTFO isn't always about how billionaire NBA owners keep trying to break rules that they know they're not supposed to. But here we go, again. In the saga of Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer " the richest owner in all…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (127+ words) So typically, when this show talks about dirt, it tends to be a figure of speech. As in: paydirt. Or information someone actively doesn't want us to find out about. But this is an episode that is also about actual…...