Sports Illustrated Upon graduating from Harvard, Torre joined
Sports Illustrated as a staff writer, where his focuses included investigative reporting,
boxing, and
basketball. His 2009 award-winning article "How (and Why) Athletes Go Broke", 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 convict Triton's
CEO Kurt Barton guilty of operating a Ponzi scheme which defrauded investors of more than $500 million.
ESPN On October 10, 2012, Torre joined
ESPN as a senior writer for both its website and magazine. 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. In 2020, Torre began hosting the
ESPN Daily podcast. 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.
Meadowlark Media In March 2023, Torre joined
Meadowlark Media, a new company founded by former colleague
Dan Le Batard. and continues to contribute to ESPN's
Pardon the Interruption as a fill-in host. In September 2023, Torre launched a new podcast and webseries called
Pablo Torre Finds Out. The show employs about 12 producers and editors, and combines original reporting and conversational content. In September 2025, Torre reported that
Steve Ballmer circumvented the
NBA salary cap to compensate
Los Angeles Clippers player
Kawhi Leonard. The NBA announced it was investigating. Torre won a
Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting for his work on the issue. ==Personal life==