--- description: Find out why Pablo Torre was selected for TIME‘s 2026 list of the most influential people in sports. title: TIME100 Most Influential People in Sports 2026: Pablo Torre image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteba98c6fdd427d9e/6a209e539bc7a3c72a5cc637/T100SPORTS-2026-Web-Pablo-Torre.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jun 09, 2026 # Pablo Torre by [Avery Stone](/author/avery-stone/) ## Avery Stone Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Editor  Shuran Huang—The Washington Post/Getty Images In 2023, after more than a decade as a senior writer and commentator at ESPN, Pablo Torre joined Meadowlark Media and launched an investigative podcast, [_Pablo Torre Finds Out_](https://time.com/collections/100-best-podcasts/7303104/pablo-torre-finds-out/ "undefined"), that has come to dictate news cycles. On the show—which is produced by Meadowlark and has been [part of the Athletic Podcast Network](https://www.nytco.com/press/pablo-torre-finds-out-joins-the-athletic-podcast-network/ "undefined") since August—Torre conducts deep dives into timely sports and culture topics, with fellow journalists, sports business leaders, elite athletes, actors, and authors as guests. In May, the show [won the Pulitzer Prize in audio reporting](https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/staff-pablo-torre-finds-out "undefined") for its investigation into allegations that the Los Angeles Clippers and the team’s owner, Steve Ballmer, evaded NBA salary-cap rules by funneling money to star player Kawhi Leonard through a now-defunct startup whose co-founder [pleaded guilty](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6736694/2025/10/21/aspiration-joe-sanberg-guilty-plea/ "undefined") to fraud in October. Torre’s reporting prompted the NBA to look into the allegations; [Leonard](https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/30/sport/basketball-nba-kawhi-leonard-denies-wrongdoing-clippers-intl "undefined") and [Ballmer](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/%5F/id/48563412/in-letter-attorney-says-clippers-owner-steve-ballmer-lost-entire-60-million-investment-aspiration "undefined") have denied wrongdoing, and [the investigation is ongoing](https://x.com/ESPNNBA/status/2060412935214686267?s=20 "undefined"). In March, _Pablo Torre Finds Out_ was nominated for three Sports Emmy Awards. Pablo Torre: TIME100 Most Influential People in Sports 2026 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-sports/2026/pablo-torre/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-sports/2026/pablo-torre/"},"headline":"Pablo Torre","datePublished":"2026-06-09T12:00:46.472Z","dateModified":"2026-06-09T12:00:46.674Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collection/time100-sports/2026/pablo-torre/","keywords":["list","franchise"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteba98c6fdd427d9e/6a209e539bc7a3c72a5cc637/T100SPORTS-2026-Web-Pablo-Torre.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Avery Stone","jobTitle":"Senior Editor","url":"https://time.com/author/avery-stone/"}],"creator":"Avery Stone","articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteba98c6fdd427d9e/6a209e539bc7a3c72a5cc637/T100SPORTS-2026-Web-Pablo-Torre.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-sports/2026/pablo-torre/","name":"Pablo Torre"}}]}] ```