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NBC Sports
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
Pablo Torre's Bill Belichick reporting sparks a fresh feud with Bill Simmons
The story that keeps on giving keeps finding new ways to give. Pablo Torre's thorough and detailed reporting on former Patriots coach Bill Belichick's decidedly un-Belichickian late-career turn has generated plenty of attention. And, as Belichick and Jordon Hudson have learned, with attention comes scrutiny. Ben Axelrod of explains that Boston native, Patriots superfan, and ultra-popular podcast host Bill Simmons took a few shots at Torre during a study of the ridiculously far-fetched 1978 football film, Heaven Can Wait, in which Warren Beatty's character (Rams quarterback Joe Pendleton) dies too soon, enters the body of multimillionaire Leo Farnsworth as rectification for the error, buys the team, and makes himself the starting quarterback in advance of the Super Bowl. 'Pablo Torre would've done a long podcast about Leo Farnsworth trying to practice with the team, and then done a media tour about it afterwards,' Simmons said. 'I've never seen anybody dine on a stupider story for a week and a half while pretending you're a journalist. What the fuck was that? Seriously.' Added Simmons: 'Belichick's dating a girl. 'Oh, let me do nine shows about it.' Settle the fuck down.' The Torre media tour wasn't planned. People wanted to talk to him about the Belichick story. That's how he ended up on #PFTPM last week; I asked him to do it. The reason was simple. People can't get enough of the story. Our traffic proves it, over and over again. For instance, our top four stories for May 2025 related to Belichick and his 24-year-old girlfriend/handler/publicist/idea mill/creative muse Jordon Hudson. But while a certain amount of flak from others in the media is to be expected for anyone whose success sparks natural and predictable resentment, Torre appears to be ready to engage Simmons. 'Since you have such a strong public opinion about my work,' Torre said to Simmons on Twitter, 'I happen to have a few questions for you, specifically. Unless you're afraid of [Pablo Torre Finds Out] and someone just 'pretending to be a journalist,' of course.' We don't know what the questions are. We don't know whether Simmons will answer them. But we know that, if Pablo Torre becomes sufficiently curious about something, he'll make it his mission to find out.
NBC Sports
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
The awkward coverup over Channing Crowder's Bill Belichick/Jordon Hudson comments continues
Contrary to the opinions of those who have nothing better to do than complain about our periodic Bill Belichick/Jordon Hudson stories, we do many other things than write about the most oddly compelling story in all of football. For example, I've resisted (for now) the temptation to post more items with quotes from the recent visit by Pablo Torre to #PFTPM for a 45-minute chat on all things Belichick/Hudson. Some things, however, can't be ignored. In an article focusing on the recent sports media misadventures of Ryan Clark, John Mamola of Barrett Sports Media mentioned something very interesting. The portion of the WQAM radio show in which The Pivot Podcast co-host Channing Crowder said Hudson 'choreographed' Belichick's solo interview with Clark is gone. Expunged. Disappeared. Kaput. From the show's website. From its Apple podcast feed. From its Spotify podcast feed. We checked, just to be sure. Both the portion of the show during which the comments were made on May 16 (hour three) and the full May 16 show are gone from all three platforms. Only hours one, two, and four remain. Here's what Crowder said, beyond sharing his perception that Hudson 'choreographed' the interview: 'She kind of coordinates and brand manages. She has her paws on the situation. It's different . . . It was weird to be around Belichick and Jordon. . . . I don't see Belichick in that light. But he just smiles and nods. . . . His old lady is different. . . . She lurks. It's weird to know him as Coach Belichick running the entire organization as G.M., head coach, talent coordinator, all that stuff, and then to see this tiny, little 95-pound girl kind of — pretty much telling him what to do.' Wrote Mamola: 'Did Ryan Clark ask to have that hour removed? Did Bill Belichick or Jordon Hudson ask to have it removed?' Those are very fair questions. It's an extreme measure for any radio station to delete archived audio. The longer it's up before it's gone, the more awkward it is to scrub it from the web. While it's not known whether Clark's, Belichick's, and/or Hudson's fingerprints are on the removal of the Crowder audio, it's just another delayed-action development that kicks up the broader story's otherwise settled dust. Clark's one-on-one with Belichick delved into issues that had begun to fade away from view, such as the disastrous CBS interview. Crowder's apology, followed by Clark's unpersuasive effort to show that Hudson didn't control the Belichick interview, woke up the echoes of a wrinkle that had been largely forgotten after the control-alt-delete of Memorial Day weekend. Bottom line? It's all very weird. And Clark pulled himself and his popular podcast into the lingering morass by doing something seemingly far more detailed, planned, and (yes) choreographed than the usual podcast interview, where the guest shows up, talks for a while, and then leaves. It's obvious at this point that the Belichick interview was anything but a spontaneous and organic conversation, free from selective editing over which Belichick (and/or Hudson) may have had control. The best evidence of this fact is that Clark finagled the first (and only, so far) sit-down interview with Belichick and Hudson — and killed it. That general strangeness of the Belichick/Hudson story has returned to the center of the radar screen because it wasn't enough for Crowder to apologize for saying what he said about Hudson. Those words had to be erased from digital existence. At the behest of someone. Someone who doesn't realize the simple wisdom of leaving well enough alone.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Podcaster not ruling out legal action against UNC over Bill Belichick public records request
Pablo Torre has been busy digging into to the relationship between Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson, reporting on his podcast 'Pablo Torre Finds Out' that Belichick's family has expressed 'deep worry' about the damage Hudson is doing the 73-year-old's legacy. The podcaster also reported Hudson was banned from UNC's football facility — a claim the school has since refuted. Torre has stood by his reporting, and won't rule out taking legal action if UNC doesn't respond to his multiple public records requests he's sent to the university by Friday. 'These are public records requests,' he said during an appearance on 'PFT PM.' 'I don't know why this should be vague or ambiguous. It's not like, 'Show me your e-mails,' as if there is no expectation of it. It's, 'You get as part of the pact between a public university and the federal government, you get things in exchange for what feels like a reasonable level of transparency.' 'So we can tell what is this public money going towards? It's standard operating procedure, and if we don't — if we feel like they are not obliging their legal obligations, we will certainly pursue avenues to make it so.' Because UNC isn't a private university, Belichick's e-mails are open to those kinds of public records requests. The Athletic recently obtained e-mails Belichick sent asking for Hudson to be copied. The legendary coach chalked it up to the university not having a 'sports information guy.' 'Because all e-mails are shared publicly, that was taken as Jordon's running the sports information department,' Belichick said during a recent appearance on 'The Pivot' podcast. 'And that also led to a narrative, which is just totally — she's not doing it. There was nobody to help me sort it out, so I was asking her to do it.' Torre didn't specify what specifically he was after in regards to the requests, and it's unclear whether the university will comply with the request or if legal action indeed will be taken. Patriots defensive coordinator still absent due to 'health scare' Young Patriots receiver reacts to trade rumors Patriots defenders explain why they're expecting a 'good year' Former Patriots champion reacts to David Andrews' retirement Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Pablo Torre threatens UNC with lawsuit amid his Bill Belichick-Jordon Hudson investigation
Podcaster Pablo Torre has quickly become one of the foremost experts on Bill Belichick's relationship with Jordon Hudson, breaking a number of stories related to it, and the ex-ESPNer said he's willing to take the University of North Carolina to court if they fail to comply with public record requests related to the football program. Torre, who has dedicated two episodes of his show 'Pablo Torre Finds Out' to uncovering details around the relationship, said during an appearance with Mike Florio on 'PFT PM' that UNC owed him a response to multiple public records requests by Friday. Advertisement And he hinted that he would be willing to sue the university to 'hold them to account.' Bill Belichick and Girlfriend Jordon Hudson at the Nantucket Christmas Stroll. Instagram/@jordon_isabella 'These are public records requests,' he said. 'I don't know why this should be vague or ambiguous. If you're listening, like, it's not like, 'Show me your emails,' as if there is no expectation of it. It's, 'You get as part of the pact between a public university and the federal government, you get things in exchange for what feels like a reasonable level of transparency.' So we can tell what is this public money going towards? It's standard operating procedure, and if we don't — if we feel like they are not obliging their legal obligations, we will certainly pursue avenues to make it so.' Belichick, 73, is headed into his first season at the helm of the UNC football program, marking the first time he's coached at the collegiate level. Advertisement Coaching at UNC does open Belichick up to more public transparency. The school is a public institution, making him a public employee subject to having his emails fair game for open records requests. Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson attend the 14th Annual NFL Honors at Saenger Theatre on February 06, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Getty Images Torre did not indicate what these specific records requests were in reference to. The Athletic, The Assembly NC, and Torre have successfully had requests responded to earlier this year, which has led to some interesting revelations. The Assembly NC that first reported that Belichick had directed North Carolina officials to copy the 24-year-old Hudson on messages sent to him. The reporting by Torre over the past few weeks has come under attack from Hudson, who posted and then deleted a response on her Instagram page after Friday's episode investigating the Ring doorbell cam footage of the ex-Patriots coach that made headlines in 2023. Advertisement 'Pablo Torre's 'findings' have been nothing short of factually incorrect, slanderous, defamatory and targeted,' she wrote in the Instagram story that was taken down a short time after it was posted. Pablo Torre spoke with 11 sources who have dealt with Bill Belichick's girlfriend directly. Pablo Torre Finds Out Others have also questioned the reporting and interest in the relationship, which Torre himself pushed back on during the interview with Florio on Tuesday. 'I've seen enough reporters who love to suck up to coaches who are like, 'Look, the Jordon Hudson story was wildly exaggerated from the start,' and all I can tell them is that, 'You guys got to do some reporting if you think that that's plausible that we are overestimating the impact here,'' Torre said, 'because it's verified, documented, now increasingly public. 'They're missing the story, and that's what's also darkly humorous about this.'
New York Post
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Pablo Torre threatens UNC with lawsuit amid his Bill Belichick-Jordon Hudson investigation
Podcaster Pablo Torre has quickly become one of the foremost experts on Bill Belichick's relationship with Jordon Hudson, breaking a number of stories related to it, and the ex-ESPNer said he's willing to take the University of North Carolina to court if they fail to comply with public record requests related to the football program. Torre, who has dedicated two episodes of his show 'Pablo Torre Finds Out' to uncovering details around the relationship, said during an appearance with Mike Florio on 'PFT PM' that UNC owed him a response to multiple public records requests by Friday. And he hinted that he would be willing to sue the university to 'hold them to account.' Advertisement 3 Bill Belichick and Girlfriend Jordon Hudson at the Nantucket Christmas Stroll. Instagram/@jordon_isabella 'These are public records requests,' he said. 'I don't know why this should be vague or ambiguous. If you're listening, like, it's not like, 'Show me your emails,' as if there is no expectation of it. It's, 'You get as part of the pact between a public university and the federal government, you get things in exchange for what feels like a reasonable level of transparency.' So we can tell what is this public money going towards? It's standard operating procedure, and if we don't — if we feel like they are not obliging their legal obligations, we will certainly pursue avenues to make it so.' Belichick, 73, is headed into his first season at the helm of the UNC football program, marking the first time he's coached at the collegiate level. Advertisement Coaching at UNC does open Belichick up to more public transparency. The school is a public institution, making him a public employee subject to having his emails fair game for open records requests. 3 Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson attend the 14th Annual NFL Honors at Saenger Theatre on February 06, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Getty Images Torre did not indicate what these specific records requests were in reference to. Advertisement The Athletic, The Assembly NC, and Torre have successfully had requests responded to earlier this year, which has led to some interesting revelations. The Assembly NC that first reported that Belichick had directed North Carolina officials to copy the 24-year-old Hudson on messages sent to him. The reporting by Torre over the past few weeks has come under attack from Hudson, who posted and then deleted a response on her Instagram page after Friday's episode investigating the Ring doorbell cam footage of the ex-Patriots coach that made headlines in 2023. Advertisement 'Pablo Torre's 'findings' have been nothing short of factually incorrect, slanderous, defamatory and targeted,' she wrote in the Instagram story that was taken down a short time after it was posted. 3 Pablo Torre spoke with 11 sources who have dealt with Bill Belichick's girlfriend directly. Pablo Torre Finds Out Others have also questioned the reporting and interest in the relationship, which Torre himself pushed back on during the interview with Florio on Tuesday. 'I've seen enough reporters who love to suck up to coaches who are like, 'Look, the Jordon Hudson story was wildly exaggerated from the start,' and all I can tell them is that, 'You guys got to do some reporting if you think that that's plausible that we are overestimating the impact here,'' Torre said, 'because it's verified, documented, now increasingly public. 'They're missing the story, and that's what's also darkly humorous about this.'
