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USA Today
5 days ago
- Business
- USA Today
Pablo Torre's hit podcast signed a fascinating new licensing deal
The sports media world received a particularly interesting update about the future of the hit podcast Pablo Torre Finds Out on Tuesday morning. Torre's unique form of investigative journalism has uncovered remarkable findings about football coach Bill Belichick (which led to a feud with Bill Simmons), a messy gambling ring in the NBA, scandals surrounding the NFLPA, who actually posts on social media for Magic Johnson, and plenty more. He began the show, which is produced by Meadowlark Media, in 2023. It was recently named by TIME as one of the 100 best podcasts ever. Meadlowlark Media will continue to produce the show, which departed from DraftKings Network earlier this summer. Pablo Torre Finds Out was briefly independent and sought a licensing partner before recently agreeing to terms with New York Times and The Athletic. Here are additional details about Torre's agreement with The Athletic (via Bloomberg): The New York Times Co.'s Athletic sports-media brand has signed two new podcast licensing deals, including one for Pablo Torre Finds Out, in a bid to expand its subscriber base. The agreement with Torre, a former on-air correspondent for ESPN, is in the seven figures, according to a person familiar with the details, who asked not to be named discussing information that's not public. Additionally, the Athletic signed a deal for the independent podcast Sports Gossip Show. 'This is the single best way for us to go out and reach millions of more sports fans,' said Sebastian Tomich, chief commercial and development officer at the Athletic, in an interview. 'Absent us unlocking many millions in a giant brand campaign, developing new shows and series like that with Pablo is the best way.' Dan Le Batard, co-founder of the network that produces Torre's podcast, posted on social media about the news. This is part of what he said in the video: "We were all able to create the future of sports journalism, the future of sports podcasting ... All parties involved what used to be HBO's Real Sports, what used to be Outside the Lines, real traditional sports journalism." The Athletic also agreed to a licensing deal with Sports Gossip Show, which is hosted by Madeline Hill and former For The Win staff writer Charlotte Wilder.
The Herald Scotland
22-07-2025
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Why JC Tretter is resigning from the NFLPA amid scandals
"Over the last couple days, it has gotten very, very hard for my family. And that's something I can't deal with," Tretter told CBS Sports. "So, the short bullet points are: I have no interest in being [executive director]. I have no interest in being considered; I've let the executive committee know that. I'm also going to leave the NFLPA in the coming days because I don't have anything left to give the organization." NFL, NFLPA explainer: What to know about grievances, Lloyd Howell, next steps Tretter served as president of the NFLPA from 2020 to 2024 and resigns amid multiple scandals involving Howell and the players' union. Howell faced questions after the "Pablo Torre Finds Out" podcast released a 61-page arbitration report showing the NFL encouraged owners "to reduce guarantees in future contracts with players at the March 2022 annual meeting." Howell, the head of the NFLPA at the time, reached a confidentiality agreement with the NFL that kept players and the public from knowing what was in the report. Since his resignation, reports came out that Howell charged the NFLPA for multiple strip club visits. The "Pablo Torre Finds Out" podcast also reported another confidential deal between the NFL and the NFLPA on an investigation into fake injuries. Tretter's comments during an interview in 2023 led to the investigation. Tretter was considered a frontrunner to replace Howell in upcoming NFLPA executive director elections. "I'm not resigning because what I've been accused of is true," he told CBS Sports. "I'm not resigning in disgrace. I'm resigning because this has gone too far for me and my family, and I've sucked it up for six weeks. And I felt like I've been kind of left in the wind taking shots for the best of the organization." OPINION: Former NFLPA head Lloyd Howell was sunk by his own secrets NFLPA chief player officer Don Davis is reportedly the other frontrunner and seems poised to take the position. Davis played linebacker for 11 years in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, St. Louis Rams and New England Patriots. All the NFL news on and off the field. Sign up for USA TODAY's 4th and Monday newsletter.
USA Today
20-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
JC Tretter resigning from NFLPA amid scandals within union
Days after the NFL Players Association's executive director Lloyd Howell Jr. resigned, the favorite to replace him is resigning as well. Former Cleveland Browns center and NFLPA president JC Tretter told CBS Sports that he is resigning from the NFLPA, removing his name from candidacy for the now-vacant executive director position. "Over the last couple days, it has gotten very, very hard for my family. And that's something I can't deal with," Tretter told CBS Sports. "So, the short bullet points are: I have no interest in being [executive director]. I have no interest in being considered; I've let the executive committee know that. I'm also going to leave the NFLPA in the coming days because I don't have anything left to give the organization." NFL, NFLPA explainer: What to know about grievances, Lloyd Howell, next steps Tretter served as president of the NFLPA from 2020 to 2024 and resigns amid multiple scandals involving Howell and the players' union. Howell faced questions after the "Pablo Torre Finds Out" podcast released a 61-page arbitration report showing the NFL encouraged owners "to reduce guarantees in future contracts with players at the March 2022 annual meeting." Howell, the head of the NFLPA at the time, reached a confidentiality agreement with the NFL that kept players and the public from knowing what was in the report. Since his resignation, reports came out that Howell charged the NFLPA for multiple strip club visits. The "Pablo Torre Finds Out" podcast also reported another confidential deal between the NFL and the NFLPA on an investigation into fake injuries. Tretter's comments during an interview in 2023 led to the investigation. Tretter was considered a frontrunner to replace Howell in upcoming NFLPA executive director elections. "I'm not resigning because what I've been accused of is true," he told CBS Sports. "I'm not resigning in disgrace. I'm resigning because this has gone too far for me and my family, and I've sucked it up for six weeks. And I felt like I've been kind of left in the wind taking shots for the best of the organization." OPINION: Former NFLPA head Lloyd Howell was sunk by his own secrets NFLPA chief player officer Don Davis is reportedly the other frontrunner and seems poised to take the position. Davis played linebacker for 11 years in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, St. Louis Rams and New England Patriots. All the NFL news on and off the field. Sign up for USA TODAY's 4th and Monday newsletter.
NBC Sports
18-07-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Report: Lloyd Howell resigned on his own, to the surprise of some on the executive committee
There's still a story to be told regarding how and when and why NFL Players Association executive director Lloyd Howell abruptly resigned on Thursday night. The initial telling of the story is that Howell acted unilaterally, without being pushed. Via Don Van Natta Jr. and Kalyn Kahler of 'Howell resigned on his own and surprised some members of the NFLPA's 10-person executive committee.' So what prompted him to walk? Was it Thursday's episode of Pablo Torre Finds Out, which revealed another hidden grievance ruling — and which featured examples of edited clips from his Super Bowl LIX press conference as he navigated his private-equity conflict of interest? Was it ESPN's reporting from Thursday about a 2011 lawsuit about which some of the player representatives who voted on Howell weren't aware? Was it more reporting that was still to come? Or did he get a gentle, off-the-record nudge from someone regarding the direction in which the wind was blowing? With Ronald C. Machen from the WilmerHale firm investigating Howell's activities, did he see or hear something (via PTFO or elsewhere) that caused him to get word to Howell that his best move would be to walk, before they made him run? The official reporting is that Howell left on his own. The unofficial truth could be otherwise. Time will tell.
USA Today
17-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Reports: NFL, NFLPA covered up fake injury grievance ruling
The NFL and NFLPA concealed another grievance ruling from earlier this year, according to reports from Pro Football Talk and the "Pablo Torre Finds Out" podcast. Recently, ESPN reported that the NFL and NFLPA agreed to conceal findings of a grievance filed by the players union, in which an arbitrator found that the league had encouraged its owners to engage in collusion. On July 17, Pablo Torre and Mike Florio revealed that the NFL won a different grievance ruling against the NFLPA earlier this year. The league originally filed the grievance in September 2023 accusing the union of encouraging players to fake injuries. It came as a result of JC Tretter's comments months earlier alluding that faking injuries was a way for a player to avoid fines in contract negotiation holdouts. NFL COLLUSION GRIEVANCE: League and players union agreed to keep arbitration findings secret, per report Said Tretter at the time: "I think we've seen issues — now, I don't think anybody would say they were fake injuries, but we've seen players who didn't want to be where they currently are, have injuries that made them unable to practice and play, but you're not able to get fined, and you're not able to be punished for not reporting. So there are issues like that. I don't think I'm allowed to ever recommend that, at least publicly, but I think each player needs to find a way to build up leverage to try to get a fair deal. And that's really what all these guys are looking for, is to be compensated fairly." According to Florio and Torre's reporting, a Feb. 20 decision from a non-injury grievance arbitrator gave the NFL a win following their complaint. A statement the league wrote to Pro Football Talk read: "The Arbitrator upheld the Management Council's grievance in its entirety and found that Mr. Tretter's statements violated the CBA by improperly encouraging players to fake injury." The statement went on to clarify that the NFL did not allege any specific player faked an injury and that the league's issue was with Tretter and the union potentially encouraging the behavior. The league alleged the NFLPA violated an article in the two parties' collective bargaining agreement that prohibits the union from, as Florio put it, "engag[ing] in de facto, individualized strikes." Neither party disclosed the outcome of the decision publicly in the immediate aftermath of the NFL's arbitration victory. Florio suggested in his article that the cover-up may have been the result of a behind-closed-doors agreement. If the NFLPA agreed not to publicize the findings from a collusion grievance that found the NFL encouraged owners to engage in collusion to keep down player contract values, the league would not expose their grievance win regarding fake injuries.
