Pablo Torre is joining Meadowlark Media, but will still contribute to ESPN
Beyond his new work for Meadowlark, Torre is expected to keep contributing to ESPN programs, including Around The Horn and Pardon The Interruption.
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Pablo Torre’s first TV appearance, with Bill O’Reilly, taught Torre the “performance of nodding”
"Bill O’Reilly almost entirely just lectured at me about his high school swimming career."
Mike Breen expresses greater appreciation for calling NBA Finals after COVID isolation
"I was one of those that had no symptoms and kept testing positive, which is probably more frustrating than the alternative"
Brittney Griner situation represents paradox for American public & journalists
"How do you talk about a story that's worth talking about while the people involved in the story desperately don't want you to talk about it?"
ESPN’s Louis Riddick once won Dan Snyder’s Aston Martin from him in a racquetball game
"He was pissed. PISSED."
Pablo Torre and Mina Kimes’ Around The Horn comments on violence against Asian Americans were a refreshing use of ESPN’s platform
"And this is a story, Tony, that is just the latest step in a horrifying year that has been defined for Asian Americans by hate crimes and racist abuse and bigotry."
‘Fire Joe Morgan’ creator Mike Schur admits always regretting that name for his baseball blog
"It was a crass, sort of early internet version of making noise and banging on a pot and calling attention to yourself."
ESPN announces new NFL Live lineup with Laura Rutledge, Marcus Spears, Dan Orlovsky, Keyshawn Johnson, Mina Kimes
Pablo Torre will replace Kimes as host of the ESPN Daily podcast.
Bomani Jones and Pablo Torre reportedly have new deals to remain at ESPN
This seemed unlikely given the cancellation of High Noon in February, but a lot has changed since then.
Katie Nolan’s Zoom celebrity challenge attracts several famous people, fun surprises
Did that person really just join the call?
ESPN is canceling High Noon, says “we look forward to discussing” how to utilize Bomani Jones and Pablo Torre
"Co-hosts Pablo Torre and Bomani Jones are extremely talented, and they helmed what we believed was a smart and nuanced show. Unfortunately, not enough people agreed with us."
ESPN Halloween costumes included Pat McAfee dressing as Anchorman’s Champ Kind, High Noon cast dressing as the PTI cast
Shows from High Noon to Pardon The Interruption to NFL Live and Around The Horn all got in on Halloween.
Will Cain was on the receiving end of a quality April Fool’s prank (maybe) courtesy of ‘High Noon’
April Fool’s pranks are, for the most part, pretty sucky. They’re either not very funny or not very...
Awful Announcing podcast: ESPN’s Pablo S. Torre talks High Noon, working with Bomani Jones and Erik Rydholm, and “The Process”
Torre joins the AA podcast to talk about High Noon, how he and Bomani Jones first pitched the show to themselves, and much more.
ESPN’s ‘High Noon’ felt simultaneously fresh and familiar in its debut hour
Is the show really here for the jokes? Monday's premiere sent some mixed messages, but showed some promising signs.
Bomani Jones says “things have changed” since his 2015 comment that ESPN wouldn’t punish “factually undeniable” statements
“I think where things have changed from what I said [in 2015] to what I'm looking now at, is I never imagined that something factually true could prove to be as inflammatory as things that are factually true have proven to be.”
Bomani Jones and Pablo Torre’s new show has a name and a debut date
High Noon will debut on June 4.
Keith Olbermann calls culture war surrounding ESPN “baloney,” says “the politics is called the business of cable”
"The subscribers of the Golf Channel, they've lost more in the last month than ESPN. So what's the politics of this? The politics is called 'the business of cable.'"
