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Pablo Torre Finds Out

The Billionaire, the Billboards and the Star of the Worst Ad in Sports History (PTFO Vault)

July 22, 2025·49m

The viral commercial has a mysteriously simple message: sportsmanship. The child actor has gotten dunked on by NBA Twitter for more than a decade. Correspondent Zach Schwartz untangles a web from Madison Avenue to the Supreme Court to Damian Lillard, in search of a boy named Alex — and the meaning of perseverance.

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