The reason to have Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl is not anything, I think, resembling a cultural,

enlightened progressivism.

It's merely you want an audience that can become customers.

But because Bad Bunny speaks Spanish, this is now wokeism. And I'm not like, this is, it's capitalism.

On this week's more to the story, veteran sports journalist Pablo Torre. As the Super Bowl approaches,

we talk about the NFL's recurring problems surrounding race and how a flood of money is transforming

sports in America. Stay with us.

This is more to the story. I'm Al Leadsen. Just a few decades ago, investigative sports

journalism was thriving. There were high-profile TV shows, national magazines, and intrepid

reporters around the country who went deep and connected the dots on some of the most

important issues in sports. But today,

many of those outlets are gone or shells of what they once were. And that's meant that sports

in the U.S., one of the most dominant elements of American culture, has often been left without

probing journalism that shines a light on athletes, owners, leagues, and the tens of

billions of dollars they generate every year. One of the reporters who stepped into that void

is Pablo Torre. Previously, a writer at Sports Illustrated and an ESPN contributor, Pablo

is now the host of the podcast Pablo Torre finds out. It's an investigative show that has

broken big stories in sports that had gone unnoticed or underreported. And Pablo says,

understanding sports in America, especially today, is easy. You just got to follow the money.

Pablo, welcome to the show. Al, thanks for having me.

A very kind introduction.

I'm curious if you can just like rewind the clock a little bit and tell me your superhero

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