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Alex Volonte, Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant in Journalism Studies, University of Florida

As private equity, politics and prediction markets reshape sports, is the press box up to the task?

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Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer received a one-year suspension from the NBA after the league found that the franchise had violated salary cap circumvention rules. Christina House/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

It was around a year ago that the podcast “Pablo Torre Finds Out” released the first episode of what would become a 17-part series into alleged efforts by the Los Angeles Clippers to circumvent the NBA’s salary cap rules.

Since then, the podcast team has netted a Pulitzer Prize, a National Magazine Award and an Edward R. Murrow Award for its independent investigative reporting on the story.

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