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

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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.

(This episode originally aired January 7, 2025.)

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