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Pablo Torre’s stellar Celebrity Family Feud comeback was an all-time great performance

Family Feud fans will always remember the name Pablo Torre.

When we think about the great performances in sports history, we don’t often enough think about the accomplishments of sportswriters.

Perhaps, however, that is because sports media personalities rarely achieve greatness quite at the level that Pablo Torre did. Torre, a former ESPN host and Sports Illustrated writer who now hosts the podcast Pablo Finds Out on Meadowlark Media, appeared on ABC’s Celebrity Family Feud.

He played alongside ESPN’s Mina Kimes, golfer Michelle Wie West, restaurateur David Chang, and author Chris Ying. Torre and his team faced off against a team led by John Legend and Chrissy Teigen.

Torre was tasked with anchoring the Fast Money segment and he did not disappoint.

After an uninspiring 54-point performance from Chang, it was up to Torre to climb out of the hole (per Awful Announcing):

“In fact, host Steve Harvey said it would take a Celebrity Family Feud record for a second contestant to reach the 200 points needed to win.”

So with a historic performance needed to earn $25,000 for their charity, the Southern Smoke Foundation, the sports media star simply did exactly what he needed to do — and he made it look easy.

He made history, or something like it, by notching 174 points and securing a victory. Torre also sarcastically thanked John Legend in the middle of Harvey totaling the score from the round, which was also very fun.

There are even t-shirts sold to celebrate this remarkable TV moment. Kudos to Torre on a job well done.

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ESPN’s Mina Kimes helped chef David Chang become first celebrity to win ‘Millionaire’

What a moment!

David Chang, the chef known for his Momofuku line of restaurants and his Netflix series Ugly Delicious, just made some incredible game show history.

On Sunday, he became the first-ever celebrity to win the top prize in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, which means the charity he chose, Southern Smoke Foundation (which helps people in the restaurant industry during crises including the COVID-19 pandemic) gets $1 million.

The final question was a tough one: “Although he and his wife never touched a light switch for fear of being shocked, who was the first president to have electricity in the White House?”

Chang decided to phone a friend, and that happened to be … ESPN’s Mina Kimes! She ended up helping him with the answer: “It’s probably [Benjamin] Harrison.”

Chang decided to go for it and said Harrison. And he won!

Kimes had the perfect reaction:

For more on the win, head over to USA TODAY, who spoke with Chang after the victory.

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