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Original audio documentaries from the makers of the acclaimed 30 for 30 film series, featuring stories from the world of sports and beyond. 30 for 30 offers captivating storytelling for sports fans and general interest listeners alike, going beyond the field to explore how sports, competition, athleticism and adventure affect our lives and our world. Sports stories like you've never heard before.
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The State of Florida v. Rashaun Jones gets underway but nothing goes according to plan.
After the trial, a juror talks and Paula learns what happened inside a heated deliberation room.
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2After ESPN publishes an explosive article on the Miami-Dade police investigation’s shortcomings, the police arrest Rashaun Jones for Bryan’s murder.
Soon after, they get a lucky break: a person in the same jail as Rashau ntells them exactly what they want to hear. But there seems to be more to his testimony than what is presented.
Meanwhile, Rashaun sits in jail for years, awaiting trial. But his day in court is finally coming.
We’ll be back with the final episode of Murder at The U when The State of Florida v. Rashaun Jones wraps.
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A dozen years after Bryan’s murder, the Pata family is frustrated. No arrests have been made, and yet the police say the case is far from cold.
Meanwhile, relations between the detectives and our team of ESPN reporters have grown strained. That’s when the team takes matters into their own hands, suing the Miami-Dade police to force the release of unredacted case files.
Next episode coming Thursday, February 26th
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The night of Bryan’s murder, one other player failed to show up for the mandatory team meeting. From there, rumors began to swirl. Could that teammate have killed Bryan?
His family seems to think so, but some coaches and players aren’t so sure. Over ten years later, Paula and the team dig into the mountain of circumstantial evidence pointing the police towards Rashaun Jones.
But with no physical evidence linking Rashaun to the crime, the team begins to wonder: is Rashaun guilty or did he fall victim to an unfortunate set of circumstances?
Next episode coming Tuesday, February 24th
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Paula and the reporting team begin asking who would have wanted Bryan dead, only to discover a long list of possible suspects.
As the team starts to chase down leads, Bryan’s world outside of football – fixing up classic cars, getting into fights at clubs, and living like a local celebrity– comes into focus.
But as certain details crystallize, more questions arise around the information that led the police to eventually make an arrest.
Next episode coming Thursday, February 19th
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ESPN Investigative Reporter Paula Lavigne and the team take a closer look at The Miami Hurricanes’ 2006 season, including the events that led to Bryan’s murder.
They find a team beset by violence: from a player who was shot by an intruder in the preseason, to a brawl that colored Miami’s performance for the rest of the season. But what, if any, did these events have to do with Bryan’s murder?
Next episode coming Tuesday, February 17th
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In 2006, Bryan Pata – a football star at the University of Miami – was shot and killed outside his apartment. The death of a high-profile player from a major college football program was big news, but it didn’t lead to an arrest.
But more than a decade later, the case found its way to a team of ESPN reporters.
What they found was an exasperated family desperate for answers, a murder investigation that appeared to be cold (even though the police said it wasn’t), a legendary football program with a wild reputation in a tailspin, and a side to Bryan he didn’t want people to know about.
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In 2006, Bryan Pata was a senior defensive tackle for the University of Miami with a bright future ahead of him. The NFL was right around the corner, and he was months away from being able to buy his mom a house. Instead, one night in early November, Bryan was shot dead outside his apartment complex coming home from practice.
From 30 for 30 Podcasts, Murder at The U tells the story of the shocking, high-profile murder investigation that rocked the college football world and what happened when a team of ESPN reporters brought that investigation into the light.
Who killed Bryan Pata? Twenty years later, someone is finally on trial. First two episodes drop Thursday, 2/12.
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From the basketball-nerd mecca of the Sloan Conference to the always-brilliant mind of stats guru Bill James, Martin’s unusual legacy lives on—along with some of the questions that defined his life.
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Our hosts take a trip to Kansas, where the women in Martin’s life speak about the man they knew and loved—and hunt for Martin’s buried treasure.
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Martin’s blog shines a light on a troubled but brilliant mind—and a tumultuous life defined by passion and obsession.
The following podcast contains discussion of suicide and self-harm, which some listeners may find disturbing. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, or is in emotional distress, contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8, or 988lifeline.org. Listener
discretion is advised.
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Martin’s compulsive number-crunching lays the groundwork for people like Daryl Morey and Dean Oliver to later transform the sport, while the hunt for statistical meaning impacts his own life in profound ways.
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A young Midwesterner becomes obsessed with basketball, with an opportunity to make history.
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The dominance of the 3-point shot in today’s NBA can be partially traced to strange and humble origins - the curious world of a Kansas genius named Martin Manley.
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Today, the 3-point shot is king in the NBA. But has it ruined basketball?
The tale of a reclusive genius who predicted basketball’s future, then vanished. What he left behind: A website. And maybe buried treasure.
From 30 for 30 Podcasts, Chasing Basketball Heaven follows two sports reporters as they take an unforgettable trip through basketball history and uncover the lengths a person might go to be remembered.
Available July 22nd.
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Five years ago, Americans woke up on March 11 2020 in one reality and, by the time they went to sleep that night, they were living with a new one. Hear the story of the day everything changed — the day the NBA shut down and the pandemic became real — as told by those who lived it.
This episode originally aired December 21, 2020.
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Race Day arrives. Nicole travels to Big Hill Lake, Kansas to compete in a 50-mile race against horses. All the training, medications, and strife have built up to this moment.
The trail opens and Nicole begins the race of a lifetime. But can she beat even one horse?
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In order to run a 50-mile race against a horse, Nicole must first figure out how to safely train by herself and how to run next to horses.
Her epilepsy makes this challenging. Some days are good and some days are bad. So Nicole does what most athletes do when they hit a low: she gets a trainer.
Enter Coach Sarah Scozzaro.
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With her epilepsy somewhat under control, Nicole sets her sights on racing a horse. She begins by exploring a theory known as “The Endurance Running Hypothesis.”
To understand how this theory works, Nicole explores the long history of humans outracing four-legged animals, like persistence hunters that track and chase kudus in Namibia.
Then she travels to Arizona to witness the human vs. horse races of today: meeting horse riders and ultramarathoners who compete alongside each other in impressive, 50-mile runs.
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Meet Nicole Teeny, a long-distance runner with a wild dream: to outrun a horse. It all started with a book, Born to Run, a theory, and an epilepsy diagnosis.
After experiencing several life-altering seizures, Nicole must come to grips with a new normal and a new body.
In this reality, the seizures begin to take on a greater significance, like raging animals—horses—inside her mind.
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Incredible series. I had no clue who Hobey Baker was and the impact he has had on today's sports. Wow!
Who cares if he was gay? I thought this was a sports podcast?!
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The lesson of this podcast is that even if you don't like the rules, if you don't abide by them there are consequences. It sucks for Billy and others like him. But he and his family haven't even learned the lesson, as evidenced by their responses to questions like "do you wish you/she hadn't taken the money".
"We didn't make any decisions based on money"...but at the same time "I was blowing his phone up wanting my money!". Nicole was beating around the bush instead of saying "Yeah, the money influenced decisions and I got greedy and didn't share much of it with my son." BTW, does anyone believe she bought a top of the line SRT Charger for her son as a first car without using the bag money?!? It's funny they tried to play it off like "oh, it wasn't anything special" as if they bought him a 1994 Taurus or something. haha The hypocrisy of complaining about everyone else getting paid, when she pocketed the majority of the bag money herself without telling her son.
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all iv taken from this doco is that an old man with dementia, grieving the loss of his son said some wildly stupid things when pissed.. i know it makes a better podcast to project him as a villain but i just see him as an old man that needed help..