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First Take

BONUS EPISODE: Murder at The U

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.05.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Introducing the latest investigative series from ESPN and 30 for 30 Podcasts, “Murder at The U.” A college football star on the brink of NFL greatness is brazenly executed steps from campus. The case almost goes cold until a team of ESPN reporters start digging… and find a side of the victim he didn’t want people to know. To catch new episodes early, follow “30 for 30 Podcasts” for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's 2006. Two guys in their 20s are driving down US1 in Miami in a black infinity SUV.

0:18.0

The AC is blasting, the music is blasting.

0:21.6

Who the fuck you think you're fucking with? I'm the fucking boss.

0:26.6

So we're on our way to my cribs.

0:30.6

We're on our way to that Rick Ross.

0:34.6

You know, we as one going.S. one going south.

0:39.6

So, you know, there's a ride there.

0:43.4

The driver is a football player at the University of Miami, Brian Padda.

0:49.1

The guy next to him in the passenger seat is a sports writer from the Miami Herald.

0:53.8

His name is Mani Navarro.

0:56.2

Mani has his camera trained on Brian. I was a young reporter who wanted to do something cool.

1:02.2

MTV Cribs was sort of big back then. MTV Cribs was a show where celebrities led camera crews

1:08.5

through tours of their houses. Mani wanted to make something similar for the Miami Herald.

1:14.1

But in Mani's version, the celebrities would be University of Miami football players,

1:20.2

the hurricanes. So my idea was just make these guys I'm, every day I'm...

1:32.3

So my idea was just make these guys personable.

1:35.3

Tell a story that is unique in Miami.

1:38.3

These are Miami guys playing for Miami football program.

1:41.3

Brian was really the first guy I threw the idea across.

1:45.0

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm down. I'm down. Let's do it, let's do it.

1:52.0

And you know, I got the camera on them because I want to make sure I get the audio and the video, you know, the whole thing.

1:57.0

The two guys head to Brian's apartment complex. It's called The Colony, where several other university of Miami players live. It's classic Florida, with corridors on the outside of the building, like a motel. We get to his apartment, he's like, runs in there, he starts picking stuff up, moving stuff around. He's like, don't record yet. And he says, how do you want me to, where do you want to start?

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