MURDER AT THE U Episode 1: Chillin’ with the Canes

30 for 30 Podcasts

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4.3 • 9.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Preeti Varathan, and I run 30 for 30 podcasts. You're about to listen to season 16 of our show,
0:06.3	Murder at the U. This season, we're doing something a little different. We're following a story
0:11.2	that's been unfolding for 20 years, but is coming to an end right now. Because in Miami, one of the
0:17.2	city's most anticipated murder trials is finally happening. And it centers two college football players from one of the city's most anticipated murder trials is finally happening.
0:26.3	And it centers two college football players from one of the most legendary and notorious schools,
0:31.7	the University of Miami. One of them is dead. One is on trial for killing him.
0:38.9	This season, we tell the story of how a case that left a team divided that seemed unsolvable for years finally made its way to trial and why a team of ESPN reporters refused to let it go.
0:45.1	Today, we're bringing you episodes one and two of this series.
0:48.5	And we'll be back every Tuesday and Thursday with new episodes while this trial is happening in real time.
0:54.2	So stay tuned and thank you for listening.
1:09.3	It's 2006. Two guys in their 20s are driving down US1 in Miami in a black infinity SUV.
1:14.6	The AC's blasting, the music is blasting.
1:18.6	Who the fuck you think you're fucking with? I'm the fucking boss.
1:22.6	Tell them 45, white on white, that's fucking Ross.
1:26.6	We're on our way to my trips.
1:29.7	Jabbing to that Rick Ross.
1:32.1	You know, the US 1 going south.
1:35.5	So, you know, there's a ride it.
1:40.5	The driver is a football player at the University of Miami, Brian Pada.
1:45.0	The guy next to him in the passenger seat is a sports writer from the Miami Herald.
1:50.0	His name is Mani Navarro.
1:53.0	Mani has his camera trained on Brian.
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