30 for 30 Podcasts

The reporting team visits Somali Olympic legend Abdi Bile in Minnesota where he is training the next generation of Somali runners - runners like Samia.

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As Samia attempts to cross the Mediterranean Sea, her Olympic dream collides with the deadly realities of one of the world’s most dangerous migration routes.

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Inside Libya’s brutal migrant underworld, Samia faces imprisonment, extortion, and impossible choices as the Mediterranean crossing draws closer.

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When Samia realizes living in Ethiopia won’t get her to the Olympics, she begins a dangerous journey north toward Libya and then to Europe.

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After Beijing, Samia returns to Somalia where athletes are hunted, sports are banned, and her Olympic dream increasingly puts her life in danger.

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A teenage runner from the East African country of Somalia arrives at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with borrowed gear, little formal training, and a dream far bigger than the race in front of her.

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Olympian Samia Yusuf Omar will stop at nothing to get to the next Summer Olympics. Running across borders. Running away from authorities. And running for her life.

From 30 for 30 Podcasts, The Fastest Girl in Somalia tells a story about the promise and the cost of chasing the Olympic dream.

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One man begins a prison sentence and the other goes on a World Series run, but putting to rest questions about what really happened between these two men isn’t so simple.

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Encrypted text messages, a trunk full of baseball cards, and a private bank account - federal law enforcement takes us inside their investigation of Shohei and Ippei.

Next episode coming Tuesday, August 11th.

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Matt Bowyer was running one of the largest illegal sports betting operations in the country when he thought he scored the client of a lifetime.

Next episode coming Thursday, August 6th.

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Shohei’s life has been well-documented since he was a young baseball phenom in Japan, but digging into Ippei’s past reveals a more complicated picture than anyone knew.

Next episode coming Tuesday, August 4th.

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A surprising interview takes a strange turn and deepens the mystery around Shohei Ohtani and his long-time interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara.

Episodes drop every Tuesday and Thursday. Thank you for listening.

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ESPN Investigative Reporter Tisha Thompson receives a tip that, if true, could damage Shohei Ohtani’s picture-perfect reputation.

Episodes drop every Tuesday and Thursday. Thank you for listening.

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On paper, Ippei Mizuhara was Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter. But he was so much more than that. They were a team, closer than brothers. Until it all went horribly wrong.

From 30 for 30 Podcasts, The Betrayal of Shohei Ohtani tells the story of a relationship that detonated into one of sports’ biggest scandals.

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The State of Florida will re-try Rashaun Jones for the murder of Bryan Pata in September instead of in May as was originally planned.

We are continuing to follow this story and will be back with more around the time of the re-trial.

In the meantime, go to ESPN.com for additional coverage.

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In May, the State of Florida will re-try Rashaun Jones for the murder of Bryan Pata.

After that, we’ll be back with a bonus episode - hopefully with an end to this story.

So stay tuned and thank you for listening.

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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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After 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 Rashaun tells 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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