Jake Paul, Johnny Manziel, the Tim Tebow-era Florida Gators, and Barry Bonds’ alleged steroid supplier to star in new docuseries as Netflix drops first trailer
Jake Paul, Johnny Manziel and alleged steroid supplier Barry Bonds will headline the upcoming season of Netflix’s critically acclaimed docuseries, UNTOLD, the streaming service announced Tuesday.
“The critically acclaimed docuseries UNTOLD returns with Volume 3, a four-week summer event that draws the curtain on epic stories from the wide (and wild) world of sports,” according to a Netflix press release. “From boxing to football to doping scandals, these new stories go far beyond the headlines and challenge what we thought we knew.”
The series aims to retell some scandals and stories from the recent past, including Paul’s rise from YouTube to a career as a boxer and promoter.
However, what has gone largely unnoticed is Paul’s broken relationship with his famous brother, Logan, and how he used boxing to reinvent his career.
The brothers turned their online success into lucrative side business, with Jake releasing music and landing a role in a Disney Channel show [Bizaardvark],” read the Netflix synopsis. As their fame grew, so did tensions between the once close siblings. When Jake’s real-life controversies nearly ruined his career, he was given a second chance as a boxer who shocked skeptics as he knocked out one opponent after another.’
Jake Paul (pictured) is currently preparing to box ex-MMA star Nate Diaz in his eighth fight
Johnny Manziel talks on Netflix about his struggle with his turbulent football career
Paul is currently preparing to face ex-MMA star Nate Diaz in his eighth fight following his February defeat to Tommy Fury.
UNTOLD will also touch on the meteoric rise and fall of Manziel, who famously won the Heisman at Texas A&M before becoming a first-round draft pick, only to waste the chance on partying.
“I wanted to be Johnny Football,” 30-year-old Manziel told Netflix, referring to his nickname. “Johnny Football has never had a bad time.”
As many fans already know, Manziel’s work in the NFL only lasted a few years before he broke through to the CFL and other leagues, as his own father even called him a “druggie.”
“It’s no secret that he’s a drug addict,” Paul Manziel told ESPN in 2016. “I hope he doesn’t die before he comes to his senses. I mean, I hate to say it, but I hope he goes to jail. I mean, that would be the best place for him. I do my job and I move on. If I have to bury him, I’ll bury him.’
For a short time, Johnny Manziel was the country’s most famous college player at Texas A&M
The Florida Gators won titles in 2006 and 2008 under Meyer, but trouble soon followed
Victor Conte, who rose to prominence as Bonds’ alleged steroid supplier during the BALCO scandal, was jailed in 2005.
“For 16 years, Conte has sworn that BALCO Laboratories, his Bay Area-based supplement and nutrition company, has never dabbled in illegal, performance-enhancing drugs,” read the Netflix synopsis. But by 2000, he turned to the dark side and became the go-to guy for athletes seeking steroids, fame, and world records.
The film features interviews with several of Conte’s notable former associates — including Montgomery and the anti-doping and IRS authorities who helped send him to jail on a 42-point indictment — who bear harrowing testimony as the legend of one of the most notorious names in the sport. continues to unfold.’
Urban Meyer (left) and quarterback Tim Tebow (right) shared much success in Gainesville
Perhaps no one is more identified with steroids in sports than BALCO founder Victor Conte
The series also takes a look back at Urban Meyer’s Florida football teams, which won a pair of national titles in 2006 and 2008 while sparking a number of scandals.
Most famously, Gator’s tight end Aaron Hernandez would go on to be convicted of murder before committing suicide in a Massachusetts prison.
This four-episode docuseries zooms in on each turbulent year of Meyer’s reign, unafraid to tackle the challenging sides of his leadership with a riveting play-by-play of some of the most blistering wins and losses of the Gators and the dangers of its players who are top athletes at such a young age,” read the Netflix description.
The season’s episodes are directed by Andrew Renzi, Ryan Duffy, Bryan Storkel, and Katharine English.