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    ‘UNTOLD’ Is Back, and the Stories Are Wilder than Ever

    The new series pulls back the curtain on Jake Paul, Johnny Manziel, Victor Conte, and the Florida Gators.

    By Amanda Richards
    July 18, 2023

The documentary anthology series UNTOLD is back with Volume 3. Premiering over a four-week summer event consisting of three films and a four-episode series, UNTOLD pulls back the curtain on some of sports’ most infamous events, including doping scandals, boxing’s most hated heel, and a football star under scrutiny. Premiering weekly, each installment of UNTOLD is a first-person account from the athletes and subjects who lived it. They share intimate details about what it was like to face mounting pressure and public shame in the midst of competition. 

Who’s in UNTOLD Volume 3?

The series tells several stories: how Jake Paul, the 26-year-old YouTube star turned boxer, who might be one of the most despised fighters in the sport, shrewdly used his unlikability to propel himself to wild success; how Heisman winner Johnny Manziel’s wild rise as a promising young quarterback became too much to handle; how Vic Conte, the founder of a sports nutrition center, was at the center of one of the largest doping scandals in sports history; and finally, how the Florida Gators went from being league underdogs to winners of two BCS National Championships under notoriously demanding coach Urban Meyer and quarterback Tim Tebow. 

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When does UNTOLD Volume 3 premiere?

Each installment of UNTOLD will be released weekly starting Aug. 1. See below for a synopsis of each story being UNTOLD, as well as premiere dates. 

Jake Paul and the Problem Child

Premieres Aug. 1
In 2013, Jake and his older brother, Logan, lit up social media with pranks and antics posted first to Vine and then a YouTube channel that racked up millions of views. The brothers parlayed their online success into lucrative side hustles, with Jake releasing music and landing a role on a Disney Channel show (Bizaardvark)As their notoriety grew, so did tensions between the once-close siblings. When Jake’s real-life controversies nearly ruined his career, he got a second chance as a boxer who shocked skeptics as he knocked out one opponent after another. UNTOLD: Jake Paul the Problem Child tells the story of a wide-eyed kid from Ohio who morphed from internet sensation to most polarizing man in sports. The film is built on gripping interviews with the Paul brothers — along with their parents, fans, fellow boxers, and the skeptical old guard.

Johnny Football

Premieres Aug. 8
In 2012, the brightest star in all of sports was undersized freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel from unheralded Texas A&M, whose fervor on the field was rivaled only by his hard-partying ways off it. Dubbed “Johnny Football,” the magnetic football player captured the nation’s attention and initially relished his alter ego: “I wanted to be Johnny Football. Johnny Football never had a bad time,” he says. But as the money rolled in, the scrutiny heightened, and Manziel rejected his newfound fame and suddenly lost his way. With astonishing candor, Manziel — along with his family, coaches, former best friend, and agent — details what happened behind the scenes as scandals piled up in the glare of paparazzi flashbulbs. He fumbled his shot at NFL success after the Cleveland Browns picked him in the first round of the NFL draft in 2014, but Manziel went on to search for something even greater.

Hall of Shame

Premieres Aug. 15
Victor Conte’s name is synonymous with the biggest doping scandal ever to rock the sports community, ensnaring top athletes such as baseball great Barry Bonds and track-and-field legends Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery. For 16 years, Conte claimed BALCO Laboratories, his supplement and nutrition company based in the Bay Area, never dabbled in illegal performance-enhancing drugs. But by 2000, he went to the dark side and became the go-to guy for athletes in search of 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 prison after a 42-count indictment — who give harrowing testimony as the legend of one of sports’ most notorious names continues to unfold.

Swamp Kings

Premieres Aug. 23
After a blazing run in the ’90s under Coach Steve Spurrier, the University of Florida’s winning streak died out by 2005. Enter Urban Meyer, the Gators’ demanding new head coach whose take-no-prisoners style bred not only a string of legendary victories, but also unrelenting drama that rippled well beyond the locker room. In their own words through extensive sit-down interviews paired with archival footage, the four-part series profiles Meyer and the titans he coached (Brandon Siler, Tim Tebow, Brandon Spikes, Major Wright, and Ahmad Black, among many others). It gives viewers a bird’s-eye view of how they catapulted the Florida Gators from underdogs to winners of two BCS National Championships.

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