Netflix, NFL preparing new summer series
Reigning NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins, and Marcus Mariota will be part of a Netflix documentary series debuting this summer.
“Quarterback” is the first partnership between the league and the streaming service. NFL Films, Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions and Mahomes’ 2PM Productions will produce the series.
The series followed Mahomes, Cousins, and Mariota throughout the past season. It also marked the first time the NFL allowed quarterbacks to be mic’d up for every game.
Wednesday’s announcement is part of a busy start to the year for Netflix. The tennis series “Point Break” debuted last month, and golf’s “Full Swing” premiered Feb. 15. The fifth season of the popular “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” franchise launches on Friday.
More pro football
New Tennessee Titans general manager Ran Carthon started clearing some much-needed salary cap space by releasing three-time Pro Bowl left tackle Taylor Lewan, wide receiver Robert Woods, linebacker Zach Cunningham and kicker Randy Bullock. Lewan was the 11th pick overall in the 2014 draft out of Michigan and had started 100 of 105 games with the Titans, but is coming off a second tear of his right ACL in three seasons.
•The Maulers had the second overall pick in the USFL
college draft this week and selected Incarnate Word quarterback Lindsey Scott Jr. Scott passed 4,657 yards and 60 touchdowns with just eight interceptions in 2022. The Maulers also selected Saint Francis offensive lineman Tre-Quan Dorsey.
Tennis
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek reached the quarterfinals of the Dubai Championships in United Arab Emirates by beating Liudmila Samsonova 6-1, 6-0. Swiatek will face former No. 1 Karolina Pliskova. Madison Keys will face Coco Gauff in an another quarterfinal.
Soccer
Alex Morgan and Mallory Swanson scored and the United States defeated Brazil 2-1 in Frisco, Texas, to win the SheBelieves Cup for the fourth year in a row. Japan, which defeated Canada 3-0 in the earlier match at Toyota Stadium, was runner-up in
the four-team, round-robin tournament. Swanson finished the tournament with four goals in three matches. Morgan now has five goals alltime in SheBelieves matches.
• Haiti and Portugal qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time after winning playoff matches in Auckland, New Zealand, Carole Costa scored a 94thminute clincher in Portugal’s 2-1 win against Cameroon. Haiti, ranked No. 55 in the world, beat Chile, 2-1, as
Melchie Dumornay scored twice.
• MLS hopes to pick a 30th team by the end of the year. “San Diego and Las Vegas are the most likely,” MLS commissioner Don Garber said .
Golf
PGA Tour and LPGA Tour players will compete for a $4 million purse on network television as the tournament long known as the Shark Shootout becomes a mixed team event this year with 16 teams. The