Der Film basiert auf der wahren Geschichte von Kurt Warner, der vom einfachen Supermarktangestellten zum zweimaligen NFL MVP, Super Bowl Champion und Hall of Fame Quarterback wurde. Im Mittelpunkt des Films stehen Warners einzigartige Geschichte über die Jahre der Herausforderungen und Rückschläge, die seine Ambitionen, NFL-Spieler zu werden, hätten zunichtemachen können.
Bei der Autopsie von Mike Webster macht Dr. Bennet Omalu eine schockierende Entdeckung: Er diagnostiziert erstmals bei einem ehemaligen Profi-Spieler des American Footballs die chronisch traumatische Enzephalopathie (CTE). Sie tritt meist bei Menschen auf, die häufigen Schlägen auf den Kopf ausgesetzt sind und ruft Symptome wie Depression, Demenz und Verhaltensveränderungen hervor. Der brillante Arzt will zu seiner Diagnose, die auch durch die Untersuchung anderer Ex-Sportler wie Dave Duerson und Andre Waters bekräftigt wird, nicht schweigen und die Öffentlichkeit stattdessen vor den gesundheitlichen Risiken des Sports warnen. Unterstützt wird Omalu von seinem Kollegen Dr. Julian Bailes – doch er macht sich auch mächtige Feinde wie die NFL, angeführt von Roger Goodell. Die Organisation streitet die Verantwortung für die folgenschweren Kopfverletzungen ab und setzt Omalu zusehends unter Druck, unter dem auch seine Frau Prema zu leiden hat…
Sonny Weaver Jr. ist nicht zu beneiden: Der General Manager der Cleveland Browns kämpft Jahr für Jahr nicht nur um die Daseinsberechtigung seines Teams, sondern auch mehr und mehr um seine eigene Existenz. Der Eigentümer der Cleveland Browns, Harvey Molina, setzt ihm daher die Pistole auf die Brust: Wenn diese Saison nicht erfolgreich abgeschlossen wird, ist er seinen Job los. Und jeder gibt ihm das Gefühl, dass er seinen Job besser kann als Sonny selbst, über den Trainer Vince Penn bis hin zu seiner Mutter Barb. Allein seine Assistentin Ali bietet ihm Unterstützung und Rat. Am Draft Day, dem Tag, an dem die Football Teams die meisten Spieler für die zukünftige Saison erwerben, kulminieren die Ereignisse, um nicht zuletzt über Sonnys persönliche und professionelle Zukunft zu entscheiden…
Als NFL-Cheftrainer Sean Payton (Kevin James) zwei Jahre nach seinem Super Bowl-Sieg suspendiert wird, kehrt er in seine Heimatstadt zurück, wo er wieder Kontakt zu seinen 12-jährigen Sohn aufnimmt und dessen Jugend-Footballteam trainiert. Home Team basiert auf wahren Begebenheiten. Der Skandal ist als New Orleans Saints Bounty Scandal aka Bountygate in die Geschichtsbücher eingegangen. Genauso wie im Film ging es darum, dass von 2009 bis 2011 Mitgliedern der New Orleans Saints für die Verletzung ihrer Gegenspieler Prämien gezahlt wurden.
A tough, sexy Long Island divorcee, Callie Thorne, gets a job as therapist for a professional football team in order to make ends meet. Underestimated at every turn, she succeeds beyond all expectations and soon finds herself as the sought-after therapist to high-profile clients. As a newly single mom raising two teenagers, she is determined to make her new career work by striking a balance between her personal and professional worlds.
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions is an annual documentary series created by NFL Films (broadcast on the NFL Network and CBS). Each of its 55 (and counting) installments profile the National Football League's annual Super Bowl champion through highlights, interviews with players and coaches, and a celebrity narrator. A spin-off debuted on September 18, 2008, titled America's Game: The Missing Rings which chronicled five of the best teams to never win the Super Bowl.
The Emmy-winning weekly series delivers its signature all-access coverage in the first show of any kind to document an NFL franchise in-season and in real time, following the Colts as they navigate the challenges of an NFL season and battle for a playoff berth.
For the first time in history, Amazon and NFL Films present an unprecedented inside look at the lives of players, coaches and owners of a franchise over the course of an entire NFL season. Witness the real life, behind the scenes journey on the field, off the field, and everything in between.
Tom Brady shares a personal account of his 10 Super Bowl appearances, deconstructing the milestones of his career by exploring each victory and defeat.
The hardest-hitting team of analysts in sports delivers expert insight, exclusive commentary and special on and off the field features you won't find anywhere else. Inside the NFL brings you the sights, sounds and spectacle of the NFL in all its glory, including exciting player profiles, interviews, and intense, moment-by-moment game footage. Every team. Every game. Every week.
Full Color Football celebrates the 50th season of the maverick American Football League, from its tumultuous beginnings to its unlikely merger with the rival NFL.
Go inside the huddle and into the homes of Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins, and Marcus Mariota in this candid docuseries following their 2022-23 NFL season.
Go inside the franchise's 20-year journey, from the unique chemistry that fueled six Super Bowl wins to the internal strife that sparked a turf war. Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft, and key players reveal the road to—and cost of—greatness.
The studio pregame show preceding NBC's broadcasts of Sunday night and Wild Card Saturday National Football League games.
A Football Life is a documentary series developed by NFL Films and aired on NFL Network that documents the lives of select National Football League players, coaches, owners, and teams. Friends, teammates, family members and other players and coaches associated with the subjects are interviewed. The name of the series originated in a quote from Steve Sabol of NFL Films: Originating as an NFL Network special on the career of Bill Parcells in November 2010, it premiered as an episodic series on September 15, 2011, with the first part of Bill Belichick's documentary. The documentary was viewed by about 657,000 viewers, the most-watched documentary in NFL Network's history, and was the second-most watched program in Boston at the time with 151,000 viewers, trailing behind a Boston Red Sox game. Season One was eventually released on DVD. Season Two began on September 12, 2012, with The Faces of Tebow. The series was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology" and "Outstanding Promotional Announcement – Episodic" for Belichick's episode in 2012.
Montana's first hand account of his career from the earliest days to national champion at Notre Dame and becoming a four-time Super Bowl winner and a Pro Football Hall of Famer.
11-year-old football fan Ish learns he must protect shards of a power source called "The Core", hidden at 32 NFL stadiums.
Follow the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders from auditions to training camp and the NFL season as they chase their dreams and a coveted spot on the squad.
Follow NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers as he rebounds from an Achilles injury in this sports series chronicling the defining moments of his life and career.
It's one of the biggest video games of all time, a groundbreaking brand that became a worldwide phenomenon, spanning generations—but it almost never happened… Now, 36 years after the first game's release, EA SPORTS gives viewers unprecedented access to the makers of game that changed the game, and our culture too.
This riveting sports series follows the 2023 season of NFL receivers Davante Adams, Justin Jefferson, George Kittle, Deebo Samuel and Amon-Ra St. Brown.
Football players and Nickelodeon stars will join the show hosts to watch and discuss "Nick-ified" highlights, game footage, youth football spotlights and more.
A dating competition series featuring football star Travis Kelce, who hopes to find true love among 50 eligible women, one representing each state in the U.S.
Sunny Anderson and New England Patriots Hall-of-Famer Vince Wilfork host the series in which fans battle in a tailgate cooking contest.
