Tom Brady’s journey to each of his nine Super Bowls with the New England Patriots will be the subject of an ESPN series released next year.

Titled “The Man in the Arena: Tom Brady,” the nine-episode series will include a look from Brady’s perspective at the six NFL titles and three Super Bowl defeats he was a part of. It should be a rare opportunity for revelations from the usually private quarterback, who left New England this year after 20 seasons and now is with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The series will be produced by ESPN, 199 Productions (Brady’s production company) and Gotham Chopra of Religion of Sports.

“Through the series, we’re defining the key moments and challenges that were seemingly insurmountable, but through hard work and perseverance, became career-defining triumphs, in both victory and defeat,” Brady said.

Brady has won more Super Bowls than anyone else and remains an NFL star at age 42. Unlike Peyton Manning, his contemporary for much of his career and the quarterback he is most often compared to, Brady normally has been reticent to provide behind-the-scenes information.

Connor Schell, ESPN’s executive vice president for content and one of the creators of the network’s 30 for 30 series, thinks Brady has a fountain of memories worth telling.

“To have personal firsthand accounts and an athlete at Tom’s level who doesn’t often give firsthand accounts can add up to a remarkable series,” Schell said.

Schell points to Chopra’s storytelling skill as a key factor in making Brady’s experiences compelling to fans — even to the legions outside of the New England area who have generally despised the team.

“It is really a tribute to Gotham that he was able to earn that level of trust so Tom is willing to share his stories,” Schell said, noting that Chopra brought the project to ESPN. “We love these projects where these elements come together, and we’re able to give fans not just a good story but something they haven’t seen before.”

The episodes are expected to be grounded in Brady’s reflections and will include voices and outlooks other than his.

Schell added that ESPN is “thinking about how to evolve the genre and new ways to tell these stories and new hooks. And the access to Tom Brady is unique.”

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We enjoyed a profitable return to Bundesliga action last weekend, and I don’t know about you, but I had a spectacular time sitting on the couch for 12 hours watching the first major European league to make a triumphant return.

I plan on doing that all over again this weekend, so we might as well win some more money while we’re at it.

Borussia Dortmund (-143) at Wolfsburg (+350), Draw (+300)

Betting under any number in a Dortmund match since Erling Haaland came aboard has been a surefire way to gutter your bankroll – the club has scored 31 goals in his nine Bundesliga appearances. However, 22 of those came in Haaland’s first five matches, and only nine have been scored in the four games since, which includes last weekend’s four-goal outburst against Schalke.

Wolfsburg represent a tougher test, as Dortmund will be on the road against one of the best defenses in the top flight, which has conceded just 13 times in 13 home matches this term. The hosts will make life difficult for the high-flying Dortmund attack, which should be in for a bit of a letdown following that massive derby win.

Don’t expect more than a goal – maybe two – from Dortmund, while Wolfsburg are unlikely to contribute much to the total. They’ve scored just 16 times in 13 home games, and they’ve failed to find the back of the net in each of their last six matches against BVB, last scoring against them in a 5-1 loss in September 2016. Dortmund have kept four clean sheets in their last five matches and are a good bet to record another here.

Pick: Under 3 (-113)

Hoffenheim (+110) at Paderborn (+210), Draw (+280)

Both of these sides were held goalless in the first weekend back and they’ll be looking to get off the mark on Saturday, but another low-scoring affair feels likely. Paderborn have scored just 17 goals in their 13 home matches this season, while Hoffenheim are one of the lowest-scoring clubs away from home, recording just 16 goals and conceding only 12 in their 12 road fixtures.

Paderborn have conceded nine goals in seven home matches against clubs outside the top eight while scoring eight. They will be hard-pressed to add to that total against a Hoffenheim defense that’s allowed just three goals in its last five away matches, keeping clean sheets against both Union Berlin and Werder Bremen.

Paderborn have also never scored against Hoffenheim in five all-time league meetings, with those fixtures producing seven total goals. Both clubs were misfiring in their first game back from the break, and I’d expect much of the same here. This total is far too high.

Pick: Under 3 (-110)

Augsburg (+275) at Schalke (-105), Draw (+250)

There was little to like about Schalke’s performance against Dortmund last weekend. They’ll be looking to bounce back defensively here and should find more success. Excluding matches against Bayern and RB Leipzig, Schalke have conceded 10 goals in 11 home matches.

Conversely, Augsburg have scored just 12 goals in 13 away fixtures, failing to find the back of the net in each of their last four. Of those 12 goals, six have come against Hoffenheim and Werder Bremen – the clubs with the two worst home defensive records in the Bundesliga this season.

Don’t expect a whole lot from Schalke’s attack, while defensively, they should rebound from the four-goal beating suffered at the hands of Dortmund. This fixture ended 0-0 last season and a similar result can be expected here.

Pick: Under 2.5 (-105)

Alex Moretto is a sports betting writer for theScore. A journalism graduate from Guelph-Humber University, he has worked in sports media for over a decade. He will bet on anything from the Super Bowl to amateur soccer, is too impatient for futures, and will never trust a kicker. Find him on Twitter @alexjmoretto.

In a move primarily made to create salary-cap space, the New England Patriots agreed to a two-year extension with starting safety Patrick Chung on Wednesday, a source told ESPN’s Field Yates.

Chung receives a $3 million signing bonus as part of the deal, while the Patriots create $925,000 in space, sources said.

The Patriots needed the space to sign their top draft choice, safety Kyle Dugger. The team had about $600,000 in cap space prior to the extension for Chung, who is entering his 12th NFL season.

Chung, 32, pairs with veteran Devin McCourty to form the Patriots’ top safety tandem. Chung’s ability to play closer to the line of scrimmage and match up with opposing tight ends provides flexibility that coach Bill Belichick values.

Chung has said in recent years that Belichick is the only coach he intends to play for, and the sides have annually adjusted his contract around this time of year.

In addition to the $3 million signing bonus, Chung will receive a $1.1 million base salary in 2020. He will also have the chance to earn $800,000 in per-game roster bonuses, as well as a $100,000 workout bonus.

If Chung decides to play beyond this season, the new deal has the same structure in 2021, 2022 and 2023 — base salaries of $1.9 million each year, with the chance to earn $400,000 in per-game roster bonuses, $200,000 in incentives and a $100,000 workout bonus.

Washington Redskins wide receiver Cody Latimer appeared at a court hearing Monday in Douglas County, Colorado, on multiple felony charges stemming from an incident early Saturday morning in which he is accused of threatening a friend with a gun and discharging his weapon after an argument at a poker game.

At the hearing, Latimer’s attorney, Harvey Steinberg, told the court that he has been contacted by law enforcement concerning an investigation of a sexual assault of Latimer’s 4-year-old son that was allegedly perpetrated by one of the individuals at that poker game.

Latimer, who was arrested at 3:15 a.m. Saturday, has been ordered to return for a July 24 court date. He is facing charges of assault in the second degree, menacing, illegal discharge of a firearm, prohibited use of weapons and reckless endangerment.

Steinberg told the court that the allegations concerning the shooting incident occurred at about the same time and location as the alleged sexual assault.

According to the police report obtained by 9NEWS Denver, Latimer and another card player got into a heated argument during a poker game at the home of Roderick English, who told police that Latimer is his best friend. English said he separated the two in the argument and ordered everyone to leave his apartment. According to the police report, there were seven or eight people in the apartment.