Untold

From the Manti Te'o and Lennay Kekua love disaster to gambling in college basketball and hockey, the Untold series of documentaries is Netflix's answer to 30 for 30s and Real Sports. They provided another batch of hard-hitting stories that were extremely engaging and offered new perspectives to stories we'd already heard or never knew about.

Manti Te'o returned to Notre Dame Stadium this September to a raucous hero's welcome. That roar isn't entirely a result of Untold's ability to capture Te'o's raw re-telling of his infamous entanglement with Lennay Kekua, but the docuseries certainly laid plenty of groundwork for making football fans of all kinds see the linebacker as a person again.

New media isn't just about changing technology. It's about amplifying new voices. That's where the Untold documentaries series plays a fascinating role in bringing athlete-centered perspectives to the forefront, resulting in challenged narratives and hard-hitting emotional backstories to the compelling sports stories fans remember.