The XFL announced today its plans to restart in the spring of 2022. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Dany Garcia, along with RedBird Capital, bought the embattled league in late August for $15 million.

The next iteration of the XFL will be its third — WWE founder Vince McMahon, in partnership with NBC, first launched the XFL in 2001, but the effort failed a year later. McMahon then personally spent over $200 million to relaunch the eight-team league in 2018.

The 2020 season kicked off in February, but couldn’t withstand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It ceased operations in mid-April, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. 

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is joining recovery tech company Hyperice as both an ambassador and investor. Hyperice, maker of the percussive massage gun Hypervolt, has made a major push into professional sports over the last two months. 

On July 30, the company announced a multi-year deal with the NBA that gets its products under every player’s seat on the bench and bars other recovery devices from being used on the bench during games. On Sept. 20, Hyperice became the official recovery technology partner of UFC and brought on Amanda Nunes as an ambassador. Four days later, the company partnered with the National Women’s Hockey League. 

Mahomes, 24, signed the richest contract in sports history over the summer — it is worth up to $503 million and ties him to Kansas City through 2031. He wasted no time getting into business, becoming a minority owner of MLB’s Kansas City Royals two weeks later. He’s also an investor in and ambassador for BioSteel Sports Nutrition.

The NFL is working toward developing a single app platform that will house all 32 teams, sources told Front Office Sports.

The majority of teams are expected to be on the new platform by the end of 2021. Currently, clubs can develop their own team apps for smart devices — all but eight teams utilize offerings from YinzCam.

Beyond bringing all the teams onto one platform, the NFL is also seeking to build another app that centers around the league’s biggest events: the Super Bowl, NFL Scouting Combine and the NFL draft.

It’s likely that the NFL’s new platform will be similar to aspects of MLB’s Ballpark app that offers mobile ticketing, stadium maps, schedules and rewards perks.