Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel — Season 20
About this season
A monthly sports newsmagazine which was "spawned by the fact that sports have changed dramatically, that it's no longer just fun and games, and that what happens off the field, beyond the scores, is worthy of some serious reporting," according to Bryant Gumbel, the host.
Episodes (12)
1. Episode 202 - Marijuana in the NFL; The Quarterback & the Sportswriter; Sacramento's King
Aired 21 January 2014 • 60 min
Andrea Kramer and marijuana in the NFL. Frank Deford and Boomer Esiason discuss their shared experience of having a child with cystic fibrosis. Bernie Goldberg profiles Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive.
2. Episode 203 - Kids & Guns; The Fixer; Hockey's Darkest Day
Aired 25 February 2014 • 60 min
John Frankel looks at youth shooting sports. Bryant Gumbel profiles SMU basketball coach Larry Brown. Bernard Goldberg follows up on a story about the 2011 plane crash that killed 37 Russian hockey players and coaches.
3. Episode 204 - Higher Education?; Rez Ball; Peace of Mind; Raging Bulls
Aired 25 March 2014 • 60 min
4. Episode 205 - Fair Fight?; Unnatural Selection; Basketball Bedlam; Team Hoyt
Aired 22 April 2014 • 60 min
5. Episode 206
Aired 20 May 2014 • 60 min
6. Episode 207
Aired 24 June 2014 • 60 min
7. Episode 208 - The Price of Glory; The Future of Golf; A League of Their Own
Aired 22 July 2014 • 60 min
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar: allegations of bribery to get the bid, and human rights abuses among the foreign workers who will build the stadiums. A look at the decline of golf's popularity in the United States and what can be done to reverse the downward trend. Softball leagues for amputee war veterans now are spreading to amputee children.
8. Episode 209 - Magic Man; Street Smarts; The Survivor
Aired 19 August 2014 • 60 min
Interviews include: - Jon Dorenbos, NFL long snapper by day and professional magician by night - Rob Dyrdek, who turned skateboarding into a media, sports, and apparel empire - Nick Schuyler, who survived a 2009 fishing boat accident in the Gulf of Mexico that killed three football players
9. Episode 210
Aired 23 September 2014 • 60 min
10. Episode 211 - Violent Connection; Eat What You Kill; Playing for Peanuts; Revenge of the Nerds
Aired 21 October 2014 • 60 min
The connection between traumatic brain injuries and domestic violence among NFL players; people eschewing supermarket meat for game they kill themselves; financial struggles of low-paid minor league baseball players; an update on professional players of video games, now also a scholarship sport at Robert Morris University.
11. Episode 212 - The Maverick; The Flying Squirrel; Turf Wars; Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Aired 25 November 2014 • 60 min
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. A 6-year-old Australian surfer. An inner-city youth football program coached by police. Increasing violence against recreational and high school sports referees.
12. Episode 213 - 2014 Year in Review
Aired 16 December 2014 • 60 min