Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel — Season 24
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 250
Aired 30 January 2018 • 60 min
Segments include a visit with the St. Brown family, a football version of basketball's Ball family; an interview with former tennis star Margaret Court; and a look at the economic woes of athletes in low profile sports in the Olympics.
2. Episode 251
Aired 28 February 2018 • 60 min
An updated look at the program's award-winning 2004 expose on the enslavement of trafficked children as jockeys in the Middle Eastern sport of camel racing. Also: a report on concussions in pro hockey; and an interview with NBA analyst Doris Burke.
3. Episode 252
Aired 27 March 2018 • 60 min
Segments include an interview with Shaquille O'Neal and his second career as a businessman; a meeting with Amy Van Dyken, a former swimmer paralyzed from the waist down following an ATV accident; a chat with drag racer John Force; and revisiting a report on foul-ball injuries in baseball.
4. Episode 253
Aired 24 April 2018 • 60 min
Former All-Star Derek Jeter opens up about his second act as Miami Marlins CEO. Plus, John Frankel looks at the shocking rates of student-athlete abuse by NCAA coaches, and Mary Carillo meets Nebraska's top-ranked women’s bowling team.
5. Episode 254
Aired 22 May 2018 • 60 min
6. Episode 255
Aired 19 June 2018 • 60 min
7. Episode 256
Aired 24 July 2018 • 60 min
8. Episode 257
Aired 21 August 2018 • 60 min
9. Episode 258
Aired 25 September 2018 • 60 min
Retired NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. begins his second act as an analyst for NBC; one-armed golfer Tommy Morrissey dominates the youth circuit; the rise and influence of strength and conditioning coaches in college football.
10. Episode 259
Aired 23 October 2018 • 60 min
The police shooting of a teen football player; a philanthropist's mission to restore the U.S. to chess glory; an update on former NFL player Jon Dorenbos.
11. Episode 260
Aired 20 November 2018 • 60 min
The International Army Games pits nations against each other in high-tech combat munitions and maneuvering; the declining participation rates for youth sports in the United States; Golden State Warriors President and COO Rick Welts.
12. Episode 261 - 2018 Year In Review
Aired 18 December 2018 • 60 min
A look at the most significant stories from 2018; the Sherpas of Mount Everest; the NHL concussion crisis; college football conditioning coaches; profiles of Doris Burke, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Margaret Court.