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Bernard Goldberg is known as one of the preeminent writers and reporters in the television news industry. Prior to joining HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel in 1999, he served as a correspondent for CBS News, reporting on assignments all over the world, and won six Emmy Awards for his work.
In April 2001, Bernard won his seventh Emmy, his first Sports Emmy with HBO, when his June 2000 segment entitled "Dominican Free For All," earned the award for "Outstanding Sports Journalism." Investigating recruiting practices used by Major League baseball teams in the Dominican Republic, his report helped to uncover a system where talented prospects fudge their ages, pay for fake birth certificates and in some cases actually assume the identity of a deceased cousin in order to appear younger and, therefore, more attractive to big league scouts.
Goldberg has reported on a wide array of topics for Real Sports, ranging from penetrating investigations to lighthearted satire to revealing interviews. In October 2002, he conducted the first interview with former NFL lineman Esera Tuaolo in which Tuaolo announced his homosexuality and talked about his closeted lifestyle in the masculine world of pro football. His investigations have uncovered the disturbing realities faced by professional jockeys in the high-stakes world of horse racing, scrutinized the potential dangers of Androstenedione, the performance-enhancing supplement widely used by high school athletes, and examined security preparations for the 2004 Olympic Games. Bernie's sharp sense of humor has been on display in entertaining reports on serial streaker Mark Roberts and the biting behind-the-scenes look at the pomp and pageantry of the Westminster Dog Show.
A penetrating Real Sports story reported by Goldberg in the fall of 2004 examined the illegal use of young boys as camel jockeies in the United Arab Emirates and sparked reaction from the U.S. State Department. The story won the Sports Emmy Award for "Outstanding Sports Journalism." Subsequently, the report earned a Columbia-duPont Award for broadcast excellence, marking the first time a sports program has ever been honored with a prestigious duPont.
Goldberg is the author of four best-selling books, "Bias", "Arrogance", "100 People Who Are Screwing Up America" and "Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right." He lives in Miami with his family.
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