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Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
2 Seasons | 11 Episodes | TV-PG
Real Sports is TV's most-honored sports news magazine series, with 35 Sports Emmy Awards, including 20 for Outstanding Sports Journalism. Now in its 28th season, the monthly magazine broadcast produces hard-hitting investigative reports and gripping in-depth profiles from across the sports spectrum.
Interview
Worldle Wisdom
Bryant Gumbel talks Wordle strategy with Will Shortz, crossword editor for The New York Times, and goes head-to-head in the hit word game that’s become a national craze.
Correspondents
Season 2021
Episodes
Season 2021 Episodes
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (January 2022)
Segments: Legalized sports wagering in the U.S. is a huge success--except for gamblers who become addicted; Bryant Gumbel goes one on one with NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown; Olympic figure skaters turned broadcasters Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinksi mix comedy and fashion with every triple lutz; the IOC's partnership with China’s repressive regime.
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (February 2022)
Segments: Bobsled, skeleton, and luge may be the most frightening sports on ice, but life after competition can be even worse; Bryant Gumbel's exclusive interview with Brian Flores, his first since being hired by the Steelers; an American surfer sparks a Bitcoin revolution in El Salvador; the issue of young, injured athletes who are prescribed powerful opioid painkillers.
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (March 2022)
Segments: Before Russia’s military might was unleashed on Ukraine, it was previewed in war games guised as sport; NBA star Jalen Rose tackles Detroit’s education gap by opening a charter school for some of the city’s neediest kids; Senator Bernie Sanders takes aim at MLB’s long-held antitrust exemption; Meet the Cochrans, America’s first family of skiing superstars.
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (April 2022)
Segments: Jake Paul’s YouTube videos made him a viral sensation. Now, he has become a hit as a professional boxer; Rodney Stotts is cutting a unique profile in the sport of falconry; Paralympic star Oksana Masters competed at the Winter Games in honor of her native Ukraine; plus, a retrospective on Real Sports as it commemorates its 300th edition.
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (May 2022)
Segments: Interviews with two women who've accused Deshaun Watson of sexual misconduct, allegations he flatly denies; Olympic gold medalist runner Caster Semenya on the controversial hormone therapy she was forced to take; master negotiator Bill Richardson, who's working to secure Brittney Griner's release from detention in Russia; a look at the Savannah Bananas.
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (June 2022)
Segments: Tennis legend Chris Evert and her fight against ovarian cancer; Prison reporter Keri Blakinger's unusual journey into the American criminal justice system—which began in figure skating; the world of recovery divers--cops and elite enthusiasts who are trained in scuba detective work; Bryant Gumbel battles NY Times Crosswords editor Will Shortz in Wordle.
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (July 2022)
Segments: David Scott travels to Japan for a rare, inside look at the demanding sport of Sumo; Ariel Helwani tags along at the World Series of Birding, where competitors try to spot the most species in 24 hrs; Mary Carillo meets Dave Raymond, the man behind some of the most beloved mascots in sports; Jon Frankel revisits the Isle of Man race, one of the deadliest in the world.
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (August 2022)
Segments: Big 10 Commissioner Kevin Warren signs revolutionary TV deal; real-life rocket men attach jet engines to their bodies and fly into the sky; the silver-haired gather and go for gold at the National Senior Games; champion boxer and trainer Ann Wolfe is enshrined in the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (September 2022)
Segments: An investigation into allegations that the World Anti-Doping Agency is not adequately policing PEDs; NFL star Darren Waller sets out to help Las Vegas addicts; Extreme mountain biker Casey Brown’s road to success marked by tragedy; Tennis star Frances Tiafoe’s unlikely rise to becoming the first American in 16 years to make it to the semifinals at the US Open.
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