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Season 17 – REAL Sports With Bryant Gumbel

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Bryant Gumbel hosts this investigative sports newsmagazine series that features in-depth reports from "Real Sports" correspondents Mary Carillo, Bernard Goldberg, Soledad O'Brien, Andrea Kremer, Jon Frankel and Gumbel himself. The series airs monthly, and each hourlong edition contains four segments. "Real Sports" has won multiple Sports Emmy Awards and in 2006 became the first sports program honored with the duPont Award for excellence in broadcast journalism by Columbia University.
REAL Sports With Bryant Gumbel — Season 17

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Cast & Crew

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Bryant Gumbel

Host

Ross Greenburg

Executive Producer

Rick Bernstein

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jan 25, 2011 Troy Aikman; former NFL players and money problems; sports reporter and NFL guru Peter King; health issues in NFL linemen. Details Episode 2 Aired Feb 15, 2011 Victor Conte returns to training professional athletes; profiling the Deadspin website; Mike Tyson; Jimmie Johnson. Details Episode 3 Aired Mar 30, 2011 A round-table discussion on the state of college sports in America includes college football coach Rich Rodriguez, college basketball commentator Billy Packer, and journalist Jason Whitlock; financial compensation for student athletes. Details Episode 4 Aired Apr 19, 2011 Profile of professional baseball player Jimmy Rollins; a New Jersey health organization treats former athletes; exploring the world of mini-cheerleading; Paralympic track champ Marlon Shirley. Details Episode 5 Aired May 17, 2011 Profile of baseball announcer Bob Uecker; the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox come together to raise money for an injured girl; exploring the use of smokeless tobacco in major league baseball; Donald Trump dedicates his Scottish golf course. Details Episode 6 Aired Jun 21, 2011 Tiki Barber discusses his return to football; the story of former professional basketball player LaRue Martin; Saadi Qaddafi's stint in professional soccer; revisiting the story of boxing trainer Ann Wolfe. Details Episode 7 Aired Jul 19, 2011 Interviews with NFL football coaches John and Jim Harbaugh; a team of injured war veterans plays competitive softball; behind the scenes at the running of the bulls in Spain; Guinness World Record holder Ashrita Furman. Details Episode 8 Aired Aug 16, 2011 Plaxico Burress joins the N.Y. Jets after serving time; the decline of tennis in the United States; surfers seek an adrenaline rush through drug use; equestrian eventing. Details Episode 9 Aired Sep 20, 2011 Investigating the college football bowl system; NFL analyst and TV personality Jay Glazer; former professional football player Dexter Manley. Details Episode 10 Aired Oct 18, 2011 Profile of former professional basketball player Jerry West; exploring the world of obsessive runners; revisiting sports activists in polygamist communities. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 22, 2011 Former professional tennis player Bob Hewitt is accused of sexual abuse; profile of college basketball coach Brad Stevens; interview with NFL player Marcus Dixon. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 20, 2011 Bryant Gumbel leads correspondents in a round-table discussion of topics from the year, including a softball team of injured war veterans, smokeless tobacco in Major League Baseball, and compensation for college football players. Details

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Ross Greenburg, Rick Bernstein
Network
HBO
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Sports, Talk Show
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jan 25, 2011