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Season 18 – 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 18

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Cast & Crew

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Bryant Gumbel

Host

Rick Bernstein

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jan 24, 2012 Profiles of Stan and Jeff Van Gundy; an Arkansas high-school football team never punts; interview with former professional football player Barret Robbins. Details Episode 2 Aired Feb 21, 2012 A plane crash kills members of a Russian professional hockey team; alcoholism fuels the downfall of sports agent Leigh Steinberg; BASE jumper Jeb Corliss attempts a daring stunt in Cape Town, South Africa. Details Episode 3 Aired Mar 20, 2012 Profile of professional hockey player Henrik Lundqvist; circus performers the Flying Wallendas discuss their motivations; professional baseball player Steve Delabar; the 2001 and 2011 tragedies at Oklahoma State University. Details Episode 4 Aired Apr 17, 2012 Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon; basketball star Pau Gasol; backcountry skiing; Alex Zanardi. Details Episode 5 Aired May 22, 2012 Examining the dominance of South Korean women in professional golf; interview with U.S. Olympian Lori "Lolo" Jones; the story of Ray Greenhalge, nephew of retired boxer Micky Ward; revisiting fireman Matt Long. Details Episode 6 Aired Jun 19, 2012 Interview with Phil Jackson; profile of U.S. Olympic weightlifter Holley Mangold; examining the dangerous Isle of Man motorcycle race; long distance runner Lopez Lomong. Details Episode 7 Aired Jul 17, 2012 Baseball player Matt Kemp; two gymnasts share an improbable bond; marching band hazing. Details Episode 8 Aired Aug 21, 2012 Profile of broadcaster and former football coach Jon Gruden; former professional football player Steve Gleason battles ALS; PGA golfer Erik Compton. Details Episode 9 Aired Sep 18, 2012 Earvin "Magic" Johnson discusses his new ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers; victims of fan-on-fan violence; Olympic athletes who perform in the Cirque du Soleil; an Ohio town brings back school sports with a pay-to-play system. Details Episode 10 Aired Oct 23, 2012 Profile of TV personality and former NFL player Michael Strahan; the Iowa City West High School girls' volleyball team overcomes tragedy; exploring gay athletes' reluctance to reveal their sexual orientation; the Sabol family creates NFL films. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 20, 2012 A football player is proven to be the mastermind behind the shooting of his pregnant girlfriend; examining the amount of concussions that occur in college football players; the 2009 collapse of the Dallas Cowboys' practice facility. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 18, 2012 Bryant Gumbel leads correspondents in a round-table discussion of topics from the year, including profiles of U.S. Olympians Lolo Jones and Dominique Moceanu, fan-on-fan violence, and the use of painkillers in the NFL. Details

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Rick Bernstein
Network
HBO
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Sports, Talk Show
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jan 24, 2012