Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel – Season 29
Episodes
January 2023
Examining the role Brett Farve is alleged to have played in the redirection of millions of dollars away from poor residents to his own projects; the sudden cardiac arrest of Damar Hamlin; catching up with Reichen Posey and Jordan Murphy.
February 2023
Why nearly all of the world's sports federations, including FIFA, have chosen to make Switzerland their home; a look into allegations of rampant corruption and bribery scandals; Aaron Fotheringham, the godfather of wheelchair sports and more.
March 2023
Former MLB All-Star Dusty Baker; Calgary Flames assistant general manager Chris Snow; strongmen Tom and Luke Stoltman; an update on "Hockey Night Canada: Punjabi Edition."
April 2023
Heading into the NFL draft, agent Drew Rosenhaus discusses representing controversial Georgia star Jalen Carter; the debate surrounding Russian athletes participating in the upcoming Paris Olympics; a first-of-its-kind soccer program and school for girls in rural India
May 2023
Many of the stuntpeople in big-budget action films are former elite athletes now turning their sport into art; despite being born without legs and abandoned at birth, Zion Clark has become a professional MMA fighter; a hard look at the risks of playing football on artificial turf; an update on beloved Iranian tennis star turned protester Mansour Bahrami.
June 2023
The shocking PGA-LIV merger examined; after being accused of rape, former NFL punter Matt Araiza remains jobless despite the emergence of new evidence; artistic swimming has been reinvented—but at a cost; the late Boston Marathon icons Rick & Dick Hoyt.
July 2023
Retired NBA player Brad Daugherty becomes the first Black owner of a NASCAR racing team to win the Daytona 500; threats to Iranian athletes calling for change; Special Olympics athletes use their triathlon training to change their lives.
August 2023
Unique program teaches guide dogs how to run with sightless people; the Iditarod's legendary Mackey family; the world of elite dog sports.
September 2023
The mentally ruthless job of being an NFL kicker; exploring why American top students are sidelined in favor of athletes in college admissions; a profile of RJ Peete, a beloved clubhouse attendant for the Los Angeles Dodgers.