Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel - Season 20
1 - Episode 202 - Marijuana in the NFL; The Quarterback & the Sportswriter; Sacramento's King
Air Date: January 21, 2014
Andrea Kramer and marijuana in the NFL. Frank Deford and Boomer Esiason discuss their shared experience of having a child with cystic fibrosis. Bernie Goldberg profiles Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive.
2 - Episode 203 - Kids & Guns; The Fixer; Hockey's Darkest Day
Air Date: February 25, 2014
John Frankel looks at youth shooting sports. Bryant Gumbel profiles SMU basketball coach Larry Brown. Bernard Goldberg follows up on a story about the 2011 plane crash that killed 37 Russian hockey players and coaches.
3 - Episode 204 - Higher Education?; Rez Ball; Peace of Mind; Raging Bulls
Air Date: March 25, 2014
4 - Episode 205 - Fair Fight?; Unnatural Selection; Basketball Bedlam; Team Hoyt
Air Date: April 22, 2014
5 - Episode 206
Air Date: May 20, 2014
6 - Episode 207
Air Date: June 24, 2014
7 - Episode 208 - The Price of Glory; The Future of Golf; A League of Their Own
Air Date: July 22, 2014
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar: allegations of bribery to get the bid, and human rights abuses among the foreign workers who will build the stadiums. A look at the decline of golf's popularity in the United States and what can be done to reverse the downward trend. Softball leagues for amputee war veterans now are spreading to amputee children.
8 - Episode 209 - Magic Man; Street Smarts; The Survivor
Air Date: August 19, 2014
Interviews include: - Jon Dorenbos, NFL long snapper by day and professional magician by night - Rob Dyrdek, who turned skateboarding into a media, sports, and apparel empire - Nick Schuyler, who survived a 2009 fishing boat accident in the Gulf of Mexico that killed three football players
9 - Episode 210
Air Date: September 23, 2014
10 - Episode 211 - Violent Connection; Eat What You Kill; Playing for Peanuts; Revenge of the Nerds
Air Date: October 21, 2014
The connection between traumatic brain injuries and domestic violence among NFL players; people eschewing supermarket meat for game they kill themselves; financial struggles of low-paid minor league baseball players; an update on professional players of video games, now also a scholarship sport at Robert Morris University.
11 - Episode 212 - The Maverick; The Flying Squirrel; Turf Wars; Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Air Date: November 25, 2014
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. A 6-year-old Australian surfer. An inner-city youth football program coached by police. Increasing violence against recreational and high school sports referees.
12 - Episode 213 - 2014 Year in Review
Air Date: December 16, 2014