Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel - Season 24
1 - Episode 250
Air Date: January 30, 2018
Segments include a visit with the St. Brown family, a football version of basketball's Ball family; an interview with former tennis star Margaret Court; and a look at the economic woes of athletes in low profile sports in the Olympics.
2 - Episode 251
Air Date: February 28, 2018
An updated look at the program's award-winning 2004 expose on the enslavement of trafficked children as jockeys in the Middle Eastern sport of camel racing. Also: a report on concussions in pro hockey; and an interview with NBA analyst Doris Burke.
3 - Episode 252
Air Date: March 27, 2018
Segments include an interview with Shaquille O'Neal and his second career as a businessman; a meeting with Amy Van Dyken, a former swimmer paralyzed from the waist down following an ATV accident; a chat with drag racer John Force; and revisiting a report on foul-ball injuries in baseball.
4 - Episode 253
Air Date: April 24, 2018
Former All-Star Derek Jeter opens up about his second act as Miami Marlins CEO. Plus, John Frankel looks at the shocking rates of student-athlete abuse by NCAA coaches, and Mary Carillo meets Nebraska's top-ranked women’s bowling team.
5 - Episode 254
Air Date: May 22, 2018
6 - Episode 255
Air Date: June 19, 2018
7 - Episode 256
Air Date: July 24, 2018
8 - Episode 257
Air Date: August 21, 2018
9 - Episode 258
Air Date: September 25, 2018
Retired NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. begins his second act as an analyst for NBC; one-armed golfer Tommy Morrissey dominates the youth circuit; the rise and influence of strength and conditioning coaches in college football.
10 - Episode 259
Air Date: October 23, 2018
The police shooting of a teen football player; a philanthropist's mission to restore the U.S. to chess glory; an update on former NFL player Jon Dorenbos.
11 - Episode 260
Air Date: November 20, 2018
The International Army Games pits nations against each other in high-tech combat munitions and maneuvering; the declining participation rates for youth sports in the United States; Golden State Warriors President and COO Rick Welts.
12 - Episode 261 - 2018 Year In Review
Air Date: December 18, 2018
A look at the most significant stories from 2018; the Sherpas of Mount Everest; the NHL concussion crisis; college football conditioning coaches; profiles of Doris Burke, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Margaret Court.