Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel Season 28, Episode 5: May 2022

January 2022

Segments: Sports gambling and addiction; NFL's Antonio Brown; Olympic skating stars; the IOC's partnership with China’s repressive regime.

60 min

February 2022

Segments: The most dangerous sports on ice; the NFL's Brian Flores; surfer sparks bitcoin revolution; young, injured athletes and opioids.

60 min

March 2022

Mary Carillo talks with former NBA player Jalen Rose about the school he’s opened in Detroit to provide free education to the city’s neediest kids. David Scott revisits his 2018 report on Russia’s armed forces at the International Army Games, where he observed the very tanks and aircrafts that have invaded the cities of Ukraine. And Andrea Kremer dives into the “Skiing Cochrans,” who continue to carry out the vision of their late parents by allowing the kids of Northern Vermont, no matter their parents’ means, the opportunity to ski and have fun.

60 min

April 2022

David Scott sits down with Jake Paul, the viral Youtube sensation turned pro boxer. Despite only 5 pro bouts, millions have been buying pay-per-views to watch his fights, making him one of the biggest names in boxing today; And Soledad O’Brien reports on Ukrainian Paralympian Oksana Masters, who competed in the Winter Games last month with her birth country mired in crisis.

51 min

June 2022

Chris Evert defined an era in women’s tennis, winning at least one Grand Slam title for 13 straight years. Today, she faces a very different kind of fight: ovarian cancer; once an Olympic hopeful, Keri Blakinger is now one of the most prominent prison reporters. Her unusual journey into the American criminal justice system began in, of all places, the world of figure skating; Real Sports follows a training session with the country’s leading underwater criminal investigator as he trains cops in scuba detective work.

55 min

July 2022

David Scott examines the ultra-demanding sport of Sumo wrestling; Mary Carillo profiles Dave Raymond, the man behind some of the most beloved mascots in sports; and correspondent Ariel Helwani takes a closer look at some of the most bird-brained competitors in all of sports.

59 min

August 2022

As Commissioner of the Big Ten, Kevin Warren is one of the most powerful men in sports. But in truth, it’s a miracle he’s even alive. There’s a new breed of thrill seekers who have reimagined human flight by attaching jet engines to their bodies but two men believe their inventions can help save lives. Earlier this year, a few thousand of the youngest and fittest athletes descended on Beijing for The Olympics but a lesser-known event in May drew four times that number… the Senior Games.

57 min

September 2022

An investigation into allegations that the World Anti-Doping Agency is not adequately policing PEDs; NFL star Darren Waller sets out to help Las Vegas addicts; extreme mountain biker Casey Brown’s road to success marked by tragedy; tennis star Frances Tiafoe’s unlikely rise to becoming the first American in 16 years to make it to the semifinals at the US Open.

59 min

October 2022

A look at the rapid rise of pickleball across the United States; a profile of The Drew, the nation’s pre-eminent summer basketball league; and an updated report on referee abuse in youth sports.

60 min

November 2022

60 min

December 2022

60 min