Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: Season 13
Season 13 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel Season 12.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 13 Progress Shield
Episode 118 - Still Playing Hurt; No Answers; Storytellers; Michael Irvin
Jan 22, 2007 · 60 min
Segments include a look at pension and disability woes of former NFLers; an examination into the shooting death of University of Miami football player Bryan Pata; a look at NFL Fil
Episode 119 - Rising Star; Senseless; In the Blood; Maverick
Feb 12, 2007 · 60 min
Segments include an interview with NL MVP Ryan Howard; a profile of Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban; and a visit with MLB umpire Jerry Crawford and his brother Joe, an NBA refere
Episode 120 - High Hopes; The Path Less Traveled; Ted Nolan; Diploma Mills
Mar 5, 2007 · 60 min
Segments include an interview with new Cubs manager Lou Piniella; a look at the University of Wisconsin's men's basketball team; and a visit with hockey coach Ted Nolan. Correspond
Episode 121 - Marbury's Starburys; Therapy Ride; Arm Trouble; Tough Times
Apr 16, 2007 · 60 min
Segments include Stephon Marbury's push for affordable athletic shoes; therapeutic horseback riding; a repeat look at "Tommy John" surgery on young pitchers. Correspondents include
Episode 122 - Head On; Faster Horses; A Story of Triumph; Still Fighting
May 14, 2007 · 60 min
Included: a report on concussions in pro football; a look at performance-enhancing drugs in horse racing; and a visit with boxer Johnny Tapia. Correspondents incude Bernard Goldber
Episode 123 - Miller Time; Gator Sensation; Boomeritis
Jun 20, 2007 · 60 min
Included: Gumbel interviews golf analyst Johnny Miller; a profile of basketball player Joakim Noah; a look at the effects of exercise on baby boomers. Correspondents include Andrea
Episode 124 - Gary's World; Shock Value; Five-Year Plan; Still Unsatisfied
Jul 17, 2007 · 60 min
Segments include an interview with baseball's Gary Sheffield; a visit with coaches Bill Laimbeer and Rick Mahorn of the WNBA's Detroit Shock; a profile of a five-year-old golf phen
Episode 125 - Dogfighting; The First Family of Tennis; Javon Walker; Pacman
Aug 14, 2007 · 60 min
Segments include a look at the underground world of dogfighting; interviews with the Tennesee Titans' Adam "Pacman" Jones and the Denver Broncos' Javon Walker; and a profile of ten
Episode 126 - McHot Seat; Alive; The Life; Run to Freedom
Sep 18, 2007 · 60 min
Included: an interview with Eagles QB Donovan McNabb; a visit with members of a Uruguayan rugby team who survived a 1972 plane crash in the Andes Mountains in South America.
Episode 127 - Targets; Teammates; The Guru; End of an Era
Oct 23, 2007 · 60 min
Segments include a look at terrors endured by athletes in Iraq; a report on Everson Walls donating his kidney to former teammate Ron Springs. Correspondents include Frank Deford an
Episode 128 - The Karls; The Booster; Another Breath; Making Weight
Nov 20, 2007 · 60 min
A visit with NBA coach George Karl and his player son Coby; a profile of Oklahoma State alum and benefactor T. Boone Pickens; a report on the life and death of eighth grader Korinn
Episode 129 - 2007 Roundtable Review
Dec 26, 2007 · 60 min
A roundtable discussion on the top sports events of 2007. Topics discussed include dogfighting; NFL pension and disability issues; Adam "Pacman" Jones; and five-year-old golf pheno