Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: Season 18
Season 18 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 17.
- 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 18 Progress Shield
Episode 178 - Toradol; Jeff and Stan Van Gundy; Kevin Kelly
Jan 24, 2012 · 60 min
Many football players use Toradol, a potent drug that allows them to play through their pain, and that has doctors worried. Jeff and Stan Van Gundy are sons of a basketball coach w
Episode 179 - Wingsuiter Jeb Corliss; Russian Plane Crash; Leigh Steinberg
Feb 21, 2012 · 60 min
Episode 180 - Henrik Lundqvist; The Flying Wallendas; Steve Delabar
Mar 20, 2012 · 60 min
Episode 182 - South Korean dominance on the LPGA Tour; Lolo Jones; Ray Greenhalge
May 22, 2012 · 60 min
Episode 183 - Philling Time; Holley Mangold; Isle of Man; Lopez Lomong
Jun 19, 2012 · 60 min
Episode 184 - Matt Kemp; Jen Bricker and Dominique Moceanu; Marching Band Hazing
Jul 17, 2012 · 60 min
Episode 186 - Magic Johnson; Fan-on-Fan Violence; Cirque du Soleil; Pay to Play
Sep 18, 2012 · 60 min
Magic Johnson on the Lakers and his ownership of the Dodgers. Bernard Goldberg looks into the troubling issue of ballpark violence. Armen Keteyian hits the Las Vegas strip to meet
Episode 187 - Strahan TV; Live Like Line; Gay Pride; Storytellers
Oct 23, 2012 · 60 min
Episode 188 - The Son Rises; Think About Them; Blue Star Fallen
Nov 20, 2012 · 60 min