Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: Season 19
Season 19 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 18.
- 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 19 Progress Shield
Episode 190 - The Mind of Royce White; Coach Luke; Brothers in Arms
Jan 22, 2013 · 60 min
Bernard Goldberg interviews Rockets first-round draft pick Royce White, who has refused to report to the team because of general anxiety disorder. Jon Frankel sits down with former
Episode 192 - Act Two; Heavy Metal; Second Shot; Lolo Lately
Mar 19, 2013 · 60 min
Mike Tyson reinvents himself again; transsexual NCAA athlete Gabrielle Ludwig; extreme sports and going too far; and, reconnecting with Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones.
Episode 194 - Unsportsmanlike Conduct; Redemption; Oklahoma Strong; Behind the Barn Door
May 21, 2013 · 60 min
Episode 197 - The World of Red Bull; Chronicles of Roddick; The Wrestlers; Trumped
Aug 20, 2013 · 60 min
The energy drink Red Bull and its marketing of extreme sports. Andy Roddick and his unexpected retirement announcement during the U.S. Open. Diamond Dallas Page and his yoga workou
Episode 198 - Settling?; Alone at Sea; Sounders Nation; Stevie Wonder
Sep 17, 2013 · 60 min
Dorsey Levens discusses the settling of the NFL concussion lawsuit. The Vendee Globe is a 23,000-mile, non-stop, solo sailboat race around the world that only 100 have ever complet
Episode 199 - Reggie Jackson, Chris Paul, eSports, Jaclyn Murphy
Oct 22, 2013 · 60 min
Segments include a chat with baseball great Reggie Jackson; an interview with NBA guard Chris Paul, who is the new Players Association president; a look at video gaming culture; an