Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: Season 2
Season 2 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 1.
- 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 2 Progress Shield
Episode 5 - Hakeem Olajuwon; 1966 Texas Western; Women's College Basketball
Mar 11, 1996 · 60 min
Segments include a profile of the NBA's Hakeem Olajuwon by Frank DeFord; a look at the 1966 NCAA basketball championship won by Texas Western---the first all-black team to do so---
Episode 6 - Lawrence Phillips; Open Wheel Racing Feud
May 20, 1996 · 60 min
Segments include an interview with Lawrence Phillips, the controversial Nebraska back drafted by the St. Louis Rams; a look at the feud between the the new Indy Racing League and t
Episode 7 - The Olympic Show
Jul 15, 1996 · 60 min
Segments on the Olympics include a profile of IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch; a look at U.S. weightlifter Mark Henry; visits with Olympic champions Mark Spitz and Bruce Jenne
Episode 8 - Albert Belle; NFL Drug Testing
Sep 10, 1996 · 60 min
Filmmaker Spike Lee's profile of Albert Belle is featured. The Cleveland outfielder is one of baseball's top hitters, but has been suspended five times in his turbulent career. Int
Episode 9 - Shaquille O'Neal; Packers
Nov 12, 1996 · 60 min
Segments include a look at the Los Angeles Lakers offseason signing of Shaquille O'Neal. Also: a visit with shareholders of the publicly-owned Green Bay Packers; and a report on a