Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: Season 20
Season 20 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 19.
- 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 20 Progress Shield
Episode 202 - Marijuana in the NFL; The Quarterback & the Sportswriter; Sacramento's King
Jan 21, 2014 · 60 min
Andrea Kramer and marijuana in the NFL. Frank Deford and Boomer Esiason discuss their shared experience of having a child with cystic fibrosis. Bernie Goldberg profiles Sacramento
Episode 203 - Kids & Guns; The Fixer; Hockey's Darkest Day
Feb 25, 2014 · 60 min
John Frankel looks at youth shooting sports. Bryant Gumbel profiles SMU basketball coach Larry Brown. Bernard Goldberg follows up on a story about the 2011 plane crash that killed
Episode 204 - Higher Education?; Rez Ball; Peace of Mind; Raging Bulls
Mar 25, 2014 · 60 min
Episode 205 - Fair Fight?; Unnatural Selection; Basketball Bedlam; Team Hoyt
Apr 22, 2014 · 60 min
Episode 208 - The Price of Glory; The Future of Golf; A League of Their Own
Jul 22, 2014 · 60 min
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar: allegations of bribery to get the bid, and human rights abuses among the foreign workers who will build the stadiums. A look at the decline of golf's p
Episode 209 - Magic Man; Street Smarts; The Survivor
Aug 19, 2014 · 60 min
Interviews include: - Jon Dorenbos, NFL long snapper by day and professional magician by night - Rob Dyrdek, who turned skateboarding into a media, sports, and apparel empire - Nic
Episode 211 - Violent Connection; Eat What You Kill; Playing for Peanuts; Revenge of the Nerds
Oct 21, 2014 · 60 min
The connection between traumatic brain injuries and domestic violence among NFL players; people eschewing supermarket meat for game they kill themselves; financial struggles of low
Episode 212 - The Maverick; The Flying Squirrel; Turf Wars; Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Nov 25, 2014 · 60 min
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. A 6-year-old Australian surfer. An inner-city youth football program coached by police. Increasing violence against recreational and high school sports