Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: Season 22
Season 22 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 21.
- 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 22 Progress Shield
Episode 226 - Questionable Care / The Gypsy King / Marijuana in the NFL
Jan 26, 2016 · 60 min
Segments include a profile of new heavyweight champ Tyson Fury, a report on medical staffs of major college football programs, and revisiting a story on marijuana use for pain in t
Episode 227 - Black Mamba / Game Changer / Long Shot / Heavy Metal
Feb 23, 2016 · 60 min
Segments include an interview with Kobe Bryant; a chat with Rick Welts, the openly gay president of the Golden State Warriors; a profile of archer Matt Stutzman, who was born witho
Episode 228 - The Mayor / Living Out Loud / Mavericks
Mar 22, 2016 · 60 min
The dangerous Titans of Mavericks surf competition in Half Moon Bay, California; profiling fashion trailblazer and NBA sideline reporter Craig Sager who has been battling leukemia
Episode 229 - Sudden Impact / Arm$ Race / Trumped
Apr 19, 2016 · 60 min
Segments include a report on foul-ball related injuries at ballparks; a look at unchecked spending in Division I athletics; and another look at Donald Trump's problems with a golf
Episode 230 - America's Gun / Feherty / Work to Ride
May 24, 2016 · 60 min
Segments include a profile of golf commentator David Feherty; a look at the marketing of the AR-15 combat rifle to U.S. consumers; and a report on a polo program for disadvantaged
Episode 231 - Bruce Almighty / Head Games / Two of a Kind
Jun 21, 2016 · 60 min
Segments include a one-on-one interview with Arizona Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians; a report on mental competitions for youth in the U.S.; and another visit with long-lost sist
Episode 232 - The Lords of the Rings
Jul 26, 2016 · 60 min
A special 90-minute episode dedicated to investigating the International Olympic Committee on the eve of the 2016 Rio Summer Games.
Episode 233 - Playing the Game / Unstoppable / The Fighter
Aug 23, 2016
Segments include a report on the challenges faced by female sports reporters; a visit with adopted sisters and Paralympians Hannah and Tatyana McFadden; and another visit with Chan
Episode 234 - Man vs. Machine / The Anthem / Magic Man
Sep 27, 2016 · 60 min
Segments include a report on the national anthem at sporting events; a look at pitching technology that determines balls and strikes; and a second visit with Eagles long snapper an
Episode 235 - The Guru / The Third Man / Coming to America
Oct 25, 2016 · 60 min
A chat with Bikram Yoga creator Bikram Choudhury. A report on former Australian runner Peter Norman, who appeared in the black power salute photo from the 1968 Olympics. And a repo
Episode 236 - Cost of the Game / The Witness / Punjabi Hockey
Nov 22, 2016 · 60 min
Youth football players are often the least protected from catastrophic injury and even death. The rise and fall of FIFA's Chuck Blazer as witnessed by his longtime companion, Mary
Episode 237 - 2016 Year in Sports
Dec 20, 2016 · 60 min
The Real Sports team discusses its most memorable stories from 2016, including new technology that could change baseball, the failings of the International Olympic Committee and th