Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: Season 29
Season 29 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 28.
- 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 29 Progress Shield
January 2023
Jan 24, 2023 · 57 min
Examining the role Brett Farve is alleged to have played in the redirection of millions of dollars away from poor residents to his own projects; the sudden cardiac arrest of Damar
February 2023
Feb 21, 2023 · 57 min
Why nearly all of the world's sports federations, including FIFA, have chosen to make Switzerland their home; a look into allegations of rampant corruption and bribery scandals; Aa
March 2023
Mar 21, 2023 · 57 min
Former MLB All-Star Dusty Baker; Calgary Flames assistant general manager Chris Snow; strongmen Tom and Luke Stoltman; an update on "Hockey Night Canada: Punjabi Edition."
April 2023
Apr 18, 2023 · 57 min
Heading into the NFL draft, agent Drew Rosenhaus discusses representing controversial Georgia star Jalen Carter; the debate surrounding Russian athletes participating in the upcomi
May 2023
May 23, 2023 · 59 min
Many of the stuntpeople in big-budget action films are former elite athletes now turning their sport into art; despite being born without legs and abandoned at birth, Zion Clark ha
June 2023
Jun 20, 2023 · 59 min
The shocking PGA-LIV merger examined; after being accused of rape, former NFL punter Matt Araiza remains jobless despite the emergence of new evidence; artistic swimming has been r
July 2023
Jul 18, 2023 · 60 min
Retired NBA player Brad Daugherty becomes the first Black owner of a NASCAR racing team to win the Daytona 500; threats to Iranian athletes calling for change; Special Olympics ath
August 2023
Aug 22, 2023 · 59 min
Unique program teaches guide dogs how to run with sightless people; the Iditarod's legendary Mackey family; the world of elite dog sports.
September 2023
Sep 26, 2023 · 60 min
The mentally ruthless job of being an NFL kicker; exploring why American top students are sidelined in favor of athletes in college admissions; a profile of RJ Peete, a beloved clu