The latest episode is highlighted by a virtual panel led by Bryant Gumbel, who is joined by U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and former NCAA investigator Tim Nevius to discuss the current state of college amateurism.
The series is available on HBO and to stream on HBO Max.
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Additional segments include:
Oksana - Soledad O’Brien profiles eight-time Paralympic medalist Oksana Masters, who was born with several birth defects after her mother was exposed to radioactive fallout in Chernobyl. Masters spent her early years in a Ukrainian orphanage before being adopted by a college professor named Gay Masters, who brought her to the United States. Real Sports details Masters’ inspiring ability to overcome her traumatic childhood and physical challenges to become a decorated Paralympian. Producer: Beret Remak.
Bouncing Back - Down in south Florida is a rehab facility unlike any other – one that uses outdoor adventure therapy like skydiving, wave running and scuba diving to treat addiction issues. The facility is run by NBA veteran Jayson Williams, who has overcome a tortured past of his own and has dedicated his life to helping save others including a number of other former NBA players. Mary Carillo reports. Producer: Chapman Downes.
The Body Builder (Revisit) - Real Sports re-airs Soledad O’Brien’s 2019 report on Hugh Herr, head of research at MIT’s Biomechatronics Lab, who developed advanced prosthetics that enabled him to resume climbing and designed a revolutionary brain-controlled prosthetic for physically impaired climbers. Producer: Maggie Burbank.
The executive producer of REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL is Joe Perskie.
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