Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (1995)

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Documentary series covering sports of all kinds, hosted by Bryant Gumbel.

Original Release

04/02/1995 on hbo

US Release

04/02/1995

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Cast

Name

Character

Bryant Gumbel

Self - Host / Self / Self - Correspondent (segments "The Anthem" & "Magic Man") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Son Rises") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Hooper's Pass") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Sudden Impact") / Self - Correspondent (segment "No Average Joe") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Live Mascots") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Feherty") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Another Shot")

Jon Frankel

Self - Correspondent / Self / Self - Correspondent (segment "Ref Assaults") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Back in the Game") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Smokeless Tobacco") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Shock Value") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Settling") (segment "Sounders") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Senseless") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Scarred") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Saadi Qaddafi") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Ronda Rousey") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Rez Ball") (segment "Raging Bulls") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Questionable Care") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Pushing the Limits") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Pau Gasol") (segment "Backcountry") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Mavericks") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Man vs. Beast") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Magic Johnson") (segment "Sidelined") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Kids & Guns") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Kelly Slater") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Jimmie Johnson") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Jeb Corliss") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Izzo's World") / Self - Correspondent (segment "It Gives You Wings") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Isle of Man") / Self - Correspondent (segment "In the Headlines") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Home Base") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Holding Court") (segment "Riding the High") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Heavy Metal") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Hard 2 Live, Easy 2 Die") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Gridiron Heroes") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Go for It!") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Gay Pride") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Gameday") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Game Over") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Female Sports Reporters") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Faster Horses") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Family Burden") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Drug Testing") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Dr. Fix-It") (segment "Faster Horses") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Diploma Mills") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Clean Slate") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Christmas Time") / Self - Correspondent (segment "CC Sabathia") (segment "Back in the Game") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Call Me Al") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Brad Stevens") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Boomeritis") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Bloodsport") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Blonde Ambition") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Bittersweet Success") (segment "Bode's World") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Big League Chew") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Balls and Strikes") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Arturo Gatti") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Arm$ Race") / Self - Correspondent (segment "A Wing & A Prayer") / Self - Correspondent (segment "4th and Go") / Self - Correspondent (segment "2 Live Crew to First and Ten") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Wonder Woman") / Self - Correspondent (segment "White Elephants") / Self - Correspondent (segment "What it Takes") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Vision Quest") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Violent Connection") (segment "Playing for Peanuts") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Underwater Heroes") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Tyson") (segment "Jimmie Johnson") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Thrill Ride") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Toast of Tinseltown") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Swim Gap") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Karls") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Journey of Jay Williams") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Guru") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Game He Loved") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Dogfather") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Dark Side of the World Cup") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Air We Breathe") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Team Karl") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Street Smarts") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Still Playing Hurt") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Steve Gleason")

Bernard Goldberg

Self - Correspondent / Self - Correspondent (1999-) / Self - Correspondent (segment "Record Breaker") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Out to Stud") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Dogfighting") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Only One") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Mind Games") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Marbury's Starburys") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Living Out Loud") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Jerry's World") / Self - Correspondent (segment "It Was Written") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Hockey's Darkest Day") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Higher Education?") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Hidden Horses") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Heart of a Fighter") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Head On") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Head Games") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Fan-on-Fan Violence") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Death at the Track") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Cost of the Game") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Childhood Lost") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Cashin' In") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Brothers") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Broken Nails") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Bringing Down the House") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Born to Run") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Born Again") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Bob Uecker") (segment "Trump") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Basketball Bedlam") / Self - Correspondent (segment "An Uncommon Man") (segment "Buckeye Woes") / Self - Correspondent (segment "After the Hits") (segment "Keeping Up with the Salahis") / Self - Correspondent (segment 'Hands Off") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Zany Sports Mascots") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Victor Conte") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Two of a Kind") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Trumped") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Trump") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Trophy Culture") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Total Recall") / Self - Correspondent (segment "To Catch a Thief") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Think About Them") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Wreckage") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Wildest Show in the South") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Transformation of Tyson") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Survivor") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Path Less Traveled") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Maverick") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Booster") (segment "Making Weight") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Test of Will") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Targets") / Self - Correspondent (segment "T206") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Sweep This!") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Staying Straight") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Sports Jester") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Sole Runners") (segment "Tough Enough") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Slaves No More") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Sidelined") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Separated") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Sacramento's King") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Russian Plane Crash") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Running for Their Lives") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Risky Business") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Risky Business") (segment "The Streaker") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Putin's Olympics") (segment "Shaw Time") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Pursuit of Happiness") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Playing with Pain") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Playing with Fire") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Par for the Course") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Numbers Game") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Nick Schuyler's Story") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Nails") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Money Man") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Mind over Matter")

Mary Carillo

Self - Correspondent / Self - Correspondent (1997-) / Self / Self - Correspondent (segment "Matt Long") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Bob Hewitt") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Run to Freedom") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Wonder Arm") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Girls Interrupted") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Fair Fight?") (segment "Team Hoyt") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Drug Runners") / Self - Correspondent (segment "CP3") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Common Goal") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Chess Kids") / Self - Correspondent (segment "C. Vivian Stringer") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Being Lolo Jones") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Andy Roddick") / Self - Correspondent (segment "American Dream") / Self - Correspondent (segment "All the Right Moves") / Self - Correspondent (segment "A Remarkable Journey") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Work to Ride") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Original Extreme Sport") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Flying Squirrel") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The First Family of Tennis") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Talibanned") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Super Dario") (segment "Pat Summitt") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Still Unsatisfied") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Still Going") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Stephen Murray's Journey") (segment "Drug Runners") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Ski Liftt") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Rough Riders") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Out of Left Field") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Oklahoma Strong") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Obsessive Runners") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Mr. Sunday Night") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Making Strides") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Lasting Impact") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Labor of Love") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Jimmy Rollins") / Self - Correspondent (segment "In the Blood") / Self - Correspondent (segment "In Our Hearts") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Holley Mangold") (segment "Lopez Lomong")

Frank Deford

Self - Correspondent / Self - Correspondent (segment "Friends of Jaclyn") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Blue Star Fallen") / Self - Correspondent (segment "A Story of Triumph") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Heart of a Champion") / Self - Correspondent (segment "A League of Their Own") / Self - Correspondent (segment "A Grand Walk") / Self / Self - Correspondent (segment "You're a Good Man, Charlie Manuel") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Wounded Warriors") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Tragic Hero") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The World's Greatest Athlete") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Other Side of a Rivalry") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Next Level") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Negotiator") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Flying Wallendas") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Deadly Tradition" ) / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Cowboy") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The American Singapore") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Teamwork") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Teammates") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Storytellers") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Staph Infections in Sports") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Reunion") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Rayna DuBose") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Paper Cuts") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Mike May") (segment "Boby Duval") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Mike Coolbaugh") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Michael Strahan") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Maverick") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Live Like Line") (segment "Storytellers") / Self - Correspondent (segment "King of the Hill") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Johnny Weir") (segment "Hard Times") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Impossible Choice") / Self - Correspondent (segment "High Hopes") (segment "Ted Nolan") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Hard Times") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Growing Divide") (segment "Sticks, Stones, Now Staph") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Flying Nun") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Five-Year Plan") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Fight to Walk") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Ernie Harwell") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Driving Alone") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Dedication Personified") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Deadly Ride") / Self - Correspondent (segment "DDP") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Danger in the Saddle") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Courtside Career") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Coach Geno") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Boomer & Gunnar") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Another Breath") / Self - Correspondent (segment "All Bets Are Off") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Alexis Arguello")

Andrea Kremer

Self - Correspondent / Self / Self - Correspondent (segment "All in the Family") / Self - Correspondent (segment "New School") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Urban Renewal") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Deadspin") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Captain Comeback") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Bruce Pearl") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Bring It On") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Black Mamba") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Bill Parcells") / Self - Correspondent (segment "AWOL") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Ann Wolfe") / Self - Correspondent (segment "A New Era") / Self - Ultramarathoner (segment "Peace of Mind") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Unbreakable") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Toradol in the NFL") (segment "Barret Robbins") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Guru") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Accidental Coach") / Self - Correspondent (segment "She's Got Game") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Ryan's Song") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Queen of the Ring") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Punjabi Hockey") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Philling Time") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Pete Carroll") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Mini-Cheerleaders") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Matt Walsh") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Marijuana in the NFL") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Magic Mike") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Last Licks") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Lane Kiffin") / Self - Correspondent (segment "King Kraft") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Javon Walker") / Self - Correspondent (segment "High Times") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Gator Sensation") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Gary's World") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Family Ties") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Dirty Money")

David Scott

Self - Correspondent / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Price of Glory") / Self / Self - Correspondent (segment "Uncaged") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Witness") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Mayor") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Killing Fields") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Gypsy King") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Shots Fired") / Self - Correspondent (segment "On Thin Ice") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Erik Weihenmayer") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Death on Everest") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Blurred Lines") / Self - Correspondent (segment "America's Gun")

Armen Keteyian

Self - Correspondent (1998-) / Self - Correspondent / Self - Correspondent (segment "Tiki") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Life") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Oklahoma State Tragedies") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Michael Irvin") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Leigh Steinberg") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Joe Maddon") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Five-Ring Circus") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Dexter Manley") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Broken Pros") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Authentic Imitations") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Arm Trouble") / Self - Correspondent (1998-2013)

Soledad O'Brien

Self - Correspondent / Self / Self - Correspondent (segment "Wonderful Minds") / Self - Correspondent (segment "McFadden Sisters") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Coming to America")

James Brown

Self - Correspondent / Self - Correspondent (segment "Still Fighting") / Self - Correspondent (segment "No Answers") / Self - Correspondent (segment "McHot Seat") / Self - Correspondent (segment "KJ For Mayor") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Bigger Is Better") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Battle of the Bulge") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Agents of Fortune") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The World of Oz") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Therapy Ride") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Torii Hunter")

(see additional cast & crew)

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Directors

Rick Beczynski, Jeff Winn, Michael Sheehan, Bill McCullough, Spike Lee

Writers

Spike Lee, Ira Berkow, Frank Deford, William C. Rhoden

Cast

Name

Character

Self - Correspondent / Self / Self - Correspondent (segment "Wonderful Minds") / Self - Correspondent (segment "McFadden Sisters") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Coming to America")

James Brown

Carl Quintanilla

Self - Correspondent / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Watts Bears") / Self - Correspondent (segment "The Toast of Beijing") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Risky Business") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Long Shot")

Jim Lampley

Self - Correspondent (segment "The Longest Season") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Still Jumping") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Rodman") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Nails") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Broken Promises")

Lenny Dykstra

Self - MLB Player (segment "Nails") / Self - Former Baseball Player (segment "Nails") / Self - Former Baseball Player (segment "Broken Nails")

Josh Hamilton

Self - Outfielder, Texas Rangers (segment "Back in the Game") / Self - Former MLB Player (segment "Back in the Game")

Lopez Lomong

Self - Long Distance Runner (segment "Run to Freedom") / Self - Long Distance Runner (segment "Lopez Lomong")

Donald Trump

Self - Real Estate Developer (segment "Trump") / Self / Self - Real Estate Developer (segment "Par for the Course")

Ashrita Furman

Self - World Record Holder (segment "Record Breaker") / Self - World Record Holder (segment "Pursuit of Happiness")

Jim Harbaugh

Self - Head Football Coach, University of Michigan (segment "Captain Comeback") / Self - Head Football Coach, San Francisco 49ers (segment "All in the Family") / Self - Head Coach, San Francisco 49ers (segment "All in the Family")

Jeb Corliss

Self - Wingsuit Jumper (segment "A Wing & A Prayer") / Self - BASE Jumper (segment "Jeb Corliss")

Jerry Jones

Self - Owner & GM, Dallas Cowboys (segment "Jerry's World") / Self - Owner, Dallas Cowboys (segment "The Cowboy") / Self