The BEST episodes of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel season 24

#1 - Episode 1

Season 24 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/30/2018

Segments include a visit with the St. Brown family, a football version of basketball's Ball family; an interview with former tennis star Margaret Court; and a look at the economic woes of athletes in low profile sports in the Olympics.

#2 - Episode 3

Season 24 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/27/2018

Segments include an interview with Shaquille O'Neal and his second career as a businessman; a meeting with Amy Van Dyken, a former swimmer paralyzed from the waist down following an ATV accident; a chat with drag racer John Force; and revisiting a report on foul-ball injuries in baseball.

#3 - Episode 4

Season 24 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/24/2018

Former All-Star Derek Jeter opens up about his second act as Miami Marlins CEO. Plus, John Frankel looks at the shocking rates of student-athlete abuse by NCAA coaches, and Mary Carillo meets Nebraska's top-ranked women’s bowling team.

#4 - Episode 5

Season 24 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/22/2018

#5 - Episode 6

Season 24 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/19/2018

#6 - Episode 7

Season 24 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/24/2018

#7 - Episode 8

Season 24 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/21/2018

#8 - Episode 9

Season 24 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/25/2018

Retired NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. begins his second act as an analyst for NBC; one-armed golfer Tommy Morrissey dominates the youth circuit; the rise and influence of strength and conditioning coaches in college football.

#9 - Episode 10

Season 24 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/23/2018

The police shooting of a teen football player; a philanthropist's mission to restore the U.S. to chess glory; an update on former NFL player Jon Dorenbos.

#10 - Episode 11

Season 24 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/20/2018

The International Army Games pits nations against each other in high-tech combat munitions and maneuvering; the declining participation rates for youth sports in the United States; Golden State Warriors President and COO Rick Welts.

#11 - Episode 2

Season 24 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/28/2018

An updated look at the program's award-winning 2004 expose on the enslavement of trafficked children as jockeys in the Middle Eastern sport of camel racing. Also: a report on concussions in pro hockey; and an interview with NBA analyst Doris Burke.

#12 - Episode 12

Season 24 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/2018

A look at the most significant stories from 2018; the Sherpas of Mount Everest; the NHL concussion crisis; college football conditioning coaches; profiles of Doris Burke, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Margaret Court.