The BEST episodes of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel season 28

#1 - April 2022

Season 28 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/19/2022

Segments: Jake Paul scores big as a star boxer; a drug dealer reforms his life through falconry; Paralympic superstar Oksana Masters.

#2 - May 2022

Season 28 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/24/2022

CASTER SEMENYA & INTERSEX ATHLETES: After years of being forced by track's governing body, World Athletics, to take hormone therapy to suppress her body's natural testosterone, Olympic gold medalist middle distance runner Caster Semenya launched a lawsuit claiming they violated her human rights. DESHAUN WATSON ACCUSERS: Several women who have accused Deshaun Watson of sexual misconduct sit down for their first ever national TV interview. In the report, they detail the alleged abuse they suffered and share their reactions to Watson's record-breaking $230 million contract with the Cleveland Browns. SAVANNAH BANANAS: Some say America's national pastime – baseball – has become too long, slow and boring. The solution, according to Jesse Cole, is Banana Ball, a game Cole invented and named after the team he owns – the Savannah Bananas. Banana Ball has a two-hour time limit and removes what Cole says are all the boring parts of baseball, like bunting and stepping out of the batter's box. To

#3 - February 2022

Season 28 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/22/2022

Bobsled, skeleton, and luge may be the most frightening sports on ice, but life after competition can be even worse; Bryant Gumbel's exclusive interview with Brian Flores, his first since being hired by the Steelers; an American surfer sparks a Bitcoin revolution in El Salvador; the issue of young, injured athletes who are prescribed powerful opioid painkillers.

#4 - March 2022

Season 28 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/22/2022

Mary Carillo talks with former NBA player Jalen Rose about the school he’s opened in Detroit to provide free education to the city’s neediest kids. David Scott revisits his 2018 report on Russia’s armed forces at the International Army Games, where he observed the very tanks and aircrafts that have invaded the cities of Ukraine. And Andrea Kremer dives into the “Skiing Cochrans,” who continue to carry out the vision of their late parents by allowing the kids of Northern Vermont, no matter their parents’ means, the opportunity to ski and have fun.

#5 - June 2022

Season 28 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/21/2022

CHRIS EVERT: Tennis superstar Chris Evert defined an era in women's sports, winning at least one Grand Slam title for 13 straight years. Today, she faces a very different kind of fight: ovarian cancer. Mary Carillo reports. Producer: Nick Dolin. KERI BLAKINGER: For Keri Blakinger, the unforgiving world of incarceration in America is intimately familiar.

#6 - July 2022

Season 28 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/19/2022

Segments: Inside the world of Sumo; ultra-competitive bird watching; the man behind beloved sports mascots; the deadly Isle of Man race.

#7 - August 2022

Season 28 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/23/2022

#8 - September 2022

Season 28 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/27/2022

#9 - December 2022

Season 28 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/2022

#10 - October 2022

Season 28 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/25/2022

A look at the rapid rise of pickleball across the United States; a profile of The Drew, the nation’s pre-eminent summer basketball league; and an updated report on referee abuse in youth sports.

#11 - November 2022

Season 28 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/22/2022

#12 - January 2022

Season 28 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/25/2022

Legalized sports wagering in the U.S. is a huge success--except for gamblers who become addicted; Bryant Gumbel goes one on one with NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown; Olympic figure skaters turned broadcasters Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinksi mix comedy and fashion with every triple lutz; the IOC's partnership with China’s repressive regime.