Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel | Peabody Award Winner 2012
Bryant Gumbel’s long-running series could just as easily be titled Real Life. Sports is its springboard, but from its inception it has been more concerned with culture, ethics and human striving than with winning streaks or batting averages. Standout 2012 segments include “The Band Played On,” a query into the tragic death of a Florida A&M drum major during a hazing ritual that the university had tolerated for years. “Your Brain on Football” was one of several candid reports on the neurological damage to which players are allowed to expose themselves and how concussions impact their lives and ability to learn. Uninhibited by league affiliations, sponsors or the blinders of fandom, unafraid to be irreverent or aggressive, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel is what sports journalism -– for that matter, journalism, period –- should be.
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