Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel

11/17/09 HBO Press Release.
REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL profiles an inspiring organization for paralyzed football players when the Emmy®-winning show returns Novermber 24th, exclusively on HBO.

Winner of 21 Sports Emmys® in 14 years, REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL presents more enterprising features and reporting when its 152nd edition, available in HDTV, debuts TUESDAY, NOV. 24 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

 

 

Other HBO playdates (ET/PT):

November 24 (3:25 a.m.)

November 25 (6:00 p.m.)

November 27 (10:00 a.m., 8:00 p.m.)

November 29 (7:45 a.m.)

November 30 (11:30 a.m.)

December 2 (7:00 p.m., 11:45 p.m.)

December 4 (1:30 p.m.)

December 7 (3:05 a.m.)

 

HBO2 playdates (ET/PT):

November 25 (1:10 a.m.)

November 28 (9:00 a.m.)

November 30 (8:00 p.m.)

December 4 (11:35 p.m.)

December 6 (8:00 a.m.)

December 8 (9:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m.)

December 10 (1:00 p.m., 1:00 a.m.)

 

HBO On Demand availability:   Nov. 30-Dec. 21

 

Segments include:
            *Gridiron Heroes.  After suffering a catastrophic neck injury during a high school football game in 2001, Schertz, Tex. resident Chris Canales faced the challenge of living paralyzed from the neck down.  His first year of recovery was especially difficult.  In Dec. 2002, when his depression was at its worst, Chris’ father, Eddie Canales, made an unorthodox attempt to cheer his son up that would forever change their lives:  He took Chris to a football game.  During the contest they saw a player suffer a catastrophic neck injury similar to Chris’ and, without flinching, went straight to the hospital to offer counsel and support to the player and his family.  Father and son quickly saw the value of the unique assistance they could provide and created the nonprofit organization Gridiron Heroes to raise money and lend support to paralyzed high school football players and their families.  In a REAL SPORTS/Sports Illustrated profile, correspondent Jon Frankel looks at this amazing organization and the inspirational leaders behind it.
            Producer:  Mike Sullivan.

 

            Earlier this year, REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL won the Sports Emmy® Award in the category of Outstanding Sports Journalism for Bernard Goldberg’s piece “Running for Their Lives.”  REAL SPORTS has won the Sports Emmy® for Outstanding Sports Journalism 12 of the last 14 years, in addition to being the first sports program honored with the duPont Award for excellence in broadcast journalism.
            The executive producers of REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL are Ross Greenburg and Rick Bernstein; Kirby Bradley is senior producer.

 

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