Bryant Gumbel’s ‘Real Sports,’ HBO’s longest-running present, will finish after 29 seasons

NEW YORK — Bryant Gumbel’s “Real Sports” newsmagazine on HBO will finish its run after 29 seasons on the air, the community stated on Wednesday.

The present has been like a “60 Minutes” of sports, having a look at social and financial points past the video games, and has received 37 Sports Emmy Awards. Gumbel, 74, received a lifetime achievement award on the Sports Emmys earlier this 12 months.

During one season for which “Real Sports” received a Peabody Award, a few of its tales included seems to be into soccer head accidents and athletes who got here out as homosexual, in addition to investigations into the hazing demise of a school drum main and a lethal aircraft crash involving a professional hockey group in Russia.

“We’ve had the opportunity to to tell complex stories about race, gender, class, opportunity and so much more,” Gumbel stated. “Being able to do so at HBO for almost three decades has been very gratifying. I’m proud of the imprint we’ve made, so I’m ready to turn the page. Although goodbyes are never easy, I’ve decided that now’s the time to move on.”

Although HBO has seen cutbacks because the merger that created mother or father firm Warner Bros. Discovery, the community stated these monetary concerns had nothing to do with the tip of “Real Sports,” HBO’s longest-running sequence.

It was not instantly clear when the ultimate episode would air.