Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (1995)

Episode Overview

Kavitha Davidson covers the increasing levels of anxiety, depression, and suicide among young athletes linked to COVID-19. Andrea Kremer interviews Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray, who is leveraging his expertise in event planning to set up significant vaccination sites across Massachusetts. Mary Carillo takes viewers inside The Barkley Marathons, renowned as the most grueling race in existence. Meanwhile, Jon Frankel revisits his report on backcountry skiing, a sport that has surged in popularity during the pandemic, but has also made this ski season one of the most perilous.