NEW YORK – The HBO television show “Real Sports” is returning from a suspension forced by the coronavirus before the real sports themselves begin again.
Host Bryant Gumbel will preside from his Florida home in Tuesday's episode of the sports news magazine, which is attempting to navigate technical issues and strike the right balance in dealing with a pandemic that has changed every viewer's life.
The March episode was canceled, both because some necessary travel proved impossible and the worry that some segments would appear tone deaf at a time when the sports world was put on hold, Gumbel said.
April marks the 25th year that “Real Sports” has been on the air, and it barely made its anniversary month. The host will appear Tuesday in a