Filed under: Sports Business and MediaKnow how there are some hours of television that serve as time killers until the next meaningless show starts? Well, that is never the case with "Real Sports," HBO's monthly magazine, which seemingly always provides riveting TV.
This month's program, which premieres Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET, with extensive re-airs throughout the month, is highlighted by a devastating follow-up report from correspondent Bernard Goldberg that continues "Real Sports' " Emmy-award winning examinations on the long-term effects of concussions in the NFL. This report looks into new studies linking sports concussions and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
The piece centers on former NFL players Steve Smith and the late Wally Hilgenberg, as well as CFL player Tony Proudfoot and former boxer Scott LeDoux, all ALS sufferers who also were concussion victims. The segment also raises questions over whether former Yankee great Lou Gehrig, whose name is most commonly associated with ALS, may have sustained damage from concussions. The sight and sound of Smith, who is confined to a bed and unable to move his muscles enough to speak without the aid of a computer, are harrowing.
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