That’s a wrap: Bryant Gumbel and HBO’s ‘Real Sports’ air their last episode after 29 years

The final, 90-minute episode of “Real Sports” premieres Tuesday at 10 p.m. Eastern.

NEW YORK (AP) — For the last few years of its life, HBO’s “Real Sports” taped its episodes on the same Manhattan block where CBS’ “60 Minutes” resides. They shared a sensibility along with a neighborhood.

But while “60 Minutes” rolls along in its sixth decade, the monthly sports magazine helmed by Bryant Gumbel is calling it quits in its 29th year. The final, 90-minute episode premieres Tuesday at 10 p.m. Eastern.

Sports was a lens through which the magazine looked at all manner of issues, winning awards for pieces on 

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