REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL CHRONICLES BMX SUPERSTAR STEPHEN MURRAY'S ROAD TO RECOVERY
Nov 25, 2008
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*Stephen Murray's Journey. Heading into the 2007 Dew Action Sports Tour, former BMX dirt jumping star Stephen Murray's back was against the wall. After setting the action sports world ablaze in 2001 with his gold medal-winning performance at the X-Games, his career lost momentum. As the bills piled up, Murray sought to reverse his fortunes with a huge performance in June 2007, only to suffer a catastrophic accident that left him a quadriplegic. Correspondent Mary Carillo talks with Murray about the extraordinary strides he's made in rehabilitation and the setbacks he's recently faced.Winner of 20 Sports Emmys(r) in 13 years, REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL presents more enterprising features and reporting when its 140th edition, available in HDTV, debuts TUESDAY, NOV. 25 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.
REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL won the 2008 Sports Emmy(r) Award in the category of Outstanding Sports Journalism for Bernard Goldberg's piece "NFL Concussions Impact." REAL SPORTS has won the Sports Emmy(r) for Outstanding Sports Journalism 11 of the last 13 years, in addition to being the first sports program honored with the duPont Award for excellence in broadcast journalism.
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