VIDEO: Billy Crystal Talks Today's Flawed Sports Stars on HBO's REAL SPORTS

By: May. 20, 2015
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HBO's REAL SPORTS continues its 20th anniversary celebration with an all-star roster of HBO comics. In the video, Billy Crystal wonders how to explain the flaws of modern-day athletes to his sports-loving grandchildren.

Crystal appeared on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE from 1984 to 1985. He has also starred in The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Analyze This, Monster's Inc, Analyze That, Monster's University, and more. His Broadway credits include the Tony-winning 700 Sundays, which he also wrote.

REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL debuted April 2, 1995 and has gone on to win the Sports Emmy® for Outstanding Sports Journalism 15 times, receiving 26 Sports Emmy® Awards overall. REAL SPORTS was the sole sports program recognized by the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication in 2012, earning a prestigious George F. Peabody Award for broadcast excellence and has been honored twice with duPont Awards from Columbia University, first in 2005 and again in 2012.



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