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On "Real Sports" at 10 p.m. on HBO, Bryant Gumbel talks to the country's two transgender baseball writers and reviews the story of Christine Daniels. Before committing suicide last November, the longtime Los Angeles Times sports writer began using the name Mike Penner again. Promo clip is above.
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