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What: “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel”

Where: HBO, tonight, 10:15

A profile of Sarah Fisher, a 20-year-old Indy car driver, is among the stories on the latest edition of “Real Sports.” Fisher, a native of Commercial Point, Ohio, and a student at Indianapolis’ Butler University, has her sights set on the upcoming Indianapolis 500. Earlier this year, Fisher, who races for car owner Derrick Walker, finished second in the Grand Prix of Miami.

Of what she can do for women in auto racing, Fisher tells correspondent Lesley Visser: “I want to blow the door open. I think that there’s another level out there that’s yet to be approached. And I think with the background I have, with the support that Walker Racing is giving me, I think we’re more than capable to go out there and blow the door wide open.”

Fisher’s parents, Dave and Reba, are interviewed, and included is footage of Sarah racing as a 5-year-old.

Another segment of interest to women deals with Female Triad Disorder. It begins when a female athlete’s eating patterns and intense training regimen cause her to lose her menstrual cycle, which prevents sufficient amounts of estrogen from reaching bones.

In another segment, Bryant Gumbel reports on former Laker Kermit Washington and how his life has been affected by the punch he landed to the jaw of Rudy Tomjanovich. It occurred Dec. 9, 1977, and was a story Gumbel reported when he worked for Channel 4.

The other story examines a sports academy run by International Management Group (IMG) which can cost up to $100,000 a year.