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Greg Gumbel, who broadcast the NFL on CBS and served as the network's studio host for March Madness, has died at the age of 78. Gumbel's family said in a statement that Gumbel died after a bout ...
At CBS Sports, he hosted "The NFL Today," the network's NFL pre-game, halftime and post-game studio show, from 1990-93 and 2004-05, Super Bowl XXVI in 1992, Super Bowl XLVII in 2013, and Super ...
Greg Gumbel's loved ones and fans are sharing their condolences after his family announced the longtime CBS Sports broadcaster had died at 78.. Gumbel, who previously worked for NBC Sports and was ...
He became the first African-American announcer to call play-by-play of a major sports championship in the United States when he announced Super Bowl XXXV for the CBS network in 2001. Until 2023, Gumbel was the studio host for CBS' men's college basketball coverage and was a play-by-play broadcaster for the NFL on CBS.
Gumbel moved to CBS, where he hosted various shows before becoming co-host of the network's morning show The Early Show on November 1, 1999. Gumbel was hosting The Early Show on the morning of September 11, 2001. He was the first to announce the September 11 attacks to CBS viewers. Gumbel left CBS and The Early Show on May 17, 2002.
Gumbel was the older brother of Bryant Gumbel, the host of NBC’s “Today” show and “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” on HBO. Bryant Gumbel received a lifetime achievement award at the Sports Emmys in 2003. Greg Gumbel grew up in Chicago and graduated from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1967 with a degree in English.
Gumbel first hosted the show from 1990 through 1993 before moving to NBC when CBS lost its NFL broadcast rights. But he returned to the network in 1998 and called play-by-play on the No. 1 ...
After hosting CBS's pre-game program The NFL Today from 1998 to 2003, he became The NFL on CBS ' top play-by-play announcer in 2004. That move sent Greg Gumbel to the studio, and Nantz to the stadium booth with Phil Simms. On February 4, 2007, Nantz called the play-by-play of Super Bowl XLI.