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We will miss Greg dearly, and send our deepest condolences to his wife Marcy, daughter Michelle, and his entire family." Gumbel was born in New Orleans on May 3, 1946, and grew up in Chicago.
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.
Greg Gumbel first started with CBS Sports in 1989, where he served as a NFL play-by-play announcer and an in-studio host for college basketball.
Gumbel died after a “courageous” battle with cancer, his wife and daughter confirmed in a public statement. Longtime sports broadcaster Greg Gumbel has died at the age of 78, his family ...
Gumbel returned to the broadcast booth as the No. 2 play-by-play man, replacing Dick Enberg, alongside color man Dan Dierdorf until Dierdorf retired after the 2013–14 NFL season. Gumbel also worked alongside Trent Green in the No. 3 team from 2014 until 2019. He worked in a three-man booth with Green and Bruce Arians for the 2018 NFL season.
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.
In February 2006, Gumbel made remarks regarding the Winter Olympics and the lack of African-American participation. [9]So try not to laugh when someone says these are the world's greatest athletes despite a paucity of blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention.
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 ...