Bryant Gumbel was born on this day in 1948 in New Orleans, La. Grew up in Chicago, Il. He became the editor of Black Sports magazine and a successful sportscaster in October 1972, for KNBC-TV out of Los Angeles. He also worked with NBC Sports for years before joining NBC's Today show in 1982.
His work on the Today Show earned him several Emmys and large groups of fans. With 15 years on The Today Show, Gumbel is currently the second longest serving co-host of Today, serving 2 months less than Katie Couric.
You can now see Bryant Gumbel on Real Sports on HBO: hbo.com/realsports.
Bryant's Gumbel's last day on The Today Show was January 3rd, 1997 which was also on a Friday, like today. I was working at news station wtop when I saw this live on the monitors. I was actually just getting off my shift, on my way out the door and stayed to watch this. Guess who decided to drop by after hearing he had a big fan? This was a great morning.
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