Legendary sports broadcaster Bryant Gumbel hospitalized after medical emergency, per report
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Legendary sports broadcaster Bryant Gumbel was rushed to a New York City hospital on Monday night after suffering a “medical emergency,” according to a report by TMZ on Tuesday afternoon.
The TMZ report contained sources that said the former Today co-host was transported from his Manhattan apartment building to a hospital on Monday night just after 9 p.m. ET. The report said Gumbel remained in the hospital, as of Tuesday afternoon.
TMZ said it was unclear what exactly happened to Gumbel, who is 77, other than that he was still getting treatment at the New York City hospital. There was no response as of yet from Gumbel’s representatives, according to the report. TMZ did speak to 1 of Gumbel’s family members, who said that Gumbel was doing “OK”. No further details were given by the family member on Gumbel’s condition.
In addition to his longtime role on the Today show, Gumbel has an extensive sports broadcasting background. He hosted the highly acclaimed investigative series, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel on HBO. Gumbel was hired by NBC Sports in 1975 and co-hosted its NFL pregame show. From 1975-82, when he left to do the Today show, Gumbel hosted Major League Baseball, college basketball and NFL sporting events.
Gumbel also hosted the primetime coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics and broadcasted some PGA Tour events in 1990.
Gumbel comes from a sports broadcasting family, with older brother Greg being a legend himself, mostly with college basketball. Greg Gumbel died last year at 78.
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
