Bryant Gumbel, the longtime sportscaster and The Today Show co-host, was hospitalized Monday night, according to a report from TMZ. He reportedly suffered a “medical emergency.”
Gumbel, 77, was taken to a local hospital in New York on Monday, TMZ reported. Details were scarce at the time of publication, but a family member told TMZ he is “okay.”
Gumbel was a co-host of NBC’s Today for 15 years and also famously hosted Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel for HBO. His older brother, Greg, passed away last year.
In addition to his work for Today and HBO, Bryant Gumbel hosted NBC Sports’ NFL pregame show from 1975-72 while working other marquee events for NBC. He also hosted primetime coverage of the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics and covered the PGA Tour in 1990. In 1999, Gumbel left NBC for CBS and eventually became host of The Early Show.
Gumbel began hosting Real Sports in 1995, covering the intersection of sports and society. The program won 32 Sports Emmy Awards and two Peabody Awards. The final episode aired Dec. 19, 2023, after 29 years on the air.
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