Bryant Charles Gumbel born September 29 1948 is an American television journalist and sportscaster best known for his 15 years as cohost of NBCs Today He is the younger brother of sportscaster Greg Gumbel Since 1995 he has hosted HBOs acclaimed investigative series Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel which has been rated as flat out TVs best sports program by the Los Angeles Times It won a Peabody Award in 2012 Gumbel was hired by NBC Sports in the fall of 1975 as cohost of its National Football League pregame show GrandStand with Jack Buck From 1975 until January 1982 when he left to do The Today Show he hosted numerous sporting events for NBC including Major League Baseball college basketball and the National Football League He returned to sportscasting for NBC when he hosted the prime time coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics from Seoul and the PGA Tour in 1990 NBC News made Gumbel the principal anchor of Today beginning September 27 1982 and broadcast from Vietnam Vatican City Europe South America and much of the United States followed between 1984 and 1989 Gumbels work on Today earned him several Emmys and a large fanbase He is the third longest serving cohost of Today after former hosts Matt Lauer and Katie Couric He stepped down from the show on January 3 1997 after 15 years Gumbel moved to CBS where he hosted various shows before becoming cohost of the networks 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 From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
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