Greg Gumbel Biography

Greg Gumbel is one of the most popular sports broadcasters in the business.  A Chicago native, Gumbel earned his Bachelor’s degree in English from Loras College and went on to become a sports announcer in his hometown.  From there he moved on to the Worldwide Leader in Sports to be an NBA play-by-play man and also served as a back-up announcer for New York Knicks broadcasts on MSG.  In 1988 he was hired by CBS to provide color-commentary for college football, NBA, MLB, NFL and Daytona 500 coverage. Eventually he became a prime time anchor at CBS and began anchoring coverage of the Winter Olympic Games. 

In 1994 he rose to prominence at NBC as the host for the MLB All-Star Game, The NBA on NBC, The NFL on NBC, and their coverage of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.  Gumbel rejoined CBS in 1998 and resumed his duties as their headline broadcaster, anchor and play-by-play man.  Currently he serves as the play-by-play man for The NFL Today on CBS.

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