A look into Greg Gumbel's career

A tribute to a brilliant 50 year broadcast career

Happy New Year, everyone. I hope you had a safe New Year’s. My heart goes out to the families who are dealing with what happened in New Orleans. Details are still being sorted out after a driver deliberately steered his truck into pedestrians hoping to celebrating New Year’s Eve. The Sugar Bowl will be postponed as it should be.

This is not how we want 2025 to start, but let’s hope law enforcement will do its work and find out who’s responsible for this.

Moving on, let’s go to what I’ve been planning for this site for a few days. My work/life balance isn’t where I like it to be, but when I’m available, I’ll do my best to have at least a weekly column.

Let’s get to our column

Greg Gumbel, 1946-2024

We received word last Friday that legendary broadcaster Greg Gumbel passed away at the age of 78. Greg was not on the 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on CBS/TNT Sports in what was revealed at the time was a family health issue, but after he had passed, his family said he had died of cancer.

Gumbel had been part of the national sports lexicon dating back to the early 1980’s as a SportsCenter anchor partnering with Chris Berman, George Grande, Gayle Gardner, Lou Palmer and so many others. He was also one of the hosts on the NBA on ESPN in 1983 when the network first aired the Association.