In March, Gumbel missed his first NCAA Tournament since 1997 due to what he said at the time were family health issues.
FILE - Dallas Cowboys cornerback Deion Sanders, left, and running back Michael Irvin share the Vince Lombardi trophy as NBC commentator Greg Gumbel interviews the two after Super Bowl XXX in Tempe, Ariz., Sunday, Jan. 28, 1996. Greg Gumbel , a longtime CBS sportscaster who broke barriers during his career calling some of the biggest sporting events, has died from cancer, according to a statement from family released by the network on Friday. He was 78.
In 2001, he announced Super Bowl 35 for CBS, becoming the first Black announcer in the U.S. to call play-by-play of a major sports championship.FILE – Dallas Cowboys cornerback Deion Sanders, left, and running back Michael Irvin share the Vince Lombardi trophy as NBC commentator Greg Gumbel interviews the two after Super Bowl XXX in Tempe, Ariz., Sunday, Jan. 28, 1996.
“The fact that I got to sit in the same chair and do the same thing or try to do the same thing that he did was an incredible honor,” he said. Greg Gumbel grew up in Chicago and graduated from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1967 with a degree in English. He had plans to become an English teacher, but after his brother got into sportscasting, he auditioned at WMAQ-TV, an NBC affiliate in Chicago in 1973, according to the bookStory continues below advertisement
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