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RIP Greg Gumbel

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by HanSenSE, Dec 27, 2024 at 5:30 PM.

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  1. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    I think he probably did for a lot of years. I guess I just never noticed. Too focused on the brackets.
     
    exmediahack, Dec 27, 2024 at 8:43 PM
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  2. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    The article intrigued 13-year-old exmediahack into looking into being a news anchor. I carried some of Bryant’s quirks with me.
     
    exmediahack, Dec 27, 2024 at 8:44 PM
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  3. Small Town Guy

    Small Town Guy Well-Known Member

    Small Town Guy, Dec 27, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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  4. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    Thanks to both BYH and Small Town Guy for those links. Both valuable.

    I hope Bryant has toned it down a bit, if only because I held "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" in high regard and still miss it. Hope time has toned down some of Bryant's issues.

    As for Greg, that's horrible but given his long broadcasting career, that he was taking leave for much of anything should have signaled to us that it was serious. Keep Pounding. RIP good sir and Thank You.
     
    Sam Mills 51, Dec 27, 2024 at 11:29 PM
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  5. Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.

    Corky Ramirez up on 94th St. Well-Known Member

    Prior to joining ESPN, he was on locally in Chicago, and had a report on Disco Demolition:

     
    Corky Ramirez up on 94th St., Dec 27, 2024 at 11:53 PM
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  6. nickp

    nickp Active Member

    Greg Gumbel revealing the bracket every year on selection Sunday was one of my favorite times of the year
     
    nickp, Dec 28, 2024 at 6:04 AM
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  7. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    Ever since Bryant Gumbel couldn’t take a joke from David Letterman I had considered him an asshole.
     
    BitterYoungMatador2, Dec 29, 2024 at 8:41 AM
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  8. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

     
    MileHigh, Dec 29, 2024 at 9:05 PM
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  9. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    You'd get an instant lesson in nicknames every time. "And Kentucky will face the No. 15 seed, South Dakota State, the Jackrabbits!"
     
    playthrough, Dec 29, 2024 at 10:19 PM
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  10. I Should Coco

    I Should Coco Well-Known Member

    Johnny Morris and Bill Kurtis! My parents were regular WBBM Channel 2 news viewers (although I was only 7 at this time, so I would have been asleep by the time these 10 p.m. newscasts aired).

    No sign of Lorelei, the blonde WLUP girl who rode around with big bad Steve Dahl in the Jeep. Not the first and certainly not the last publicity stunt of Dahl’s career, but the most infamous.
     
    I Should Coco, Dec 29, 2024 at 11:44 PM
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  11. Typist Clerk

    Typist Clerk Well-Known Member

    Plus Jim Ruddle of Channel 5 right at the start, and Chuck Henry with Greg.
     
    Typist Clerk, Dec 30, 2024 at 3:54 AM
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  12. I Should Coco

    I Should Coco Well-Known Member

    There were a lot of national broadcasters who came through Chicago in that era, and through WMAQ (Channel 5/NBC) in particular.

    Besides Greg Gumbel and Bill Kurtis, there were Deborah Norville and Lester Holt, both of whom worked in Chicago in the 1980s.
     
    I Should Coco, Dec 30, 2024 at 12:47 PM
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