Former ‘Today’ Host & Sportscaster Bryant Gumbel Hospitalized After Medical Emergency – Fans React

Sportscaster Bryant Gumbel has reportedly been hospitalized following a “medical emergency.” According to TMZ, the former Today host was taken by first responders on a gurney from his New York apartment on October 20 and transported to a nearby hospital. A family member told the outlet that the 77-year-old former sportscaster was “okay,” though no additional details about his condition have been released. Gumbel, who retired from broadcasting in 2023, had previously battled lung cancer in 2009. The former host spent 15 years co-anchoring Today, where he shared the desk with Jane Pauley and later Katie Couric. He also hosted HBO’s acclaimed investigative series Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, which ran for nearly…