Love him on Real Sports. Sure he can act as smug as the best of them but
he is as well rounded and good a sportscaster as there is out there. Hope
this all works out for him and he is around for a long time....


Bryant Gumbel made an unexpected announcement Tuesday morning as a guest host on "Live! With Regis & Kelly." The host of HBO's "Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel" had surgery two months ago to remove a malignant tumor on his lung.

Gumbel, 61, appeared on the morning talk show to fill in for Regis Philbin, who recently underwent a successful hip surgery. Gumbel, a cigar smoker, brought up his surgery after chatting with co-host Kelly Ripa about his inability to dance.

"I can't," he said. "I have a note from my doctor."

The former "Today" show host explained to viewers that he has told few people about the surgery in which part of his lung was removed.

"They opened up my chest; they took a malignant tumor, part of my lung and some other goodies," he said. "The pathology on most of the stuff came back benign but enough aggressive cells had escaped the tumor that it warranted some treatment."

Gumbel kept the treatment close to the vest. "We had told a few people. We told my family, obviously," Gumbel said. "I even kept it from my staff at 'Real Sports.' "

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women in the United States, but it's also the most preventable, according to the American Cancer Society. Gumbel said he and his doctor are hoping his treatment is complete.

"I'm OK for the time being," Gumbel told the audience.

He added that he'll see his surgeon next week and said he's even hoping he'll get the green light to hit the links again

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That's shocking news to say the least. The reason why Bryant Gumbel was even on "Live with Regis & Kelly" to begin with is because regular host Regis Philbin underwent hip replacement surgery about a week ago and will likely be out of commission until well after the New Year begins. By the way, folks, I realize this is the "National Media" thread, but this story probably belongs in the "Movies & TV" thread as well.

I wanna..but he's such a douche.

I remember Dahl telling a funny story once. Greg Gumble was interviewing Steve & Garry at Comiskey for disco demolition, and Bryant tagged along. During the course of the interview Bryant apparantly got bored, and went and laid down in the dugout. He also complimented their manager on his Sergio Valente jeans. He said they had a lot of panache that you usually didn't see in the midwest.

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