Article continues below advertisementBryant Gumbel Is From New OrleansSource: MEGAA report said Bryant Gumbel has been hospitalized following a medical emergency. Before becoming a sportscaster and TV host, Bryant Gumbel was just an ordinary kid growing up in New Orleans.Born on September 29, 1948, Gumbel graduated from De La Salle Institute in Chicago and earned a degree in Russian history from Bates College.He worked as a salesman in Manhattan after his college graduation and became the editor of Black Sports in 1971.