GUMBEL OUT AT NFLN

• Cupster33

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  good now if he will take kornheiser with him my dream will be complete.

  Posted 4/13/2008 [reply] [flag]

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Goodbye, Gumbel: Bryant Bolts From NFL Network
Published 4/11/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
Mike Florio of PRO FOOTBALL TALK reports that Bryant Gumbel is bidding adieu to the NFL Network . Bryant Gumbel NFL Network The lead play-by-play announcer during the network’s first two years of existence is apparently hanging up the mike. In a released statement, Gumbel explains that he “thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity” to call games on NFLN, but added that he & the network “agreed that we’d all be better served going in different directions .” Creative differences? Or a cute way to say you were canned? Either way, Bryant is bidding adieu. But it might have been ...

Vikings Notes: Adrian Peterson Has Bling, Accepts His Nickname
Published 4/12/2008 by Anthony Hall at Vikings War Cry
... *We can all breathe a collective sigh of relief, as Bryant Gumbel announced on Friday that he’ll no longer be doing play-by-play duties for the NFL Network. Whew! With Gumbel departing from the channel, Thursday Night Football might actually be watchable next season. ...

NFL Network Bids Farewell To Bryant Gumbel
Published 4/13/2008 by Anthony Hall at MVN Outsider
... It seemed as if Bryant Gumbel was almost unanimously regarded as a poor choice for the NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football announcing duties. While he does excellent in-depth reports and interviews for Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, he simply wasn’t well-suited to do announcing work. So, it should hardly be surprising that Gumbel and the NFL Network have decided to part ways, with the struggling channel immediately beginning the search for a new play-by-play guy: ...