Bryant Gumbel to become first Black journalist to receive Sports Emmy lifetime achievement award

Since 1995, Gumbel has hosted HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel,” which airs monthly and has won 36 Sports Emmys.

This year’s Sports Emmys will honor veteran journalist Bryant Gumbel for his career spanning more than 50 years, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Tuesday.

Gumbel is set to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award during the 44th Annual Sports Emmy Awards ceremony on May 22 at Lincoln Center in New York City,

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