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  • Birth Name: Greg Girard Gumbel
  • Birth Place: New Orleans, LA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/03/1946, Taurus
  • Profession: TV sports broadcaster
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  • A New Game Plan
    CBS Sports' prez has a winning strategy for CBS News | Stephen Battaglio | 11/2/2005

    As a boy, Sean McManus stood nearby as his sportscaster father, Jim McKay, reported live on the kidnapping and murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. ABC Sports president Roone Arledge was overseeing the network's extraordinary coverage and would eventually take over the network's news division, building it into an industry leader. So it was hard not to refer to Arledge when McManus, president of CBS Sports since 1996, added CBS News to his portfolio. He takes over for Andrew Heyward on Nov. 7. The Biz recently spoke to McManus about the challenges he faces in his new job. TVGuide.com: You must be pleased with the comparisons to Roone Arledge, especially because he and your father put ABC News on the map with the Munich coverage.Sean McManus: The biggest event in my father's professional career happened to be a news event, not a sports event, and I was lucky enough to spend that entire period in the stud read more

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NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Show (Host) 2009 TV Show Series
Road to the Final Four (Host) 2006 TV Show Series
Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials: Top 40 Countdown (Remarks by) 2006 TV Show Series
NFL Today (Host) 1998 TV Show Series
Ebony/Jet Showcase (Host) 1985 TV Show Series

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