All day long the Internet has been abuzz with the revelations of ESPN baseball color analyst Steve Phillips and his acknowledged boinkings of a 22 year-old staffer who texted letters to Phillips wife.
Phillips has taken a leave of absence at ESPN. Uh, that may be wise. His wife might be on a leave herself, but that's another story.
More telling? ESPN TV and its affiliated web site have ignored the story. Nothing. Nada. No "staff report." Not even a innocuous acknowledgement story read by an anchor on ESPN News. Curious.
Granted, this is not the type of story that merits any more coverage, but it IS news, and Phillips, who has a history of caddy behavior, (he was suspended for hitting on a NY Mets female staffer in 2000)is a high-profile commentator at the major sports cable outlet.
Even more interesting: ESPN is the same net that fired ex-player and Baseball tonight commentator Harold Reynolds on similar grounds. Wonder how Reynolds feels?
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