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ESPN Sends Steve Phillips Packing

Posted Oct 25th 2009 9:44PM by TMZ Staff

Steve Phillips FiredDavid Letterman he is not -- only a few days after news broke of ESPN analyst Steve Phillips' affair with a 22-year-old production assistant, he's out of a job.

An ESPN spokesperson said Phillips' ability to be an effective analyst was "significantly and irreparably damaged" -- so the sports network decided to give him the old heave-ho.

As we first reported, Steve's hookup Brooke Hundley filed for a restraining order against him one day after she dropped off a letter at his house explaining the affair -- which basically said they were meant to be together.

Hundley withdrew the complaint a few weeks later.

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Tags: affiar, brooke hundley, BrookeHundley, espn, fired, general manager, GeneralManager, let go, LetGo, mets, steve phillips, StevePhillips

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1. I think he gets what he deserved. You run around on your wife and this is what can happen.

Posted at 10:02PM on Oct 25th 2009 by elena

2. So Letterman can have affairs with multiple women who work for him (whose jobs he has complete control over) and it's bravo! good for you!... this guy has an affair with 1 woman and it's the boot?

wow, that makes sense

Posted at 10:07PM on Oct 25th 2009 by Mayu

3. this guy lives in my town in CT, creepy. the 22 yr-old sent a facebook request to Phillips's son.

Posted at 10:07PM on Oct 25th 2009 by Katie

4. Letterman should be next!
I can't stand it when that face come on the t.v. screen now.
I hate a male pig.
Oink! Oink Letterman..
You are real swine.

Posted at 10:17PM on Oct 25th 2009 by Pookie

5. Sounds to me like the two nuts deserve each other!

Posted at 10:10PM on Oct 25th 2009 by gutsygirl

6. Not the smartest tool in the shed to throw away a cush job because he just couldn't keep his pants on. Just goes to prove that you can't fix stupid.

Posted at 10:12PM on Oct 25th 2009 by democrats are evil

7. Different companies, different bosses, different rules, they took their chances...

Posted at 10:27PM on Oct 25th 2009 by Donna

8. Wow how stupid.

1.Sleep with a really ugly girl.
2.Loose your job.
3.Loose your wife.
4.Everyone knows what your anatomy looks like now from your lover's description.
5.Did I mention, loose your really good job in this economy. Good luck finding another one now.
6.Your wife is going to come after you for lots of child support now so hurry and find another job.
7.Hope the STD tests come out clean.
8.Advice for choosing your next mistress: Choose atleast a "decent" looking chick please!

Posted at 10:20PM on Oct 25th 2009 by Dan

9. She was not bad looking at all - http://www.flickr.com/photos/lautermilch/collections/72157622536028908/

Posted at 10:32PM on Oct 25th 2009 by Dean

10. I feel bad for the wife - and also the girl, Hundley (though not as much). The wife not only has she been kicked in the stomach and had her heart broken - the whole world knows all about it. That kind of deception is incredibly painful. As for Hundley...she was old enough to know what she was doing was wrong, but my guess is she has extrememly low self esteem (which I'm sure is why Phillips chose her - so he could be worshipped). If a powerful and reasonably good looking man pays attention to you and fills a vast, empty space you have, you would be more likely to put your scruples aside and do whatever you could to keep your "fix". Phillips victimized everyone involved. He made a spectacle of his wife and family. He taunted the week psyche of Hundley and also brought negative light on ESPN. Hope his kids can stay in college and the family house is not foreclosed upon. The wife, family, and Hundley need some intense threapy to help heal. Phillips needs.......to beg a lot of forgiveness and try to make ammends - and those ammends may be letting his family go to have a sane, secure life without him

Posted at 10:27PM on Oct 25th 2009 by DrLauraShoshedinger

11. You go Dan...not only for all of your listed reasons...what are you stupid girls/women thinking???? You need to get an education, get a job and work your way up in a way that you can be proud of...probably not capable of that..

Posted at 10:33PM on Oct 25th 2009 by Zen one

12. Hope she was worth it dude.

Your job, your wife, your family and friends are all looking at you funny - plus you have perfect strangers like me all up in your business.

Posted at 10:38PM on Oct 25th 2009 by Lynbo

13. Phillips should be fired for his pattern of sexual harassment and also for his horrific taste in women, this assistant was a total dog.

This is a part of the ESPN culture with Mike Tirico, Harold Reynolds, and the Cold Pizza crew.

Posted at 10:40PM on Oct 25th 2009 by anonymous

14. Dan, your list is hysterical. My biggest question to Steve is how were you able to sleep with someone who looked like that? Were you drugged to not know what you were sleeping with? The lights always off?

I applaud Steve for giving UGLY girls a chance in the bedroom.

Posted at 10:42PM on Oct 25th 2009 by Keith

15. Ok, so he lost his job.....but Honestly, she should too. She was f'n around in the workplace but she also showed her TRUE and PSYCHOTIC colors. They need to ax her too.

Posted at 10:46PM on Oct 25th 2009 by Jen

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