Phyllis George, Trailblazing NFL Reporter and Former Miss America Winner,Dies at 70 -:(

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eddessaknight — Sun, 17 May 2020 09:42:32 GMT

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A low point of her eight-month stint on The CBS Morning News happened when George embarrassed herself during a May 1985 interview with Gary Dotson and Cathleen Webb. Dotson had just been freed after six years in prison on a rape charge by Webb. Webb ended up recanting her story so Doton was set free. Both appeared on the CBS program as part of, what George later told Tom Shales of the Washington Post, a Webb-Dotson press tour charade. Both were or had appeared on NBC News... [ More ]

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eddessaknight — Sun, 17 May 2020 03:33:48 GMT

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Another duty George had with CBS Sports was working on horse racing events, including the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes.[11] Additionally, George had a brief stint on a television news version of People in 1978[12] and a job as a morning television talk show host as co-anchor of the CBS Morning News in 1985.[13] Since that time, she has sporadically returned to the media spotlight, hosting her own prime-time talk show, 1994's A Phyllis George Special, on which she... [ More ]

Phyllis George, Trailblazing NFL Reporter and Former Miss America Winner,Dies at 70 -:(

eddessaknight — Sun, 17 May 2020 01:21:18 GMT

Phyllis George, Trailblazing NFL Reporter and Former Miss America Winner, Dies at 70

Condolences to family, colleagues, and friends

R.I.P.

The WrapMay 16, 2020, 3:54 PM PDT

Phyllis George, Trailblazing NFL Reporter and Former Miss America Winner, Dies at 70 Phyllis George, a former Miss America winner who went on to become one of the first female broadcasters covering the NFL and later, the First Lady of Kentucky died Thursday at the age of 70. Her ex-husband, John Y. Brown Jr.... [ More ]