ESPN to Steve Phillips: You're Out!

Network knew what it was getting in scandal-plagued analyst

(NEWSER) - ESPN knew exactly what it was getting in Steve Phillips, and it has to know that it's time to cut him loose. When the network hired him, "ESPN, already having gained a well-earned reputation as the Sodom and Gomorrah of sports television, must have informed Phillips of the World Wide Leader's overriding commitment to cleaning up its image," writes Bob Raissman. The extramarital shenanigans that came to light this week aren't helping that goal. More»

Did anyone see it coming from Whoopi?

(NEWSER) - Jesse James and Tiger Woods are getting a lot of heat for sleeping around while married, but men aren’t the only ones who cheat. The Frisky rounds up 10 famous female cheaters:

• Whoopi Goldberg: Admitted Wednesday on The View, while discussing James, that she “screwed around” while married “five or six times.”
• Meg Ryan: Lost her status as America’s Sweetheart when she cheated on Dennis Quaid with her Proof Of Life co-star, Russell Crowe.

Galpal claims it's really all about ex-ESPN analyst's ego

(NEWSER) - Just as scandalized former ESPN analyst Steve Phillips is coming out of the woodwork to talk about his sex addiction, ex-galpal Brooke Hundley is claiming the whole thing is bogus. "The only thing he's ever been addicted to is feeding his own ego," she writes on Facebook. "A true sex addict has an unrelenting need to get sex anywhere and rack up multiple people"—as opposed to Phillips who, apparently, engaged in only one affair at a time. Read a screen grab here . More»

Axed ESPN analyst is just the latest to use 'sex addict' as an excuse

(NEWSER) - Steve Phillips and his fellow celebrity sex addicts prove "all that's required to claim that a man's transgression is really a disease over which he is powerless is a large bank account, a small degree of fame, a clueless wife. And a straight face," writes Andrea Peyser in the New York Post. And the punishment is more like a prize: "Residential sex-addiction treatment. Sounds like a great way to meet horny chicks." More»

Meanwhile, former baseball analyst enters sex-addiction rehab

(NEWSER) - A day after ESPN fired baseball analyst Steve Phillips in the wake of his affair with a production assistant, the channel has cut Brooke Hundley loose, too. And that’s not all, Phillips agent tells the New York Post: Phillips, 46, is seeking treatment for sex addiction, and it’s not the first time. He sought help in 1998 after multiple affairs, “but the problem is, he fell off the wagon.” More»