RIP Phyllis George

newsguy · **Joined:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:58 pm **Posts:** 2451

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/phyll ... spartandhp

The first woman to be a sportscaster co-hosting The NFL Today. Also was the co-host of CBS Morning News though her tenure there was very brief and the mother of CNN Reporter Pamela Brown.

denden · **Posted:** Sun May 17, 2020 4:59 pm

Very lovely lady and she had nice legs :Tounge

RIP

fordloco · **Posted:** Sun May 17, 2020 5:21 pm

Multi prominent career too, was also the 1st Lady of Kentucky.

bigzman · **Joined:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:13 am **Posts:** 5784

A true trailblazer, she also was an avid lover of crafts and get this--she even got involved in the chicken business with Chicken By George

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She was featured on The Muppet Show with Rowlf and also as a guest on The $20,000 Pyramid, back when some of the early iterations aired on ABC.

Thigh High · **Posted:** Sun May 17, 2020 7:34 pm

newsguy wrote:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/phyllis-george-pioneering-sportscaster-and-former-miss-america-has-died/ar-BB14bMyf?ocid=spartandhp

The first woman to be a sportscaster co-hosting The NFL Today. Also was the co-host of CBS Morning News though her tenure there was very brief and the mother of CNN Reporter Pamela Brown.

Her colleagues on the NFL Today were former player Irv Cross and Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder.

bigzman · **Joined:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:13 am **Posts:** 5784

Jimmy "The Greek" arrived in 1976, one year before the format change.

Legend has it that both Phyllis and "The Greek" did not get along initially, so Brent and "The Greek" filmed their picks segment separately before everyone returned to the set minutes prior to kickoff.

By the time Jayne Kennedy left the show in 1980 and at the same time Phyllis became the First Lady of Kentucky returned, they made up and things changed.

Thigh High wrote:

newsguy wrote:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/phyllis-george-pioneering-sportscaster-and-former-miss-america-has-died/ar-BB14bMyf?ocid=spartandhp

The first woman to be a sportscaster co-hosting The NFL Today. Also was the co-host of CBS Morning News though her tenure there was very brief and the mother of CNN Reporter Pamela Brown.

Her colleagues on the NFL Today were former player Irv Cross and Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder.

johnnya2k4 · **Posted:** Mon May 18, 2020 7:22 pm

Think about it: If it wasn't for Phyllis George, we wouldn't have the likes of Julie Moran, Willow Bay (remember her?), Maria Sansone (who started out very young), Erin Andrews, Charissa Thompson, and Kristine Leahy.

Oh, and Jayne Kennedy succeeded Phyllis on The NFL Today in the late '70s (while most of us were in diapers) before returning; she was the black Maria Menounos of her day.

newsguy · **Joined:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:58 pm **Posts:** 2451

johnnya2k4 wrote:

Think about it: If it wasn't for Phyllis George, we wouldn't have the likes of Julie Moran, Willow Bay (remember her?), Maria Sansone (who started out very young), Erin Andrews, Charissa Thompson, and Kristine Leahy.

Oh, and Jayne Kennedy succeeded Phyllis on The NFL Today in the late '70s (while most of us were in diapers) before returning; she was the black Maria Menounos of her day.

Just hear of Willow Bay recently with the Last Dance Documentary. Also, I think Phyllis was the first pageant contestant/titleholder to become a national on-air talent. I don't think there any else before her. Maybe in the local markets but not national. She did open a lot of doors.

johnnya2k4 · **Posted:** Tue May 19, 2020 2:36 am

By the way...among the finalists Phyllis beat for the Miss America 1971 crown? MARY HART!!!!! (Mary Harum at the time)

sparty · **Posted:** Tue May 19, 2020 6:42 am

newsguy wrote:

johnnya2k4 wrote:

Think about it: If it wasn't for Phyllis George, we wouldn't have the likes of Julie Moran, Willow Bay (remember her?), Maria Sansone (who started out very young), Erin Andrews, Charissa Thompson, and Kristine Leahy.

Oh, and Jayne Kennedy succeeded Phyllis on The NFL Today in the late '70s (while most of us were in diapers) before returning; she was the black Maria Menounos of her day.

Just hear of Willow Bay recently with the Last Dance Documentary. Also, I think Phyllis was the first pageant contestant/titleholder to become a national on-air talent. I don't think there any else before her. Maybe in the local markets but not national. She did open a lot of doors.

Bess Myerson was Miss America 1945
She appeared on I’ve Got A Secret in the 50s and 60s before becoming New York City’s commissioner of consumer affairs

Laker · **Posted:** Tue May 19, 2020 3:22 pm

sparty wrote:

newsguy wrote:

johnnya2k4 wrote:

Think about it: If it wasn't for Phyllis George, we wouldn't have the likes of Julie Moran, Willow Bay (remember her?), Maria Sansone (who started out very young), Erin Andrews, Charissa Thompson, and Kristine Leahy.

Oh, and Jayne Kennedy succeeded Phyllis on The NFL Today in the late '70s (while most of us were in diapers) before returning; she was the black Maria Menounos of her day.

Just hear of Willow Bay recently with the Last Dance Documentary. Also, I think Phyllis was the first pageant contestant/titleholder to become a national on-air talent. I don't think there any else before her. Maybe in the local markets but not national. She did open a lot of doors.

Bess Myerson was Miss America 1945
She appeared on I’ve Got A Secret in the 50s and 60s before becoming New York City’s commissioner of consumer affairs

Also Lee Merriweather (1955), Mary Ann Mobley(1959) and Nancy Fleming (1961) where Miss America's, who where national on-air talent.

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RIP Phyllis George

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