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Former ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips not necessarily done on television

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"Will — or should — Steve Phillips get another shot on TV sports?" Michael Hiestand asks, and his answer is that the former ESPN baseball analyst isn’t necessarily done on television. "ESPN [recently] dropped the baseball analyst after his trysts with — and complaints about — 22-year-old ESPN production assistant Brooke Hundley, who also lost her job," Hiestand writes. "And his public image could still be in flux. But don’t assume Phillips won’t be back on-air. Marv Albert, who pleaded guilty in 1997 to misdemeanor assault in a sex scandal, is back as a prominent announcer. ESPN fired Harold Reynolds in 2006. He sued for wrongful termination, but ESPN, in court papers, alleged he had repeated "sexual misconduct" with staffers and an intern — but Reynolds is now big on MLB Network. After being suspended by TNT in January for a DUI, Charles Barkley today remains TNT’s biggest star."
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