Steve Phillips Sex Affair Comes With a Side of Crazy

For any man out there this whole ESPN analyst Steve Phillips sex affair scandal should be a lesson in why not to have affairs. You never know quite what you are getting into until it is too late. Think I’m wrong. Just take a look at the mess Phillips is in as proof positive that affairs never quite go the way you plan. When things got started, Phillips thought he was getting a few good nights of summer fun with a shy, young 22-year old production assistant he had seen once or twice around the office. As things progressed he decided that it was probably not in his best interest to continue sleeping with this girl. So he called it off and walked away. Little did he know at that time just how crazy his affair companion would turn out to be.

The New York Post is reporting that Brooke Hundley took out a classified advertisement on craigslist.com enlisting help for eliminating Phillips’s wife from the picture. She apparently placed an ad looking for a phone stalker. Someone that would call up Phillips’s wife pretending to be a co-worker with suspicions of her husband having an affair with another employee. In true jilted lover fashion Hundley went so far as to script out exactly what was to be said and the manner in which it was to be delivered. This little part in the Phillips-Hundley sex affair drama was being cast for $50.

If you think that sounds crazy listen to this. Someone actually answered the ad. It appears craziness is just running rampant in this little debacle of a love affair. A waitress apparently looking for some extra cash signed on to make the call. Hundley provided the phone number and instructed the waitress to appear sympathetic in delivering information on when and where Phillips and the co-worker planned on meeting later that same night. At the time the waitress just thought she was helping out some girl scorned by an ex-boyfriend or something. She had no idea that she was getting involved in one of the most publicized sports related sexual affairs of all time.

Now she knows different. As for Hundley well she is just taking crazy, jilted lover to a whole new level. Future sexual scandals may very well be compared to this one in terms of the degree that the woman goes to in order to keep her man. In the short span of just 24 hours Brooke Hundley has become the new Monica Lewinsky. The only difference is Monica didnt go all Glen Close in fatal attraction on her love interest. She walked away with a sense of decency and respect in tact. Not so much for this Hundley character. She is quickly becoming the poster child for craziness. There is no telling what lengths she will go to in order to get Steve Phillips now, especially given that he is about to be a single man in the coming months.

My guess is Steve Phillips had no idea quite what he was getting himself into that first night his pants came off for a night of summer fun. I just have one question for you Steve – didn’t anyone ever tell you that hell hath no furry like a woman scorned??

ESPN Analyst Steve Phillips Suspended for Secret Sex

ESPN ‘Baseball Tonight’ analyst Steve Phillips has been taken out in the 9th inning stretch by three strikes in a row. Strike One is the one week suspension handed down by the ESPN powers to be. Strike Two is watching his wife file for divorce. Strike Three is watching all the credibility he’s built up in the baseball world crumble faster than the Green Bay Packers fell to their arch nemesis Brett Favre a few weeks back. Phillips entire life has been turned upside down and tossed out like yesterday’s garbage and for what…a steamy summer sex affair with some 22-year-old ESPN production assistant?

Apparently Phillips was under the misguided notion that he could have a little summer fun while off covering baseball for the summer. He did not stop to think that what was fun to him might have been developing into something a little more serious for 22-year-old Brooke Hundley. Where he saw easy access to sex at various points throughout the summer, Hundley saw a lavish long-term lifestyle potential with one of the biggest names in baseball. He was planning game coverages while she was setting up house and making a life for the two of them.

When exactly Phillips started thinking with the head on his shoulders as opposed to the head below his belt is unclear. Once that happened however, he realized the affair needed to end and he had to return to his normal life. After all, summer can’t last forever now can it? So he ended things with Hundley and moved on. She on the other hand was not ready to let go. Her post-affair game plan allegedly included harassing Phillips via text messages and picture messages to his cell phone. When this didn’t work she moved on to ‘friending’ his son on Facebook and making sexual comments/advances to him. Nothing invoked a reaction from Phillips. The next play in the jilted lover’s playbook is simple, move on to the wife. This particular playbook page called for a detailed letter to Phillips’s wife recalling her husband’s love for summer fun.

What would baseball be without the strikeouts, foul balls and agitated players. It adds excitement to the game. It keeps fans watching and gives sports reporters something to talk about. In this particular game of baseball Steve Phillips comes out the all around loser. Feeling threatened by Hundley’s actions, he involved the police. In his mind that would bring an end to this whole sordid mess. Not so much. The game ending play would be made by his wife. Upon reading that letter and hearing Phillips’s admission of the summer affair, she involved a divorce lawyer. Seems this is not the first time Steve Phillips has dipped his pen in the company ink so-to-speak. As GM of the New York Mets he had a similar affair with a company employee. His wife finally had enough of her husband’s physical game plays and walked out.

I say good for her! As for Steve Phillips well I can only hope that his  summer sex affair with Brooke Hundley was worth it. In the end he has lost everything and will only have those warm, fuzzy memories of a hot physical summer to keep him warm now. Bundle up Mr. Phillips, your in for a long, cold, lonely winter!

Monday Night Football Misery

What a game last night’s grudge match between the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots turned out to be! The Buffalo Bills came out strong and full of life. Trent Edwards was completing virtually every attempted pass. Intended receivers were targeted and the ball quickly fired in their direction. Yards were gained. Moves were made. The Bills were in a successful series of scoring drives down the field that resulted in the first score of the night. As the first quarter came to a close, Buffalo led the game by a score of 7-0. This is not how many envisioned the game would go.

On the other sidelines stood the New England Patriots. Tom Brady was facing the game of his life. He was becoming re introduced with the game that he could play with his eyes closed just one short season ago. After missing all of last season due to injury, Brady appeared on the field with a healthy dose of hesitation in check.  Plays that were repetitious in nature  before were analyzed, hesitated on and then analyzed some more to ensure he was making the right move. It was a Brady that many in the sports world had never seen before. His fear, hesitation and uneasiness on the field stuck out like a sore thumb. As the game played out, many wondered if Tom Brady would ever return to his true athletic form ever again.

Play after play commenced and Buffalo approached the 4th quarter still in the lead. Trent Edwards and company were presenting an offensive line that Bills Fans and Foes alike have not seen since the great Jim Kelly took to the field back in the early 90’s. It was an impressive sight to witness. All signs were pointing to a surprising Buffalo Bills victory. Then it happened.

The score was 24-13 with 5:32 minutes left on the play clock. The Patriots had just scored a touchdown and the Buffalo special teams took to the field in anticipation of an on side kick return. Much to everyone’s surprise the Patriots opted for a regular kick and within seconds the ball was in the hands of #28 kick returner Leodis McKelvin. Everyone expected McKelvin to take a knee and let that powerful Bills offensive line take to the field in order to finish off this amazing game. In a split second everyone watched with bated breath as McKelvin went two yards back into the end zone and then did the unthinkable. He crossed the goal line and proceeded to march down the field with the ball in his arm. Within minutes the Patriots defensive line was all over McKelvin and just like that the Bills chances of holding on to the 11 point lead started to slip away.

That Patriots attack resulted in McKelvin fumbling and another 7 points being tacked on to the Patriots score. It was now 25-24 in favor of the Patriots and time was running out. For the Bills there came a final second scramble as that offensive line that had fought so hard all night attempted to salvage the game.  There was an impressive series of lateral plays in a vain effort to keep the ball alive and in play. As long as this happened there was still a chance that Buffalo could walk away victorious. 

That never happened and the game ended with yet another Buffalo loss. Bills players, coaches, staff and fans , myself included, were stunned. I think much of the sports world was stunned as to just how on earth the Bills can blow such an impressive lead in roughly five minutes. Being a die-hard Bills fan this is territory that I am all too familiar with. This is not the first time the Bills have lost a game in the closing seconds and it certainly will not be the last. Taking the roller coaster ride of ups and downs in any given football game is part of the reason why I and millions of other fans look forward to football season. In a few days the hurt of this game will disappear. I will once again be able to watch ESPN without cringing. It will all be okay. After all there is always next Sunday!