ESPN Fires Steve Phillips Over Affair, Fallout

ESPN could no longer tolerate being associated with Steve Phillips after the story of his affair - and the Fatal Attraction-like stalking of his family by his mistress - became national headlines in the past week. Phillips admitted to a brief sexual affair with 22-year-old production assistant Brooke Hundley during the summer. Although Phillips claims to have ended the affair shortly after it began, Hundley refused to let go and began contacting Phillips' wife and teenage son, prying for information and "coming clean" to Marni Phillips about the affair.

The situation boiled over when Marni Phillips arrived home with one of her four children to find Brooke Hundley affixing a note to the front door of their home. Hundley jumped in her car and sped through their front lawn to escape, although Phillips called police immediately.

Phillips had been forced to admit the affair to his wife after Hundley began sending her text and voice messages, detailing their involvement. Originally, when the story broke, ESPN granted Phillips a leave of absence in order to address the problems. But it quickly became apparent that the story wasn't going away and that ESPN had to cut ties with one its more well-liked baseball analysts.

"Steve Phillips is no longer working for ESPN," the network said in a statement. "His ability to be an effective representative for ESPN has been significantly and irreparably damaged, and it became evident it was time to part ways."