Pioneering female sports reporter, correspondent on The NFL TODAY dies at 70
George was also a Miss America, and a former First Lady of Kentucky.
Also dying recently was Mike McCaskey, grandson of George Halas and president of the Chicago NFL team from 1983-1999.
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Her, irv,and musberger were the best back on the day..
Sad news. She was a class act and a real trailblazer. Had the opportunity to meet her, along with Brent and Irv on the NFL Today set back in the mid-70's. Great experience and memory.
Awesome story SSchumer. That pregame show was fantastic and you got to experience it live, that is amazing. Everything about the NFL in the late 70s hooked me as a fan for life. Even the pregame shows were better than they are now.
fightphoe93, I agree with you. Those pregame shows back then were something special. We lived for the insights and highlights they provided us. For Packers fans like me, living outside Wisconsin, they were especially meaningful. I was in college at the time, attending Rutgers in New Jersey, and got the opportunity to do an independent study about the effects of television on the NFL. That project allowed me to interview various executives in person at the NFL, CBS and NBC offices in New York City (highlights of which were meeting Producer Bob Stenner and Director Sandy Grossman at CBS); talk with Cowboys GM Tex Schramm over the phone; Shadow an NBC crew on a Sunday morning of a Cardinals at NY Jets game, be in the truck as the Director called the shots during the game; and being on the set of the NFL Today show and meeting Phyllis, Brent and Irv. The real highlight though was finding out there was a room on the same floor where there was a wall with many television screens playing every NFL game live across the country. You could sit, put on headphones, choose any game and listen to it. Did exactly that, and watched the Packers. It was awesome! At one point, Jimmy The Greek sat down next to me and we got to chat a bit. All in all, great memories for me of that show and the related experiences. Even though the Packers were losing then, it was still a magical time to be an NFL fan.
"It was a special time for football and a special time for sports broadcasting, and Phyllis George was a special part of it." Very well put.
At one point, Jimmy The Greel sat down next to me and we got to chat a bit.
Did he talk about Black athletes?
My career in broadcasting involved reading the news at the college radio station. I was on air the morning the first President Bush fell ill at a state dinner in Japan:
The AP wire machines were f*cking loud. 
Phyllis George... a class act and one tough cookie in order to survive in what was truly a man's world in sports back then. Reminds me of that barb Bush video above. She just gets up from the table with the napkin, hides George and wipes him down like she's done this a million times. I admire all the tough and classy ladies out there. Happy belated mother's dayð
Why, thank you! 
Those Kennebunkport summer parties could get a little out of hand.
I was more of a Jane Kennedy fan.
Lisa Guerrero is listed 11th in the BR linked article. I wonder who forced her to pose for the photo BR used?
Was sent this from 2010. Interesting to see the pic they used of me after over a decade on the field covering sports. This is one of the reasons Iâm glad I moved on to investigative journalism. â12 Women Who Pioneered the Era of Female Sports Broadcastersâ https://t.co/s2HFvkbOLG
â Lisa Guerrero ðð― (@4lisaguerrero) May 17, 2020
She should be more ashamed of being married to Scott Erickson.
Jane Kennedy