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Phyllis Ann George (June 25, 1949 – May 14, 2020) was an American businesswoman, actress, and sportscaster. In 1975, George was hired as a reporter and co-host of the CBS Sports pre-show The NFL Today , becoming one of the first women to hold an on-air position in national televised sports broadcasting .
May 17, 2020 · George was the first woman to co-anchor The NFL Today and a beauty queen who paved the way for other women in sports. She also married the governor of Kentucky and founded a food company.
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May 17, 2020 · Phyllis George, a broadcast television pioneer who became the first female co-anchor of the football pregame show “The NFL Today,” has died. She was 70.
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May 17, 2020 · Phyllis George Brown, a former Miss America winner and the first female sportscaster to work at a major network, died on Thursday after complications from a blood disorder. She was 70 and had a long career as a co-host of “The NFL Today” and “CBS Morning News.”
May 18, 2020 · Phyllis George was the 50th Miss America in 1971 and a pioneer in female sports broadcasting on CBS' \"The NFL Today.\" She also married John Y. Brown Jr., the governor of Kentucky and the owner of Kentucky Fried Chicken and the Boston Celtics.
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May 16, 2020 · Phyllis George was a trailblazer in sports broadcasting and a former first lady of Kentucky. She died from complications of a blood disorder after a long career in media and politics.
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May 17, 2020 · Phyllis George, the former Miss America who became a female sportscasting pioneer on CBS’s “The NFL Today” and served as the first lady of Kentucky, has died. She was 70. A family spokeswoman...
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