Highlights:  Stephanie Birkitt’s affair with David Letterman results in Extortion plot by Robert “Joe” Halderman.  Halderman has been arrested he pleaded not guilty.

Former David Letterman assistant  Stephanie Birkitt has been identified as one of the women involved in the  Letterman extortion scandal.

Birkitt,  who has made several appearances on the “Late Show,” lived with alleged blackmailer Robert “Joe” Halderman, who allegedly “was in possession of Birkitt’s diary, correspondence and photos  which he says incriminated Letterman,” according to TMZ.

Sources told  TMZ that Letterman and Birkitt had a sexual relationship that ended before 2003, when his son Harry was born.

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Sources told RadarOnline.com that “Birkitt and Letterman slept together for a period of time before he married his girlfriend Regina had their son Harry” and that Birkitt is reportedly “mortified Halderman is using her fling with Letterman to blackmail her boss.”  Read full story here

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Legendary football coach and broadcaster John Madden announces he is retiring.

CNN.com has reported that  legendary former  ‘Hall of Fame” coach for the Oakland Raiders and NBC broadcaster/sports analyst  John Madden, 73, is retiring.

In a statement Madden said:  “It’s been such a great ride … the NFL has been my life for more than 40 years, it has been my passion — it still is,” he said in a statement released by NBC Sports.

Madden is best known to millions as an ebullient football commentator. He won 16 Emmy awards for outstanding sports analyst.

Read More about John Madden Here [CNN]

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NEW YORK — John Madden is calling it quits.

NBC said Thursday that the burly ex-coach who has been one pro football’s top broadcast analysts has decided to retire. The 73-year-old Madden has been working for the past three seasons on NBC’s Sunday night NFL game.  Read More at [The Huffington Post]

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Posted by:  BBParks

Paul Harvey Aurandt best known as “Paul Harvey,” one of the most gifted and beloved broadcasters in our nation’s history  died today in a in Phoenix Arizona Hospital he was 90-years-old.

He died while surrounded by family and friends. His son, Paul Harvey Jr., said “millions have lost a friend” in response to his father’s passing.  The cause was not immediately known.

His own unique style,  commentary, and distinct voice made him a  trusted friend in American households.

Harvey’s radio career spanned seven decades.  He reached millions of listeners through out the world and was know for his phrases “News and Comment” and “Now You Know The Rest Of The Story.”

He has been named Salesman of the Year, Commentator of the Year, Person of the Year, Father of the Year, and American of the Year. He has been elected to the National Association of Broadcasters Radio Hall of Fame and Oklahoma Hall of Fame and appeared on the Gallup poll list of America’s most admired men. In addition he has received 11 Freedom Foundation Awards as well as the Horatio Alger Award.  Paul Harvey was named to the  DeMolay Hall of Fame a Masonic institution, on June 25, 1993.

In 2005, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States the most prestigious civilian award, by President George W. Bush.

On May 18, 2007 he received an honorary degree from Washington University in St. Louis.

He will truly be missed!

Posted by:  BBParks

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