I’ll be spending the evening breaking down Tim Finchem’s press conference for you. Listening to him did not engender confidence that he’s taking the Tour in the right direction, but that article is for tomorrow. Giving credit where it is due, Outside the Lines proves they are still the best journalistic high water mark at the Four-letter. This...
“As the most revered athlete of his generation, Woods has been toppled off his pedestal like Saddam Hussein’s statue in Baghdad . He’s become a laughing stock, lampooned on SNL and the subject of a new internet gag every day.” – Hank Gola, New York Daily News How did it come to this? Tiger Woods was supposed to be bigger than golf. Well...
Sports Business News – the place to go to understand the economics of sport – reports that Tim Finchem admits the PGA Tour will lose title sponsors and other endorsers: “It’s possible we could lose a couple of events; it’s probable that we’re going to lose some sponsors,” Finchem told the media on Wednesday, as reported by...
Hysterical! New candidate for Video of the Week.
Well at least we still have the tournament. What’s next? The Ti-D-Bowl Open in Flushing, New York?
Leviathan (noun) – a colossal, but destructive force of human ambition and its ability to destroy what it loves in its futile quest for self-indulgent fulfillment. That’s the definition offered by brilliant British satire author Jasper Fforde in his seminal novel, The Fourth Bear, a laugh-a-minute-romp, by the way, for those of you who love literature...
As Team Tiger tucks tail and hides, the worst silence comes from Tim Finchem. As new allegations involving Woods picking up a Perkins manager/waitress near his Windemere mansion appear in the New York post, and an alleged Ambien-fueled sex tryst with Rachel Uchitel, comes to light in the Boston Herald, Tim Finchem has been more silent than Woods and, like Tiger, he...
You knew this was coming: help Woods escape an infuriated Elin in his Escalade, but avoid the obstacles because if she catches you, she’ll play whack a gopher with your head, kinda like Jesper Parnevik did in the press this week. What a way to treat a friend who introduces you to your supermodel wife.
It’s the day after Thanksgiving, so it’s time for the Dry, Stringy Turkey of the Year award to kick off Jay’s Golf Awards – The Jazzys for short. By the way, also tune to Tony Korologos at Hooked on Golf for his Annual Turkey Awards. Normally, I pick one culprit, but this year was a bumper crop for chumps, lunkheads, and dingbats in sports and...
Finally, the golf media is letting Tiger Woods hear ot for his poor sportsmanship. Golf.com’s Mike Walker has this hilarious parody article of a press release from Tiger’s people as to what Teflon Tiger is thinking about his latest club hurl into a gallery. From the article: “Mr. Woods mis-hit his tee shot due to a father taking pictures of his...
Steve Elling and Laurence Donegan think it’s possible. Doug barron may be a four alarm migraine for Tim Finchem, who is looking more and more like Bud Selig every day. Elling’s article about how some players may have been caught for pot or cocaine is here. From the article: “Plenty of rumors have circulated this year about positive tests —...
This time in Australia. One of these days, he’s going to hurt somebody. Tim Finchem, call your office. You have a problem. From the announcer, “His temper has been the subject of much debate in recent times.” From another prominent pundit, “He’s worse now than ever.” From Woods himself when asked about it by me at this year’s...
Cam Morfit of Golf magazine has this article discussing Doug Barron’s lawsuit against the PGA Tour over getting busted for testosterone and beta blockers. From the article: “Doug Barron, who sued the PGA Tour on Thursday after becoming the first player to run afoul of the circuit’s new anti-doping measures, will have to wait another day to find out...
MEMO FROM THE SPORTS DESK: That’s right, Ernesto the Prediction Iguana, (12-2-1 in his last three weeks of football picks!), is back with another edition of “Think Before you Facebook Something STUPID!” We all love Facebook, but when you get over 250 friends, it gets hard to keep track of everything when “friends” decide that any and...