Tiger Woods will have to pay around $164 and lose up to four points on his license for a “careless driving ticket,” but will not face any further penalty from Florida Police after his 2 a.m. crash Thanksgiving night. According to sources, FHP Major Cindy Williams said no criminal charges would be filed against Woods and the investigation was being closed...
Like father, like daughter. Parody is an effective weapon. Dan Jenkins’s daughter Sally has this hilarious read: You want answers? How bout a new golf shirt instead? From the piece: “Nevertheless, I understand the relentless curiosity about me, given my sacrosanct greatness and all I do for the good of humanity, and so I have decided to release a...
Tiger Woods announced on his website that he will not play in the Chevron World Challenge, his own tournament. Here is the text of the announcement: “Due to injuries sustained in a one-car accident last week, Tiger Woods will be unable to play in the 2009 Chevron World Challenge. “I am extremely disappointed that I will not be at my tournament this...
The National Enquirer Executive Editor, Barry Levine, spoke on Geraldo at Large regarding the denials of Rachel Uchitel regarding her alleged involvement with Tiger Woods. Here is the video: Levine said, “We are not worried in the least if there is litigation in this matter…if there was an action we would defend it vigorously….this story took us...
Two good articles: First, Hank Gola ia a great friend to golf and our staff. Here’s his new blog. Second, Golf Digest has this story about how Bivens is out, and the only open question is resignation or firing. I’m warning you right now, they might repeat the same mistakes if they don’t reject all of Bivens’s inner circle for a successor. They...
We’ll observe a day of silence for one of our favorite bloggers, Tom Kirkendall of Houston’s Clear Thinkers. Tom lost his mother, Margaret Kirkendall late last week. Tom posted a beautiful tribute for his mother written by his brother Matt. take some time to read it, post some comments, and send a prayer out to our compatriot in the blogging...
The Homestead in Hot Springs, VA has been open since 1766. This is obviously just a sad, but thankfully isolated incident, a statistical outlier, as they say in the sports world. From the article: Hotel Spokeswoman Carol Stratford declined to say whether Hackney had any discipline problems or release further personal information on him or the victims. She...
Just because rich people spend too much for golf, the politicians think they can paint every golfer as being as wealthy as a limousine liberal. Dan Jenkins’s satire about how golf may be singled out do to its perceived opulence and decadence would be hysterical, but for it’s also true. We are beset on many sides by knee-jerk haters who wouldn’t...
According to The Sports Business Journal and other sources, Wachovia’s company name will not appear in the title of the 2009 PGA Tour tournament it sponsors in Charlotte. Wells Fargo bought the Charlotte-based bank last fall and intended to call the 2009 event the Wachovia Championship, but recent public backlash against marketing expenditures of financial...
They did raise your personal taxes though. From the article: “Replacing sales tax on services such as golf in the final budget is a different mix of revenues, such as a surtax on personal income and an increase in vehicle licensing fees. It’s uncertain if the commission will recommend an expansion of the sales tax to golf, said H.D. Palmer, a Department...
It just won’t work any more. No matter how much he tries to bluster his way out of it, we all see both Donald Fehr and Bud Selig for exactly what they are…crooks. Just the other day, Phil Mushnick exposed a scheme of Selig’s to keep a lid on public outcry at unchecked price gouging regarding MLB ticket sales. He said that now isn’t the...
This is juicy. The MLBPA may be in the process of being caught helping the cheaters at the expense of the clean, and helping MLB see massive profits due to a drug-feuled workplace, let alone bogus HR record chases. From the Fox Sports article: “The most disturbing allegation is that Rodriguez was tipped off in September 2004 that he would be tested later that...
Here’s a list of all the golf projects that made it into The Porkulus Bill/Generational Theft Act. This is not the change I voted for. $3 million for the maintenance shed at Wailea?! Florissant, Missouri is getting one for $1.1 million. $6 Million for a RENOVATION in Arlington, Texas? How bout this whopper…”Provide additional parks infrastructure...
Move over Ronald Mexico, now the MLB spitter-in-chief, Roberto Alomar, has been named in a lawsuit by his former girlfriend for putting her at risk for AIDS without informing her he was infected. From the Fox News article: “A $15 million lawsuit claims former Major League Baseball star Roberto Alomar had unprotected sex with a former girlfriend while he had...
The two best sports reads of the day belong to Steve Czaban and Phil Mushnick. Czabe pens this letter to the Big 12, telling them to sit out a UT-OU shootout for the Big 12 title. Phil Mushnick of the NY Post blames universities for admitting or breeding criminality in the name of the Almighty Sports Dollar. One last thing: did anyone else hear John Madden making...