Avid golf fans are more often likely to get unbiased golf news from U.K. writers, as they are nowhere near as enamored with Woods across the pond as we are in America. Woods’s misbehavior on and off the course has been called out time and again by foreign writers, and they certainly don’t engage in the insane hagiographic hero worship many domestic...
You can tell the presser…err…pressure…is getting to Tim Finchem. He was downright snippy with the media, taking an almost scandalized tone that they would even dare to ask difficult questions about steroids or conduct detrimental to the PGA Tour. Alex Miceli has this article laying out the entire back and forth with the scribes. “Question:...
A Dallas firm specializing in celebrity research and promotion has empiric data showing Tiger’s fall as a trusted pitchman to be the fastest and worst in history. From the article: “Tiger Woods may still be the world’s greatest golfer, but almost no one wants to be him or trusts him or likes him. His value as an advertising pitchman is pretty much...
Writers for the Boston Herald and the Orlando Sentinel have joined the rallying cry for an investigation into the links between Dr. Galea and Tiger Woods. From the article, the meat and potatoes: “The PGA Tour, for once in its life, should be proactive on an issue involving performance-enhancing drugs. Commissioner Tim Finchem should immediately announce a full...
Cousin It after getting electrocuted by Uncle Fester? No, it’s uber-lunkhead Boris Becker offering support to Tiger Woods. Hey Boris, are you pimping for Supercuts now? CNN reports Tiger’s approval rating has dropped to 34%…that’s from a pre-crash high of 85%. Ouch. In pot-meets-kettle news, philanderer Boris Becker supports Tiger. The...
After nearly three weeks, I couldn’t believe it. I could stick my head out, and it seemed the avalanche was over. Oh there’s still windblown snow flying around, and another fall may come, but unless its the Dr. galea story getting updated, we have a breather finally. The real time updates have finally stopped. The breakneck pace of dalliance has stopped...
In a major victory that will hopefully transfer over to the world of professional sports, the highest court in New York – called the Court of Appeals – unanimously held up the right of the NYPD to test police officers through hair sampling. Newsday reported on the story. Sadly, you have to be a member to read the whole article – BOO! – but the...
In what may be a major victory for not only Tiger Woods, but also the PGA Tour, Buffalo News cited sources close to the Galea investigation as saying that while other athletes may be involved in the Galea investigation, Tiger Woods was not. According to the article, “No evidence has surfaced linking Tiger Woods to the use of performanceenhancing drugs, sources...
Nicely done by our chief Ireland correspondent:) Brian Keogh, who will be a dad soon, has this great interview with Paddy on Cheetah…err…Tiger. From the article: “I’M AMAZED by the fact I’m out on Tour and knew nothing. I must have my head in a hole or something like that. Seemingly nobody knew anything. That just amazes me. I thought...
Here’s a great Daily News article explaining how actovegin is seen in sports medicine circles as an aid to doping. As writer Nate Vinton says: “Actovegin may not be a banned substance in pro sports, but according to experts, the mysterious product is thought to be an accessory to the crime of doping. The Swiss-made calf’s blood derivative, which...
Like a furtive man waving people away from a troubling scene with an old cliched, “Nothing to see here, move along,” PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem urged golf writers on his conference call yesterday to believe that Tiger’s transgressions are not worthy of suspension, and Woods’s link to a Doctor whose associates were busted with HGH and...
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...
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 —...
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...
We’ll have Dr. Gary Wadler of WADA chime on soon about this issue. Until then, Matt Rudy of GW has this excellent article pointing out the huge holes in the PGA Tour’s testing policy and the remarkable lack of transparency. From the article: “Steroid expert Dr. Charles Yesalis outlined for me a simple, inexpensive way for a PGA Tour player to gain...