Louis Oosthuizen. Graeme McDowell. Lucas Glover. What do these men all have in common? They’ve won a Major Championship more recently than Tiger Woods. They’re also all 30 or younger. As Tiger’s putter is failing him, his drives are often finding the trees, and his mind seems to be elsewhere, age is catching him. At [...]
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Weekend Hot Jock: Louis Oosthuizen
As of right now, South African Louis Oosthuizen (say that 10 times fast) is leading the British Open. The 27-year-old virtual unknown had previously made the cut in only one of the seven Major championships he’d participated in (the 2008 PGA Championship). Yet there he sat after two rounds, with a record-tying score of 132 [...]
Tiger Woods’ new Nike commercial
Tiger Woods and Nike have released a new commercial featuring the voice of Tiger’s father, Earl Woods: Tiger, I am more prone to be inquisitive, to promote discussion. I want to find out what your thinking was, I want to find out what your feelings are, and did you learn anything. While some have criticized [...]
Tiger Woods’ comeback — do you care?
It was big news when Tiger Woods announced that his first golf tournament since his scandal broke in November would be the Masters on April 8-11. One British bookie has already made Woods the 4-1 favorite to win. The Masters is as tightly controlled as an old Soviet politburo meeting, so Woods won’t be asked [...]
Mistress claims Tiger Woods had sex with men
Much of the media has been atwitter for the last day over the rumor that a woman is claiming Tiger Woods had sex with men. It’s pretty tough to believe given a host of circumstances: We at Outsports have never heard about Woods being anything but straight (and we hear about everybody); The woman says [...]
Tiger Woods on lesbians, gays and black guys
Vanity Fair has released a bombshell issue that features Tiger Woods on the cover and in its crosshairs. Wearing a black skull cap and lifting a couple barbells, the picture of Woods conjures images of Allen Iverson, not the grand-champion family man we thought Woods to be two months ago. And the article inside the [...]
What if Tiger Woods cheated with a man?
With all the talk about Tiger Woods’ indiscretions over the last couple weeks, several people have asked me what I think would happen if one (or all) of the people he cheated on his wife with were men. It would be such a completely different story, I’m not quite sure. It’s a legit question. Our [...]
Why do women-chasing jocks get married?
Now that as many as 10 women have claimed to have had sex with Tiger Woods, it makes me wonder even more why rich jocks who like having multiple sex partners get married in the first place, especially so young. Kobe Bryant was 23 when he married, Tiger Woods was 29. Both have had reputations [...]
Taiwanese news reenacts Tiger Woods crash
This is a bizarrely hilarious video taken from a Taiwanese tabloid news story that uses CGI to reenact the Tiger Woods car crash, complete with Mrs. Tiger whacking hubby in the face and chasing him with a golf club. Comedy gold. Video: Share on Facebook
First Church of Tiger Woods closes
The transgressions of Tiger Woods have claimed another victim. John Ziegler (I spell it “ei”) has decided he must close the church he started in 1996: The First Church of Tiger Woods. The church’s site includes 27 pieces of evidence of Tiger’s divinity. What is the purpose of the church, you may ask? This website [...]
Tiger Woods’ statement and transgressions
I talked to my sister today about Tiger Woods. If you have read Outsports for the full 10 years we’ve been around, you may remember that she’s dabbled with pro athletes more than once. She told me all the talk about Woods is ridiculous. “Of course he cheats. Ninety-five percent of pro athletes cheat.” It’s [...]
Tiger Woods needs to talk
To paraphrase an old quote, sometimes it’s not the action itself but the cover-up that gets you in trouble. There are two versions of events surrounding the Tiger Woods SUV accident early Friday morning. At least, there will be two versions once Tiger and his wife Elin get their stories straight and decide to make [...]
Rugby, Golf Added to 2016 & 2020 Olympics
The two newest additions to the sports lineups of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics were announced on Friday: Rugby and Golf. IOC President Jacques Rogge said, “Both golf and rugby are very popular sports with global appeal and a strong ethic. They will be great additions to the Games.” This will be the first time [...]
PGA gets season-end photo op
The PGA has to be loving the photo op the Tour Championship bore: Phil MIckelson and Tiger Woods both holding trophies for the same event. Mickelson came from behind to win the Tour Championship, while Woods’ second-place finish earned him the points to win his second FedEx Cup (he also won in 2007). Mickelson finished [...]
LPGA losing major event sponsor
The world’s economic recession is hitting all sports, but few may be hit harder than women’s golf. The LPGA has lost seven tournaments to sponsors pulling out since 2007. The latest is Anheuser-Busch dropping the popular Michelob Ultra Open, which fans and players have voted as their favorite tour event over the last two years. [...]