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Golf Looks for a Tiger Bailout
 Golf Looks for a Tiger Bailout 
Feb 25, 2009 12:37 PM CST

Golf Looks for a Tiger Bailout

Sport struggles economically without its biggest star

(Newser) - Professional golf is looking to Tiger Woods’ return today as a stimulus package for the sport, which has seen recession undermine sponsorship deals and Woods’ 8-month absence siphon off fans, USA Today reports. Even fellow competitors are juiced ahead of the Match Play Championship outside Tucson, Ariz. “He’s...

Everyone, Even Tiger, Is Watching That New Knee

Golf great is optimistic about return, but no more sure than the rest of us

(Newser) - As Tiger Woods returns to golf today after an 8-month hiatus, the big question is how his surgically repaired left knee will hold out, the Miami Herald reports. If the injury that had plagued him for years is really fixed, could Tiger’s swing become even more fearsome? “I’...

Bailed-Out Bank Drops Millions on LA Golf Bash

$1.6B recipient sponsors open, hosts parties, concerts

(Newser) - A bank that got $1.6 billion in federal bailout cash lived it up last week in Los Angeles with luxe parties and concerts as it sponsored a PGA golf tournament, TMZ reports. Northern Trust flew hundreds of workers and clients to LA to stay in swanky hotels, eat classy...

Here's Betting New Tiger Is Best Version Yet

(Newser) - Tiger Woods returns to golf this week, and he’s sure to amaze—that’s just what he does, Michael Rosenberg writes for Fox Sports. “The most compelling athlete of his generation” has made over his game three times already, and after injury and 8 months off, a new...

Tiger Returns to PGA Next Week

(Newser) - Eight months after winning the US Open on one good leg, a healthy Tiger Woods is returning to golf. Woods said on his Web site today that he will defend his title next week in the Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson. "I'm now ready to play again,"...

Here's Tiger's Baby
 Here's 
 Tiger's 
 Baby 
Feb 18, 2009 9:58 PM CST

Here's Tiger's Baby

(Newser) - Tiger Woods has released the first images of his new son, Charlie, reports the New York Daily News. In fact, Woods issued a family portrait of himself, wife Elin, daughter Sam, and the new Charlie Axel, who arrived on Feb. 8. Now that Charlie's here, dad expects to be back...

Who Is Sir Allen Stanford (Other Than $8B Scammer)?

(Newser) - Alleged fraudster R. Allen Stanford may not have been a household name before the SEC accused him of skullduggery yesterday, but not because he’s been keeping a low profile. Calling himself “Sir” Allen Stanford ever since he was knighted in Antigua in 2006, the colorful financier is the...

Tiger Welcomes Baby No. 2
 Tiger Welcomes Baby No. 2 
Feb 9, 2009 7:08 AM CST

Tiger Welcomes Baby No. 2

Baby boy born yesterday

(Newser) - Tiger Woods missed the Buick Invitational for the first time in 11 years yesterday—and instead celebrated the birth of his second child, a son, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Woods was also on the scene when his daughter, Sam Alexis, was born in 2007. Woods and his wife, Elin,...

Tiger: Return to Golf 'Depends on the Baby'

But Woods says he'll squeeze in a round with Obama either way

(Newser) - Tiger Woods still isn’t sure when he’ll return to the golf course, but he’s in for a busy spring either way, People reports. “I’m taking it tournament to tournament,” says Woods, recovering from knee surgery while his wife is expecting their second child. “...

Guess Who Also Cheats at Golf
 Guess Who Also Cheats at Golf 
Jan 27, 2009 11:37 AM CST

Guess Who Also Cheats at Golf

(Newser) - Bernie Madoff’s golf buddies knew something was up. No, not the whole global Ponzi scheme thing, which many would lose fortunes in. But something did seem fishy about his golf handicap. Madoff played off a 14 or 15, says one participant from a May tournament, but it should have...

Obama Methodical, Risk-Averse on Green

Golfing buddies impressed with Obama's sang-froid

(Newser) - Barack Obama, an avid golfer who usually shoots in the mid-90s and avoids short cuts, took up the sport when wife Michelle worried about basketball injuries. Obama’s golfing buddies describe his game for Golf Digest:
  • Competitive: “He was a beginner, and sometimes he had to take the whupping.
...

The Upside of the Madoff Mishegoss
The Upside of the Madoff Mishegoss
OPINION
Jan 13, 2009 11:42 AM CST

The Upside of the Madoff Mishegoss

Thank Bernie for reminding us that Jews shouldn't be WASPs

(Newser) - Bernie Madoff, the professionally dishonest, gelt-grubbing financier, seems to conform to some of the worst stereotypes about Jews and money, writes Joseph Epstein in Newsweek. While Madoff appears to have made a particular specialty of swindling fellow Jews, he is actually less anti-Semite than "truly equal-opportunity son of a...

Hoops Fans Await Jump Shots at White House

(Newser) - It's no secret that Barack Obama is an avid hoopster and that his presidency could usher in an era of basketball diplomacy, but a New York Times feature on the politics of presidential sports notes a potential hurdle for the president-elect: He's inheriting a cruddy basketball court. Little-used since Bush...

Has Obama Got Game on the Green?

President-elect gets mixed reviews

(Newser) - Sure, he cleaned up in the electoral college, but how’s Barack Obama’s golf game? According to one vocal observer, it beats his bowling, the Chicago Tribune reports. The “protective pool” of press that tails Obama 24/7 offers a play-by-play of his day on a Hawaiian green, describing...

Tiger's #1 Ranking in Danger

Woods' injury absence has let rivals get closer, and he won't return until Feb.

(Newser) - Tiger Woods may be the most dominant golfer alive, but his place atop the world rankings is far from secure, Reuters reports. After his incredible US Open victory in June, Woods held a commanding lead over No. 2 Phil Mickelson, but he’s seen that lead dwindle as he recovers...

Woods Upset at Caddie for Ripping Mickelson

Pal Williams has been 'dealt with' over calling rival 'prick,' fat joke

(Newser) - Tiger Woods is “disappointed” in longtime caddie Steve Williams for making derogatory comments about rival Phil Mickelson, the Times reports. “It was inappropriate. The matter has been discussed and dealt with,” Woods said in a statement. Williams told a large crowd in his native New Zealand that,...

Teed-Off Daly Smashes Fan's Camera

Grumpy golfer loses it with snapper at Australian Open

(Newser) - US Golfer John Daly smashed a snap-happy fan's camera during a tough opening round in the Australian Open, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. After pushing his tee shot on the 9th hole into a clump of trees, the enraged duffer grabbed the camera as the fan tried to take a...

Ballesteros Released From Hospital

Golfer will receive outpatient care after brain tumor surgery

(Newser) - Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros was released from a Madrid hospital today, having undergone several operations on a brain tumor, Reuters reports. The retired legend, a five times major winner, will continue to receive treatment at an outpatient clinic. Since being diagnosed, Ballesteros, 51, has had four operations, including one routine...

Concerned, NASCAR Watches Sponsors Downshift

Economy, viewership make advertisers shy away

(Newser) - The unthinkable is happening to NASCAR: Its ubiquitous sponsors have begun heading for the exits, setting up the unheard-of prospect of fans glimpsing a bit of car beneath all the corporate logos. The economic downturn is partly to blame, but falling viewership numbers have also contributed to sponsors' newfound hesitancy...

Ballesteros Has More Surgery
 Ballesteros Has More Surgery 
Dec 2, 2008 4:13 PM CST

Ballesteros Has More Surgery

Golf giant undergoes fourth brain operation

(Newser) - Seve Ballesteros is back in the hospital recovering from a fourth brain surgery, the BBC reports. The golf legend underwent a procedure in Madrid to drain fluid from his brain following the removal of a malignant tumor in October. The operation is an apparent medical setback for Ballesteros, 51, who...

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