Tiger's Tale: The End of the Innocence
The reality that Tiger Woods is not who he appeared to be in public is hardly surprising. The only surprise is that the real Tiger was kept hidden for so long.
The reality that Tiger Woods is not who he appeared to be in public is hardly surprising. The only surprise is that the real Tiger was kept hidden for so long.
College math: the Big 10 is considering expanding from 11 teams to 12.
There has been Eliot Spitzer, Kobe Bryant, Mark Sanford, Alex Rodriguez, David Letterman, the list goes on. Now, it's déjà vu all over again. Another successful man caught with his paws in the honey jar (pun intended).
Dear Dr. George, I've been dating a guy for a month now. We get on really well and our dates are always long (i.e., the whole weekend spent together)...
As with most luxury goods, the super-premium spirits market took a hit from the global recession. Which makes the timing less than ideal for the debut of a new 50-year-old single malt.
The catching of the Tiger by the tail has exposed one of the last citadels of what some of us hoped to be a perfect role model in sports.
LeBron James says he is through talking about free agency until after the season. He says free agent talk is getting "old." Not to Knick fans who have nothing else to hang on to.
How long "Empire State of Mind" -- the unofficial anthem of the World Series Champion Yankees -- stays in the minds of Yankees' fans depends on how soon they start worrying about next year.
If more men had A-Rod's money there'd be all manner of mythical portraits hanging on suburban walls. As it is the Average Joe will have to be content with Photoshop or clip art.
Pinstripe paranoia, a seasonal ailment, has plagued many of us since 1949. Then, in 2004, came deliverance, along with reduction of sorrow and a fresh perspective.
The day after the Yankees won their 27th World Series, I decided that I will forever refer to the new Yankee Stadium as "the house that Kate built."
And this year's Plaxie goes to Dodger pitcher Vicente Padilla. Stealing a page from Plaxico Burress, Padilla accidentally shot himself in the leg while hunting in Nicaragua.
Win or lose, once the playoffs are over, whether you're popping the bubbly or doing the thousand-yard stare in the opposing dugout, there's no more baseball.
There will be a game six. We haven't been able to say that in six years. And you know it's not your typical post season when Alex Rodriguez comes alive and Derek Jeter hits into a crucial 9th inning doubleplay.
Here's the stunning part about the New York City Marathon: not that an American won, but that American runners dominated the field. Six of the top 10 finishers were American. What's going on here?
He retired from the game just before the Steroid Era came to light. While he previously denied illegal performance enhancing drug use, those denials stopped when under penalty of perjury.
Human nature being what it is, Yankee fans know that A-Rod has 3 strikeouts in each World Series game, but they couldn't tell you how many A.J. Burnett recorded last night -- 9.
This isn't easy for me to say. Growing up in Washington, DC, I was born and bred to hate the Yankees, and I've spent the first 98.5% of my life thus ...
Now there are players who are excited to be Yankees, and to play for their first World Series appearance. Sure, they too got big checks in the off season, but they wanted to play for a team.
There are cracks in the concrete walkways at the new Yankee Stadium. Hey, what do you expect for $1.5 billion?
While Jeter, Rivera, Pettitte and Posada are all on the back nine of their playing careers, each of them have had seasons that were equal or superior to their performances in '98.