Hey, Tiger, Lack of Privacy Is Part of the Deal

Harry Shearer, 12.03.2009

Actor, author, director, satirist, musician, radio host, playwright, multi-media artist

Memo to Tiger: if you really wanted your privacy, maybe you should just have played championship golf, lived on the prize money, and gone home.

Professional Athletes and Infidelity: Top 7 Things Every Sports Wife Should Know

Audrey Griffin, 12.04.2009

Author of The Day I Took Off My Cape and wife of NBA coach Adrian Griffin

From the outside, the life of a celebrity athlete's wife is seen as a carefree, labor-free filled life of overly pampered women. But infidelity is one of the hardest jobs in professional sports next to what's done on the field.

NBC, Comcast and the Potential Take-Down of ESPN

Katharine Rust, 12.03.2009

ESPN is bad for sports. There, I said it -- though I'd wager I'm far from the first. What started as the sporting world's little network that could has grown into a behemoth.

World Cup -- The Very Tough Draw

Barry Yourgrau, 12.04.2009

Author of The Sadness of Sex, Performer

Quick first thought about the World Cup draw today: Group G seems the toughest group, with three marquee teams battling for two qualifying spaces.

Message to Obama: You Can't Have Muhammad Ali

Dave Zirin, 12.03.2009

Sports correspondent for the Nation Magazine

On November 19th, Obama praised Muhammad Ali as "a force for reconciliation and peace around the world." On Tuesday, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning president reconciled himself with war.

Tiger Wood's Case of DWA (Driving While Angry): Why It's None of Our Business

Stacy Schneider, 12.03.2009

TV legal commentator, author of He Had It Coming, former contestant on The Apprentice

For the first time in a long time, a celebrity has decided not to publicly spin his side of the story, and it's driving people crazy.

World Cup Draw Liveblogging

Max Bergmann, 12.04.2009

Editor, Association Football

The draw today determines who the U.S. will face next June and is one of the most significant factors determining a team's success in the tournament.

"I Will Wear You Out"

Jill Soloway, 12.03.2009

A writer living in Los Angeles

Men don't have to pick sides. Men get to shake their heads and chuckle inside, and promise their wives, I can't imagine how he could do that to that sweet wife, all the while knowing the truth -- but of course they can imagine.

A Seagull, a Three-Year-Old and a Routine Popup That Wasn't: Handicapping Baseball's Oddity of the Year

Jon Lewin, 12.03.2009

Fantasy baseball columnist for The Faster Times and co-editor of SubwaySquawkers.com

The Oddity of the Year award celebrates moments to cherish - and forget.

Tiger Woods and the Politics of Sex and Power

Trish Kinney, 12.04.2009

Author of Silver Platter Girl and documentary filmmaker

What could have possibly possessed a young billionaire with the world at his feet to rely on the loyalty of a cocktail waitress to protect his personal and professional domain?

Tiger's Brand Bogey

Jonathan Littman, 12.04.2009

Author, I Hate People!

What's the real business lesson in Tiger's astonishingly precipitous fall from grace? In the age of the personal brand, Twitter and real-time, one major misstep can cost you a fortune.

A Tiger's Tale: Unwrapping the Reality

Andrew Brandt, 12.03.2009

President, The National Football Post

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.