Just in time for the holidays, Earl Woods‘ Training a Tiger: A Father’s Guide to Raising a Winner in Both Golf and Life

I wasn’t aware of the book until today, so I’ll cede to this review: “This book is great! Anytime you can read about wonderful parenting, it is a highllight in your day.“
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Last Friday Elin Nordegren’s mother Barbro Holmberg and her twin sister Josefin arrived at Tiger Woods‘ Orlando compound to, presumably, lend emotional support.

(Team Elin: Strength in numbers)
But is that all they have in mind? We’ve all pondered the possibility of Elin leaving Woods and returning to her native Sweden, but can you imagine how […]

Peter Gammons announced he was leaving ESPN today, and Ronald Blum of the ASSOCIATED PRESS reported shortly thereafter that Gammons had already struck a deal to join MLB Network. Additionally, two sources told me today that Gammons will soon be joining NESN.

(What, you didn’t expect me to run this did you?)
Sources familiar with the […]

In the last couple days, the volume of unsubstantiated rumors about Tiger Woods has exploded exponentially in the media, main and otherwise. Last 48 hours I’ve been filtering out the improbable and inconsequential, but let’s just say I’m going to let my guard down on this one to prove a point.

FOX NEWS reports today, “a […]

TMZ.com has the 911 call placed this morning from Tiger Woods‘ estate about Elin Nordegren’s mother Barbro Holmberg. (Audio link.)

The call started out frantically as the caller, who was likely Elin or sister Josefin, said, “Hurry up, my mom just collapsed. She collapsed in the bathroom, what do I do?“

Today I’ve reported on a festival of depressing topics: cancer, abortion, domestic abuse and an emergency hospital visit.

Let’s air this place out a little with Joakim Noah, shall we? Video after the jump.

Thanks in part to David Haugh of the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, Neil Hayes of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE and Tim Keown of ESPN.com, Brian Kelly’s personal stance on abortion is suddenly a topic of conversation in the main media as it pertains to his candidacy for the football coaching job at Notre Dame. 

Haugh today:
The toughest ones have […]

Justin Fenton of the BALTIMORE SUN has details today on why a judge granted Terrell Suggs‘ alleged fiancee, 26-year-old Candace Williams, a temporary restraining order last Friday against the Baltimore Raven.

According to the complaint made available Monday and filed five days after the alleged incident, Williams said Suggs threw a soap dispenser at her head, […]

While filling in for Regis Philbin today on Live! With Regis & Kelly, Bryant Gumbel revealed he has lung cancer.

(Gumbel with wife Hilary Quinlan)
The 61-year-old Gumbel had a malignant tumor removed from in his chest in a surgical procedure last month. Gumbel said a portion of his lung was removed and he will be […]

Nancy Dillon and Corky Siemaszko of the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS reports that Elin Nordegren recently bought a house in Sweden, which has “fueled speculation (in Sweden) she might take the kids back to her homeland to start a new life far from her transgressing Tiger.”

(Nordegren bought $2M home in native Sweden ‘two weeks ago’)
“The […]