Tiger Woods dropped out of The Players Championship golf tournament last week due to a bulging what?! Golf Channel reporter Win McMurry mixed up Woods’ bulging disk back injury with something more risque in a hilarious on-air gaffe on Sunday night. “[Woods] says he’s been playing with a bad neck for about a month and thinks [...]
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Tiger Woods Interviews With ESPN & The Golf Channel
March 22nd, 2010 |
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As Tiger Woods prepares to end four months of seclusion with a performance at next month’s Masters in Augusta, the scandal-scarred golfer is breaking his silence on the sex shame that nearly torpedoed his sports career.
In his first one-on-one interviews since his suspicious car accident Thanksgiving weekend, Woods spoke out on his infidelities, his [...]
Oprah Winfrey denies calling up Tiger Woods for interview
December 8th, 2009 |
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Oprah Winfrey has dismissed reports that she called up Tiger Woods for a personal interview on her chat show, following the exposure of his extra-marital affairs.
Even though Winfrey may be trying to approach the golfer, who is her personal friend, she has denied calling him up.
“I do know there was a blog report that Oprah [...]
Golfer Jesper Parnevik Weighs In On Tiger Woods Cheating Scandal
December 3rd, 2009 |
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Jesper Parnevik, the Swedish golfer who introduced Tiger Woods to his wife Elin Nordegren more than eight years ago, has some strong words about his PGA competitor’s alleged serial infidelity.
“I feel really sorry for Elin,†Parnevik told The Golf Channel on Wednesday regarding a number of reports alleging Tiger has hooked up with up to [...]
Media: Bulking up
November 12th, 2009 |
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Comcast moves closer to creating a content-and-distribution behemoth
IT SEEMED for a while as though the media business had dispensed with swagger. As the markets push their companies around, moguls such as Rupert Murdoch of News Corporation have taken to complaining about the power of Google. A new book, “The Curse of the Mogul”, tries to bury such figures once and for all. But executives at Comcast, a big American cable operator, seem not to have read it. Reports this week suggested that the company was close to a deal to acquire a majority stake in NBC Universal, a television and film outfit. The combination would rival Disney as the world’s biggest media firm.
Ownership of NBC Universal is split between GE (which holds 80%) and Vivendi, a French conglomerate. Comcast would commit cash and merge its modest collection of cable channels, which include E! and the Golf Channel, with NBC Universal’s much more impressive roster. It would end up with 51% of the resulting entity. GE would end up with 49% and would probably exit gradually over the next few years. The deal depends in part on Vivendi agreeing to sell its stake. …