It’s shameful, but we appear to be experiencing Tiger Woods schadenfreude. He doesn’t really deserve our “misfortune joy” — who does? — though his own schadenFräulein seem to be causing the problem.
Tiger Woods has been cited for reckless driving in his post-Thanksgiving brouhaha.The penalty? A ticket for $164, plus four points on his driving record. No further charges will be filed.”Mr. Wood’s status [as a celebrity] impacted in no way” how troopers handled the investigation, Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Montes said.Woods’ attorney Mark NeJame said the decision was good news.
Here’s the transcript of Barack Obama’s speech on Afghanistan tonight.Saying “Afghanistan is not lost,” Obama said he will send another 30,000 American troops to Afghanistan ASAP.
When John Daly is giving you family advice, you know you’re in trouble.
Best details yet, courtesy of the Orlando Sentinel:Authorities have yet to speak to the 33-year-old golf pro about the accident, but a source familiar with the crash scene told the Orlando Sentinel that Woods was not wearing shoes when wife Elin Nordegren Woods pulled him out of his Cadillac Escalade following the accident.
Chelsea Clinton is engaged.The lucky fellow is Marc Mezvinsky, whom she’s been dating for several years. He’s an investment banker and his father and mother are described as “longtime friends” of Bill and Hillary Clinton. Chelsea is their only child.
An earlier post about Afghanistan mentioned the “Jezail bullet” of Dr. Watson.
Today’s Mike Lupica column expresses exactly how I feel about sending more troops to Afghanistan.You know when we are going to be out of Afghanistan, where the United States has become just one more losing road team? Sometime around the 12th of Never. The more who die there, the more we send over.
“Mr. Cage doesn’t do realism or, rather, he doesn’t do it all that persuasively. Like Al Pacino he is a maximalist and more apt to turn the volume up than …..
I Dreamed A Dream, the first album by reality star Susan Boyle, has debuted at #1 on the British charts.Albums sold in the first week: 410,000.
Recapping day three of Tiger’s Troubles:Tiger Woods released a statement saying the accident was his responsibility alone and that his wife had acted “courageously.”Woods refused to speak to Florida Highway Patrol troopers for the third day in a row.
The Florida Highway Patrol has issued a statement about how its officers were denied a meeting with Tiger Woods on Sunday — the third day in a row they were turned away.Golf.com quotes a statement from Sgt. Kim Montes of the FHP:
When was Rachel Uchitel born? 1975, we believe, though we don’t have an exact date of birth. By that reckoning, she is now 34 years old.Her age has been consistent across news stories since 2001. A few key items:
There seems to be a behind-the-scenes battle going at Wikipedia over Rachel Uchitel, whom The National Enquirer accuses of having an affair with golfer Tiger Woods.Uchitel had a Wikipedia page earlier, but a visit today at 5:20 pm Eastern time shows this screen instead:
The Orlando Sentinel now has the full transcript of a neighbor’s 911 call on Tiger Woods. A few key moments:Operator 2: What happened; what’s wrong?Neighbor: I have a neighbor; he hit the tree. And we came out here just to see what was going on. I see him and he’s laying down.Operator 2: You mean it was an auto accident?Neighbor: Yes, it was an auto accident, yes.
Here’s a recording of the 911 call from Friday morning outside Tiger Woods’ house.A neighbor made the call, though he didn’t mention Woods’s name. He told 911 personnel that Woods had hit a tree, that he was now on the ground outside his black Escalade, and that he was unconscious.[Update: Here’s the transcript of the 911 call.]
That’s what The NY Daily News is calling it.
Wow! Tiger Woods has refused to talk to the Florida State Highway patrol for a third straight day, says the AP.
Golfer Tiger Woods has released a statement about his Friday morning accident:
The National Enquirer claims that golfer Tiger Woods has been dallying with a woman named Rachel Uchitel.Uchitel seems to have a certain self-promotional touch in any case. Here she is in a profile from Black Book last year: