Latest Tiger Clippings, Barkley: "I think he is making a serious mistake."**
Steve Elling has all of Charles Barkley's comments to a Philadelphia radio station about his take on Tiger's handling of the crisis:
Barkley, who has had more than a few notable run-ins with cops over the years, said Woods needs to stop hiding behind his spokespeople and man up, so to speak.
"I don’t want no PR person talking for me cause they don’t make it work," Barkley told WIP radio. "They aren’t going to make it better. I think he is really making a mistake in not talking to the cops and things like that. I think he is making a serious mistake.”
Emily Smith of the New York Post scores an exclusive interview with Rachel Uchitel about the National Equirer story linking her to Tiger Woods in which Uchitel denies the facts as presented in the story. Based on the comments and no mention of Gloria Allred's name, it sounds as if she is not representing Uchitel (I've emailed Allred for comment): **Gloria Allred responded: "She is still my client and my understanding is that this interview was conducted befoe she retained me. I have no comment."
"It's just dumb stuff. I was happy to answer any of their [the National Enquirer's] questions, but they didn't want to listen to me when I denied it. I look like a home wrecker and an a- -hole.
"And its horrible to Tiger's family. His wife must feel horrible. The worst part of it, it's not true.
"That's a horrible thing to read: 'Tiger's telling Rachel he loves her.' It's just so dumb.
"[The source of the story] is not even a friend of mine. I've met her twice in my life. I've got some really horrible things that I can say about her and her past. I am toying around if I should go after her, because she's not a credible source.
"This girl was never around me for any of the time she was saying she was. If I was having some big, lurid affair, I would not tell this girl. It's just ridiculous."
Meanwhile several sites are reporting that US Weekly is preparing to reveal another purported Woods affair and is claiming it will post a Noember 24 voicemail from him on Wednesday morning.
Radaronline has new images of Tiger's car under covers and apparently headed for storage.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 02:14 PM
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As for getting "advice" from Sir Charles, methinks Mr. Woods should stop using Barkley and Jordan as his role models in life -- perhaps he wouldn't be in this pickle in the first place. If Tiger went in and spoke to the police, his bride could get locked up. Smart move Charlie, that would surely bring about domestic bliss. Have another beer and a blowjob you bonehead.
Soon enough we'll all tire of this nonsense, and move on to who (or is it whom?) that Michelle Wie is dating. . .
Unless you are trying to pander to married women, then you have hit the perfect note.
I suppose the tell will be if Tiger sues US Weekly and Ms. Grubbs for libel. If not, then Tiger can keep it as close to the vest as he wants -- the truth will be known.
Anyway, Nedbank Challenge, anyone?
If he's cheatin' I hope she takes him to the cleaners. . .
I don't even need to play the game of speculation with you about what he might have been taking. Because the only way that samples can be drawn for drug testing is according to the crazy (you ought to read it -- it sounds lilke a rejected draft for a scene from an Austin Powers movie) methodology used by the Tour in gathering urine samples.
PGA Tour drug testing isn't like "Law and Order," with Jerry Orbach bursting into the lab with a subpoena, to tear the results off the printer. There's only one way to get a Tour drug-test sample. And that is at a tournament, right after play, with the equivalent of Barney Fife in a lab coat walking you into a specially-marked bathroom with a specially-marked cup and a bunch of papers for you to sign saying the cup hasn't been out of your grasp through the whole process.
No; there is no way that a blood draw in a hospital emergency room would or could ever be used against Tiger per the Tour's drug policy. It is a non-issue, and could not possibly have ever been a serious consideration, by anybody.
i can't imagine any of the stuff that works (oxy, vic, torodol, etc) being OK to take even with a doc's note---PGA TOUR that is
"Under the terms of the program, the TOUR has the authority to test players at any time or place. All testing will be without prior notice. Testing done at tournament sites may be conducted both on practice/pro-am days and before or after competitive rounds. There is not a stated minimum or maximum number of times a year that an individual player may be tested."
ANY TIME OR PLACE.
http://www.pgatour.com/2007/r/11/13/playoffs/index.html
Now I doubt they'd be able to run over to the hospital and ask for a sample of any blood that was drawn from Tiger that night but they damn sure could have turned up at his house the next day and demanded a sample, no questions asked.
Had it been someone else maybe they would have...