Despite the Minnesota Timberwolves (yes, my readers, our state still has a semi professional basketball team) not showing up to scout us, a few of my education friends and I play basketball twice a week. In the wee hours of the morning before students are even awake, we are on the court. We basically play for love of the game, to work up a mean sweat, and hope we are doing our hearts well. After our last game this past week, the locker room was abuzz with one topic. Tiger Woods.
Answer this question. Who on planet earth:
1. Makes more money than small countries.
2. Is married to a former Swedish swimsuit model.
3. Is the best athlete we have seen in any sport since some guy named Jordan.
4. Has the perfect life.
Well, if you answered Tiger Woods you would have been correct…until recently.
No one is perfect. And here is yet another athlete/celebrity reminding us of that. Earlier this year Steve McNair tragically and David Letterman shamefully reminded us. Now we have Tiger “Cheetah” Woods.
Apparently being the #1 ranked golfer in the world doesn’t make you the #1 husband.
Did anyone else just get sick hearing that voicemail with the undeniable voice of Cheetah Woods? For those of you who missed it, Usmagazine.com obtained a voicemail that Cheetah Woods left to home wrecker Jamiee Grubbs. Jamiee is not Cheetah’s wife.
The voicemail said, “Hey, it’s Tiger (Cheetah). I need you to do me a huge favor. Can you please take your name off your phone? My wife went through my phone and may be calling you. So if you can, please take your name off that. Just have it as a number on the voicemail. You got to do this for me. Huge. Quickly. Bye.”
Busted.
Way to go, Cheetah. You were one of the most admired pro athletes in the world…ever. Now there are rumors to be even more women involved and that you are paying them off. Your two children will read about all this one day. What will you tell them, Cheetah?
What makes these pro athletes think they can do whatever they want to whoever they want whenever they want? It’s about time someone remind them to keep the games on the golf course, football field, etc.
Tiger issued a statement shortly thereafter on his website tigerwoods.com that said, “I have let my family down…” There’s the understatement of the year. He went on to say, “For the last week, my family and I have been hounded to expose intimate details of our personal lives…But no matter how intense curiosity about public figures can be, there is an important and deep principle at stake which is the right to some simple, human measure of privacy…Personal sins should not require press releases and problems within a family shouldn’t have to mean public confessions…I offer my profound apology.”
I agree we don’t need to try Cheetah’s marriage in the public eye. But how many times will this circus need to occur before athletes learn? Do they speak some different vows during the marriage ceremony?
Tiger (for now) is married to Elin. He has two children. He’s the best golfer in the world. He’s the most dominate athlete in all of sports. Hopefully he can figure it out. If so, maybe when we hear the name Tiger Woods we will think of golf again, rather than a Cheetah.
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