Tiger may not be a laughing matter anymore
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usa today story
The press is mistakenly reporting "advanced life support" after talking to local fire / rescue.
Fire / rescue is referring to the type of ambulance unit sent on the call and the skills of the personnel on board. ALS units are sent to calls where more extensive treatment may be needed such as cardiac care.
The press is making it sound as if someone is on a ventilator and brain dead. Probably not the case.
Update at 8: 17 a.m. ET: WESH says that the woman had been listed as an "advanced life support" patient.
Update at 8:22 a.m. ET: The New York Post, along with other media, reports that Barbro Holmberg, Woods' mother-in-law and a prominent Swedish politician, arrived at the Woods' Florida home in the last two days.
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
Steve
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looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started
Eyebone
<< <i>Right now there are 7 women claiming or have been linked to him. Seems his MO was to fly them in and have them stay adjacent to him at tournaments. Seems like a very "open' thing to do so I can't believe it hadn't been linked before. I think some of this stuff is made up by whackos but he opened himself up by not fully disclosing his "transgressions". >>
I just heard "9". It keeps goin' up. chaz
Musical interlude with Buck Owens
<< <i>Wilt Chamberlain's most conspicuous claim to fame may be up for a challenge. >>
There's no way Tiger will ever score 100 pts.
<< <i><< Wilt Chamberlain's most conspicuous claim to fame may be up for a challenge. >>
There's no way Tiger will ever score 100 pts. >>
That's good quality entertainment right there.
RIP GURU
Apparently the tip of the iceberg. Some of these girls were just his favorite VIP hosts when he went to Vegas and other places around the world.
Check Deadspin today and the story "Chaos In Tigerland."
I won't link to it. Caution for language, etc.
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<< <i>Wilt Chamberlain's most conspicuous claim to fame may be up for a challenge. >>
There's no way Tiger will ever score 100 pts. >>
The way he's being playing "a round", he will certainly end up over par.
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gatorade bails out.............
"In a statement to CNBC, Gatorade officials said:
“We decided several months ago to discontinue Gatorade Tiger Focus along with some other products to
make room for our planned series of innovative products in 2010. We hope to share more about our 2010
plans soon.”
Hold That Tiger
The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
Coins in Movies
Coins on Television
Just about every one of those woman have his voice on a cell or blackberry.
The few that have denied it (thus far) have made no mention of having his voice on any thing.
Do you really think with his resources that any Jane Doe would make such an outlandish claim?
Oh and by the way the number was now 10.
I don't see him staying married to his wife much longer.
Steve
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Captive TIGERS mate more during daylight hours and sleep at night. Wild pairs search for food during the night, though their interest in hunting and feeding is significantly reduced. In hot areas the pair will often choose to mate in rivers which provides cooling and discourages the flies.
Temporary fidelity in tigers: Both male and female tigers will have several partners during their lifetime, although during mating a temporary period of fidelity exists, with the male remaining monogamous. He will not seek out another tigress, even if a second one in the area is on heat.
Once the pair part the male will immediately start to court other females, not taking any further interest in the tigress he just left, or her forthcoming cubs.
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
<< <i>I believe I may have found the answer for Mr. Woods' "transgressions". While Googling a few key words, I came upon this:
Captive TIGERS mate more during daylight hours and sleep at night. Wild pairs search for food during the night, though their interest in hunting and feeding is significantly reduced. In hot areas the pair will often choose to mate in rivers which provides cooling and discourages the flies.
Temporary fidelity in tigers: Both male and female tigers will have several partners during their lifetime, although during mating a temporary period of fidelity exists, with the male remaining monogamous. He will not seek out another tigress, even if a second one in the area is on heat.
Once the pair part the male will immediately start to court other females, not taking any further interest in the tigress he just left, or her forthcoming cubs. >>
So "Tiger" took his nickname literally. LOL
"..The fact that this is still news is pretty disturbing about this country's priorities..."
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Some of the details here make the substantial interest
in the story totally understandable.
Tiger Woods TV Ads Disappear After Reports of Affairs (Update2)
By Brett Pulley and Michael Buteau
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Advertisements featuring Tiger Woods have disappeared from prime-time broadcast television and many cable channels following reports of his extramarital affairs, according to data from Nielsen Co.
The last prime-time ad featuring the 33-year-old golfer was a 30-second Gillette Co. spot on Nov. 29, according to New York- based Nielsen. Woods also was absent from ads on a number of weekend sports programs, including NFL games, Nielsen said.
“Last weekend there wasn’t any advertisement during those games,” said Aaron Lewis, a spokesman at Nielsen.
The No. 1 ranked golfer’s standing with the public has plunged in the wake of reports of infidelity that followed a Nov. 27 car accident outside his home near Orlando, Florida.
Woods’s ranking among celebrity endorsers tumbled to 24th from 6th, according to the Davie Brown Index, which is used to gauge the ability of personalities to influence shoppers.
Woods has endorsement agreements with Accenture Plc, Nike Inc., PepsiCo Inc.’s Gatorade, Tag Heuer International SA watches, Electronic Arts Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co.’s Gillette. Neither Mark Steinberg, Woods’s agent, nor Glenn Greenspan, a spokesman, responded to phone messages or e-mails seeking comment.
The golfer’s $110 million in annual income from endorsements and tournaments, as estimated by Forbes magazine, hinges on his standing with consumers. Woods ranked as the world’s fourth-highest paid celebrity in the 12 months through June 30, the magazine said. In October, he became the first athlete to top $1 billion in career earnings.
Web Site Statement
Woods posted a statement on his Web site on Dec. 2 saying he let his family down with “transgressions” and hasn’t been true to his “family values.” He didn’t address reports of infidelity that appeared in media including US Weekly magazine.
“His sponsors will attempt to limit his face time,” Andy Donchin, director of media investments at Carat North America, an advertising agency in New York, wrote today in an e-mail. “The best thing he can do is get back on a golf course.”
Fifteen different advertisements featuring Woods have appeared during prime time since the beginning of June, according to Nielsen. Those included spots for Gillette, Accenture, Electronic Arts and the PGA. Most had stopped running as the PGA golf season wound down, prior to Woods’s accident. A Gillette ad that also included baseball player Derek Jeter was still running, according to Nielsen.
Withdrew From Tourney
Following the car accident, Woods withdrew from last weekend’s Chevron World Challenge on NBC, an event he has hosted since 1999 to benefit his charitable foundation. Other than an announcement of his absence by TV host Dan Hicks, there was no other mention and the network didn’t air any ads featuring Woods in two days of coverage, according to the New York Post.
Gillette is running its media schedule as planned and no Tiger Woods ads have been pulled, said Mike Norton, a company spokesman. He wouldn’t comment on the frequency of the ads.
Nike’s golf division isn’t changing its advertising plans, Beth Gast, a spokeswoman for the Beaverton, Oregon-based company, said in an e-mail.
Lisa Gordon-Miller, a spokeswoman for Dublin-based Accenture, had no immediate comment. Electronic Arts wasn’t running any Woods ads and hasn’t changed its marketing, said David Tinson, a spokesman for the Redwood City, California-based video-game publisher.
Woods’s continued relationships with corporate sponsors may hinge on factors including their duration, his importance to their brand images, the target audience and how much money is at stake, according to attorneys experienced in celebrity contract enforcement.
Celebrity Contracts
While contracts typically contain behavior clauses, terminations for morality are rare, said Douglas Wood, a partner in the New York office of Pittsburgh-based Reed Smith LLP and general counsel to the Association of National Advertisers.
“It has to be pretty bad, where the artist is someone who has fallen pretty far,” Wood said today in a telephone interview.
The attorney, who has had no involvement with the golfer’s endorsements, said he doubted sponsors such as Gillette and Nike would rush to end their contracts.
Woods ranked just below Oprah Winfrey and above Bill Cosby on the Davie Brown Index, which tracks 2,800 celebrities. Now he is between actress Julia Roberts and former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell. The Davie Brown Index was created by Los Angeles-based Davie Brown Entertainment to provide a way to measure the use of celebrities in campaigns.
Temporary Decline
The decline in marketability may be temporary, said Chris Anderson, a spokesman for the index.
“This type of swing is caused by major events -- winning the Super Bowl MVP Award or, as with this case, an intense personal crisis,” Anderson said in an e-mail. “Typically, over time, the scores settle back.”
Woods is the best-known active athlete, based on a September study by Marketing Evaluations, a Manhasset, New York- based research company that publishes the Q score, ranking entertainers by their appeal to consumers.
Among U.S. consumers over the age of six, 86 percent recognized the golfer, with 28 percent saying Woods was one of their favorite personalities, giving him a +28 Q Score.
The average celebrity is recognized by 32 percent of the U.S. general population and has a +17 Q rating, according to Henry Schafer, the company’s executive vice president.
The company plans to conduct another survey at the end of January, Schafer said.
“We don’t like to take measurements immediately after any negative social incident,” Schafer said. “We want the consumer to digest things as much as possible.”
While Woods’s popularity may be down, visits to golf.com, owned by Time Warner Inc.’s Sports Illustrated, have more than quadrupled, according to Scott Novak, a Sports Illustrated spokesman.
To contact the reporters on this story: Brett Pulley in New York at bpulley@bloomberg.net; Michael Buteau in Atlanta at mbuteau@bloomberg.net
Last Updated: December 8, 2009 19:26 EST
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<< <i>The fact that this is still news is pretty disturbing about this country's priorities... >>
I always watch the 5 o'clock local news and never the national news right after it. Watched CBS news at 5:30 yesterday and the lead story was Tiger. Really? Same day as the funeral for the 4 cops in WA and Tiger's mother-in-law is the most important news?
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<< <i>y'all just jealous now cuz ya found out Tigger collects wimmin like we collect POP 1's. >>
Have to be honest ... he has more women than I have POP 1s!
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
pretty funny stuff........step aside Jesus!
<< <i>Earl Woods quote from Sports Illustrated interview: "Tiger will do more than any other human in history to change to course of humanity."
pretty funny stuff........step aside Jesus! >>
That honor belongs to Genghis Kahn, who is the ancestor of something like 10% of Europe, and basically everyone in Wales. If your last name is Jones, apparently you're his direct descendant. Of course, Tiger's appears poised to make a run at creating quite a family tree of his own, but he still has some hay to bale before he catches up to the Godfather of the Mongols.
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<< <i>y'all just jealous now cuz ya found out Tigger collects wimmin like we collect POP 1's. >>
Have to be honest ... he has more women than I have POP 1s! >>
Maybe-- but have you popped one into that many women?
Edit to add alink to an article on Kahn's descendents. One in every 200 men on this planet today is related to him- amazing stuff.