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      Report: Woods paid hush money to two women on sex tape

      February 15, 2010 /

      According to a report by FOX Sports.com, Tiger Woods paid hush money to two women he had a videotaped threesome with.

      The fidelity-challenged superstar golfer was in bed with the pair in Phoenix three years back when he noticed one of them taking pictures or videotaping him with the other girl, the newspaper said, citing a source familiar the situation.

      “”Tiger goes ballistic. He starts chasing the girl around. She runs out the door. He runs out after her. I don’t know how much clothing either of them is wearing, but Tiger finally catches up with her and grabs her cell phone or camera or whatever it was that had the evidence,” the source said.

      Recognizing the danger the situation posed to Woods’ hundreds of millions of dollars in endorsement money, his handlers decided to make regular payments to the women to keep them quiet, the Daily News said.

      It’s not known what happened to the recording.

      Yikes. I wouldn’t be shocked if that sex tape (or some other sex tape for that matter) surfaced at some point. One thing is for sure, if you’re a celebrity and you’re doing something wrong, you will get caught. And not only that, everything you did in that time span will come to light because once the media gets digging, they won’t stop until they’ve found something.


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      If NASCAR was hoping to acquire new blood, then Daytona 500 failed miserably

      February 15, 2010 /

      If someone were on the fence about whether or not to get into NASCAR, then Sunday’s Daytona 500 race provided enough reason to hop off and not think twice about leaving the sport behind.

      If you thought NASCAR was boring when it’s just cars going around a track for three hours, try watching cars go around a track for three hours while also having a 2.5-hour intermission in between. Regular NASCAR fans could appreciate the racing that went on in between workers trying to fix a pothole on Turn 2 at the Daytona International Speedway yesterday, but if the sport was hoping to pick up new viewers then the “Super Bowl of racing” failed to deliver.

      The Daytona 500 is regarded as NASCAR’s premier event. It’s the one race that is supposed to attract even the causal racing fan and considering it doesn’t have to compete against football for television viewers, it should be enough to attract new blood to the sport too.

      But even the staunchest NASCAR fan would have to admit that Sunday’s Daytona 500 was a buzzkill. It should have been a monumental day for the race, with 21 different leaders (most ever at Daytona), 52 lead changes (third most at Daytona), and a winner in Jamie McMurray that led for only two laps (the fewest ever by a Daytona 500 winner). But with 80 laps remaining, a pothole emerged on the track causing two red flags to come out and 144 minutes of down time. A pothole killed an otherwise thrilling day of racing.

      NASCAR remains one of those sports where you either love it or hate it. You have to go at least once to appreciate the noise and speed, but to actually get into the season and watch on a weekly basis NASCAR needs more action than what it got on Sunday. Granted, it was nobody’s fault that the track fell apart, although maybe somebody should have thought about repaving the damn thing after not doing so over the past 30 years. But if the Daytona 500 is the best NASCAR has to offer, then why would the semi-interested fan tune in next week?

      True racing fans will always appreciate what the sport brings to the table – potholes or no potholes. But after yesterday, Joe Sports Fan probably won’t cry himself to sleep if he misses next weekend’s NASCAR event because the Daytona 500 probably did little to compel him.


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      Los Angeles to land NFL team by 2011?

      February 14, 2010 /

      The Boston Globe speculates that the city of Los Angeles could acquire a NFL team by the year 2011.

      “I strongly believe an NFL franchise will play in Los Angeles for the 2011 season,’’ said Majestic vice president John Semcken. “I’ve been working on this for 14 years, and it’s been a long road. I know we’re very, very close.’’

      It’s been a long road for the city as a whole, but there’s also plenty of reason to believe that Los Angeles’s latest shot at a team won’t be a blank as so many others have been.

      Start with the stadium. Semcken’s term – “shovel-ready’’ – is meant to emphasize that as soon as a team commits to moving to Los Angeles, ground can be broken on the privately financed facility some 20 miles east of downtown.

      That the effort to get a stadium built is so focused on one site is significant in this case, since there have been so many different venues proposed in the past (Chavez Ravine, Downtown, Anaheim, the Coliseum) and different groups battling over where the new place should be built splintering efforts to get a team.

      Another significant victory came in October, when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill exempting the site from state environmental laws. Financing remains an issue, particularly in seeking a naming-rights deal and sponsorships in an uncertain economy.

      As a fan, I couldn’t care less if Los Angeles gets another team. Great, fine – whatever.

      But as a fan, I also think 32 teams is more than enough and I’d rather the NFL concentrate on not having a lockout in 2011 than giving L.A. a franchise. But maybe that’s just me.


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