tiger woods
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Jordan Peele Says Tiger Woods Is ‘in the Sunken Place’
My question is: Has Tiger Woods ever not been in the sunken place? This is the man who was so non-black-identified that he made up his own race (including giving Caucasian and American Indian equal footing to black and Asian with an African-American father and a mother from Thailand). Then he turned out to be…
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Watch: LaVar Ball and the Influence of Black Sports Dads
Whether you like LaVar Ball or hate him, at the end of the day, the proof is in the pudding: His son Lonzo Ball can play. It’s refreshing to see a black man speak so fearlessly and confidently about his son’s abilities, but now it’s time to let his son shine. We predict that Lonzo…
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Report: Tiger Woods Headed Back to Rehab
If current reports are correct, then it looks as if golf legend Jack Nicklaus may have been right when he said that Tiger Woods “needed our help”: The former golf great is reportedly going back to rehab to avoid losing joint custody of his two kids after his recent DUI arrest. “Tiger visited the hospital…
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Watch: Judge of Characters, The Root’s New Digital Show About the Best (and Messiest) of Black Twitter
At this point, we know the power of black Twitter. We set trends, we get folks fired and we are side-crampingly hilarious. So we figured, why don’t we dig into the black Twitter crates each week and serve up the best and messiest 140 characters we can find? Bonus: These tweets are usually about the…
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#EbonyStillOwes: Writers Union Intervenes
Magazine ‘Treats Folks Like Sharecroppers’ Fewer Cries of Alarm Over Far-Right U.S. Terrorists N.Y. Times Eliminates Public Editor Position Scott Pelley Out at ‘CBS Evening News’ Memes Make Fun of Tiger Woods’ Misfortune How to Tell Who’s Serious About Diversity Hispanic Caucus Members to Visit Deported Vets Leaked Papers Reveal Surveillance at Standing Rock Nominate…
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Is Tiger Woods Addicted to Pain Medications?
Early Monday morning, Tiger Woods was found by police passed out behind the wheel of his car in Jupiter, Fla. He was incoherent and groggy and looked to be in bad shape. He was arrested and charged with driving under the influence. It was initially reported that Woods was drunk, but after police reports confirmed…
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Tiger Woods's Decade-Long Nigga Wake-Up Call
Attributed to Benjamin Franklin, “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” is one of the most popular, pithy, and eternally relevant quotes ever. It’s also false. Well maybe not false, but incomplete and in need of an amendment for it to be truly true. “In this world nothing…
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Sportswriter Fired After Anti-Japanese Tweet
Terry Frei ‘Uncomfortable’ With Indy 500 Winner Woods Arrest a Gift for New Sports Columnist Lantigua-Williams Leaving NPR ‘Code Switch’ Europeans Say They Find Trump Unstable Trump Budget Would Gut Civil Rights Programs In Monuments Debate, What About the Indians? At ESPN, ‘Role Was Changing Seemingly Every Year’ Reporter’s Scary Ride Nets a Million Views…
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Maybe Tiger Woods Wasn’t Drunk When He Was Found Asleep at the Wheel
Maybe Tiger Woods wasn’t plastered early Monday when he was found asleep in his 2015 Mercedes on the side of a Jupiter, Fla., road. Maybe he wasn’t lying when he told police that he wasn’t driving under the influence. Woods was arrested Monday and charged with a DUI after police found him knocked out behind…
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Tiger Woods Arrested for DUI, and Continues Back 9 Slide Into the Sunken Place
Ever since Tiger Woods’ now ex-wife Elin Nordegren beat his ass with a 9-iron back in 2009, nothing has gone right for the once unstoppable golf star. After the breakup, Woods was exposed as a serial cheater, and the fallout led to several dropped endorsements and millions in lost revenue. In 2013 Woods had a…