Quick, everyone! Check out the Sun-Times for today’s startling revelation!
Wait for it....
Tiger Woods is really, really good.
I mean, really good. Like, Jordanesque.
Our favorite pundit has once again wasted space to state the obvious: Tiger Woods is a golfing machine.
In his usual attempt to play on Chicago’s love of MJ, Mariotti makes the inevitable apples-to-oranges comparison, declaring aloud that Tiger has surpassed Jordan in accomplishment and popularity.
Nevermind that: Woods still actively plays professional golf, while Jordan retired (supposedly for the last time) almost five years ago. Even in retirement, Jordan enjoys a level of popularity and ad revenue that few athletes could make in the prime of their careers. Nevermind the difference in sports: basketball is still a team sport, while golf pretty much only involves the person swinging the club.
Later, Jay reveals Tiger’s secret for his continued dominance:
he now hits the ball straight, which gives the competition virtually no chance.
Wow. And here I thought I was supposed to miss fairways, greens and the shiny tin cup. You mean I shouldn’t aim for the bunkers? Holy crap. What a revelation. I’m sure Jay knows all about this, too, having seen Tiger swing the club so well. That’s just like Jay claiming he knows about a great basketball shot from all his years of watching Jordan.
Will Tiger surpass MJ in terms of popularity and accomplishment? Meh. Who cares?
Oh, “we” do. “We were wrong.” Gosh, Jay, “We’d like to see a more talented writer who talks to sources, provides rational analysis and doesn’t fawn over every flavor of the moment.”
Are “we” asking too much?
For the second straight day, I didn’t make it past the first sentence on the Web site version. The topic itself seems to be completely inane, so why bother reading the column . . . other than to show more examples of Tinky’s mushy thinking? For those that do, thank you for your insights.
Ten years ago, Jordan was going 6-for-6 in the NBA finals. He took the final shot, watched it go in and extended his wrist for historic effect. Never, ever would sports get bigger than that, we thought.
We were wrong.
No, Tinky, you were wrong. Sports achievements are meant to be bettered. Athletes now are better than they were in the past, although some have done it unnaturally. The equipment players use in all sports is better than ever. Unfortunately, as we have seen, records are made to be broken. If Tiger can match Arnold Palmer for longevity in endorsement deals then you have something to write about.
Not to be petty or splitting hairs here, but techinically 10 years ago MJ was 5 of 5 and in the middle of a season and still a good 4 months away from the posed shot with extended wrist in is “historic effort”. And how is 6 for 6 historic anyway? How many titlers did Russell have?
Ten years ago, Jordan was going 6-for-6 in the NBA finals. He took the final shot, watched it go in and extended his wrist for historic effect. Never, ever would sports get bigger than that, we thought.
Such bullshit. He* makes it out like MJ intentionally did it that way. Sorry, Jay...WRONG! Anyone who has played the game competitively knows that it was simply a good follow through. Sometimes in clutch situation you’ll take a shot and do exactly what MJ did.
Good catch slim. He makes it sound like he put the wrist up there, in a limp manner BTW, ater the ball went through the hoop. It was a shot, follow through, ball go in. It is still one of my memorable moments as a kid, but his order is somewhat out of whack. You think he was watching hte ice capades instead?
Good catch slim. He makes it sound like he put the wrist up there, in a limp manner BTW, ater the ball went through the hoop. It was a shot, follow through, ball go in. It is still one of my memorable moments as a kid, but his order is somewhat out of whack. You think he was watching hte ice capades instead?
Either that, or he looked up from Paco after Jordan put it up.
I’ve learned something while in rehab. To look at the good and bad in each situation. The good here is................ well.............. FUCK GOLF!!!! Who gives a flying fuck???!!! It’s golf! It’s a god damn rich man bullshit hobby game-- like being the best of the best when it comes to lawn darts.
The only thing impressive here is that a black dude is at the top of a white rich man’s “sport”. Ha ha ha- fuck you cracker boys!- are you guys better at us at anything???? You got hockey and that’s it-- but I’m telling you I’m going to breed a bunch of little black indians to take over the hockey world!
Kiss my ass F***tard. SUCK ANOTHER DICK CUZ YOU AIN’T GONNA GET IT FROM THE BLACK MAN!- HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
This column isn’t even worthing of sucking my left testical.
