Left Coast Sports Babe

The newest gift this season? The Tiger Woods advent calendar. Every day in December another window opens to a surprise.

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Earlier in the year, Representative Joe Baca introduced a resolution to honor Tiger Woods with a Congressional Gold Medal. He has withdrawn the resolution. Apparently he feels that it would set a bad precedent to give a medal to someone who clearly seems to be working towards a career in politics.

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As the number of “transgressions” keeps climbing for Tiger Woods, I have to wonder what’s more shocking, that these stories are coming out now? Or that he managed to keep them quiet so long in the first place?

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How shocking would this headline have been just a few weeks ago? “Tiger’s alleged mistress apologizes to wife.” Even more shocking, the fact that at this point the response of most Americans would be “Which one?”

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CBS is cancelling “As the World Turns” after 54 years. I guess they figured, who needs to produce a soap opera when we have options like “The Tiger Woods Show?”

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Cincinnati’s Chad Ochocinco was fined $30,000 for his latest stunt, briefly donning a mock poncho and a sombrero next to the bench following his touchdown catch during the Bengals’ 23-13 win over Detroit last week, $10,000 more than the fine he got for pretending to bribe an official during a game earlier this season.

Anyone else out there who’s beginning to think Ochicinco might be the NFL’s best value for entertainment dollar?

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Mack Brown of the University of Texas received a raise this week, making him college football’s first official $5 million a year man. Of course, this doesn’t count the coaches who end up getting $5 million a year, when teams like Notre Dame fire them with years left on their contract.

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This week in Copenhagen, thousands are convening to discuss how we all can reduce carbon emissions. So many VIPs are attending, in fact, that the airport is having trouble finding space for the 140 private jets.

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JetBlue is offering a $25 online discount on their flights for the holidays. Wouldn’t it be more practical to give customers a $25 onboard credit while the plane is waiting for takeoff.

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Some say it is ironic that President Obama is accepting the Nobel Peace Prize after committing more troops to a war in Afghanistan. No more ironic than President Clinton signing the “Defense of Marriage” act. Or for that matter George W. Bush calling himself the “Education President.

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