Tiger Woods is clinging on to his No. 1 spot by the tips of his fingernails.

That’s right, Tiger Woods has been struggling lately, having made what would be politely described as a low key, while the less courteous would say has been downright awful, return to the game.

As everyone notices, Woods is still scratching around for form following revelations of problems in his personal life, and he looks a long way from the form required to win a Major this year. In his prime, Woods amassed 14 Major titles in an 11-year period.

A tied-fourth finish at the Masters suggested normal service would be resumed pretty quickly, but since then he has gone off the radar – or to be precise his ball has gone off the radar – so far wide of the fairway has he been hitting.

A missed cut following a 79 at the Quail Hollow was backed up by a withdrawal when out of contention, on account of a neck injury, at the Players Championship.

He returned to action with a top-20 finish at the Memorial Tournament, but still did not look in control of his game.

Woods has had a fortnight to work on ironing out the faults, but it will have been a solo effort given he dole out with the services of his…

Golf’s second major, the U.S. Open odds begins on Thursday with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson the co-favorites at SBG Global.

That’s right, those two are the favorites coming to the 2010 U.S. Open golf tournament. Phil Mickelson won the first major of the season, the Masters, a couple of months ago and now he tries for the second one of the year.

The odds on the board may favor Phil Mickelson but history does not. Only six times in history has a player won the first two legs of golf’s Grand Slam. Craig Wood did it back in 1941, Ben Hogan in 1951 and 1953, Arnold Palmer in 1960, Jack Nicklaus in 1972 and Tiger Woods in 2002.

Mickelson has won four majors in his career but none in his home state of California. He loves Pebble Beach as he has won the Pro-Am tournament a few times. Mickelson could take over the number one ranking in the world if he is able to win this week.

Tiger Woods is still the number one player in the world even though he has not played well this year. The last time the U.S. Open betting was held at Pebble Beach was ten years ago and Woods won by an amazing 15 shots. He is not the same player he was ten years ago and although he is a co-favorite with Mickelson, that honor is based on his reputation, not his recent play.

The defending U.S. Open champion is Lucas Glover and…

Looks like somebody still wants to milk sports’ biggest cash cow.

Having initially approached Tiger Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg (IMG), in January, then, as requested, again in March by fax, BodogBrand are now at a stage to resubmit a third offer that is unique in sponsorship terms as it includes a ‘no moral judgement clause’.

In case you didn’t know, both BodogBrand and Irish bookmaker Paddy Power submitted an offer to sponsor Tiger Woods earlier this year. However unlike BodogBrand, Paddy Power were turned down. We assume this is because the brand fit is wrong.

With divorce looming and other speculation growing, BodogBrand have now retailored their sponsorship offer and are now pleased to submit a first ever ‘no moral conditions’ offer whereby the $100,000,000 five-year deal will be honored without condition on the player’s moral conduct.

With divorce an increasingly likely outcome and speculation about a multitude of other ’sins,’ BodogBrand feel they are the only ones who can extend a deal that will be totally unaffected by any non-golf related activity but in fact actively encourages endorsees, employees and customers alike to ‘Play Hard.’

BodogBrand is reportedly happy to sponsor and help…

Really? He is?

Yes, Ben Roethlisberger is once again making the headlines prior to the start of the football season. This time, it doesn’t involve motorcycle accidents, Super Bowl hangovers or any other shit Big Ben usually finds himself into. This time, coming to the 2010 NFL football season, Roethlisberger is trying to rebuild his image after sexually assaulting a 20 – year – old college student.

Wow. First it was Tiger Woods and now Ben Roethlisberger? Jeez… These guys who have these once squeaky clean reputations are really getting hammered these days huh? Who’s next? Jerry Sloan?

Roethlisberger, who luckily won’t be facing criminal charges after the 20 – year – old student gave up on the case since her accusations could not be proven beyond reasonable doubt, apologized to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the NFL, and more importantly, to football fans for the entire fiasco.

Oh yes, Roethlisberger will walk, just like Kobe Bryant did a few years ago after the alleged rape incident in Colorado. Huge stars like them usually get a free get – out – of – jail card.

”Here the overall circumstances do not lead to a viable prosecution. If they did, I would be pursuing it vigorously,” Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorney Fred Bright said. ”We do not prosecute…

Heeere comes Tiger.

Considered as golf’s most famous and prestigious tournament, the 2010 Augusta Masters will be extra special this year because, obviously, everybody will be anxious to see the return of Tiger Woods since news of his adultery broke out last Thanksgiving.

The anticipation of the return of Tiger Woods could make this year’s Masters the most watched golf tournament in television history. Can Tiger reclaim his throne on top of the food chain? Can he recapture the greatness he once had before all the controversy? And most importantly, can Tiger win the 2010 Masters?

We have quite a few names to throw at you as far as who we think CAN win this year’s tournament in Augusta, starting off with probably the odds-on favorite to win it this year and surprisingly, he’s not Tiger Woods.

Ernie Els is the overwhelming favorite. The field is as wide open as it’s been in over a decade, but Els seems to have found his game again. He won twice in March with wins at the WGC-CA Championship and the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He clearly has momentum going for him and it’ll be interesting to see how much he fares in this tournament with Tiger Woods back.

We also have Anthony Kim. He was so close to becoming the next great American player. He held off Vaughn Taylor in a playoff to win the Shell Houston Open. Kim is a confident player, and he is one of the players who come into the majors playing well. Last year he set the record for 11 birdies in a round at the Masters. He has a great shot at the title this year.

Of course, we also have to throw Phil Mickelson in there. Mickelson has…

He’s probably hoping that it’s not too late to ask the Wizards for more dollars too.

Gilbert Arenas has fucked himself over this 2010 NBA basketball season. Most teams are trying to get rid of their own guys to sign the LeBrons and the Wades in the coming 2010 free agency, and with Arenas getting himself to so much trouble this year, I guess he’s just making it easier for the Wizards organization to cut their ties with his overpaid ass.

But lo and behold, the Washington Wizards got rid of two thirds of their big three before this season’s trading deadline, that being Antawn Jamison (who was sent to Cleveland) and Caron Butler (who was sent to Dallas) leaving the team all alone for Gilbert Arenas to lord over.

Now I don’t know what the deal is here. Why in the world will you keep a guy like Gilbert Arenas who, let’s face it, hasn’t really done shit for you? Go figure. But as far as Arenas is concerned, all he can do at this point is take advantage of the Wizards’ stupidity and ask for more dollars. Of course, he needs to admit to his mistakes first to, at least, save face.

And he did just that.

In an interview with Esquire magazine, Gilbert Arenas said he has messed up the legacy of Wizards owner Abe Pollin, who recently passed away last November.

”I have a painting of him in my garage. I just walk by it…”

In case you haven’t heard, Woods is trying to get his life back together now that he’s back together again with his wife.

That’s right, Elin Nordegren has agreed to return with Tiger Woods to their Isleworth home in Florida like they just woke up from a bad dream, an expensive one at that, pretending like nothing happened. This is probably Tiger’s first step towards rebuilding what was once a very clean image that will probably win him the presidency if he ever wanted to run for office.

Of course, Tiger Woods knows he has to come back at the top of his golf game first and he intends to spend the coming weeks practicing his swings while probably flirting with sponsors to get the endorsement deals he lost through this ordeal. Having his wife and family aboard is what the sponsors want anyway and now that Tiger has ‘em again on his side, all he can do now is hope guys like Gatorade and Gillette takes him back.

”The marriage is all smoke and mirrors, but Elin will help Tiger rebuild his image and gain new sponsorships because this is what his life is all about, she is doing this more for the kids and holding the family together then anything else,” a source said.

Woods, the source believes, will not come back to the world of golf until he can once again knock down 100-foot putts. Since he has been away from his daily routine, he will need to practice a lot more to return to where he was before news about his infidelity broke out.

”Tiger is a super jock, but it takes time to go back when you have been away from it. I am not sure he will be ready for either the Masters or even the U.S. Open. He will know when he is ready, and then he had better knock ‘em dead,” the source said.

As for his wife, sources say she is a major asset to his…

Yep, after Howard Stern hinted that he’ll be hosting something like this on his radio show for weeks, guess what, HE ACTUALLY DID.

In case you’ve been living under a rock lately, Tiger Woods has been losing all kinds of endorsement deals lately after the public found out that the very clean and polite sports icon has been cheating on his wife all this time.

Unbelievable ain’t it? This was after Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, smashed their SUV into a fire hydrant on Thanksgiving, leading some to believe that there was some kind of marital spat between the two inside the vehicle that led to the unfortunate accident.

Rachel Uchitel was the first of Tiger Woods’ mistresses that the public learned about, probably because it was Uchitel who Nordegren initially accused Tiger of cheating with. Soon, every other one of Tiger’s mistresses came out, all probably longing to have the same media attention the other has been getting.

And boy, there sure were a lot of them.

And since all of them are grade A asses suitable for a sports icon like Tiger Woods, Howard Stern couldn’t help himself but go grab a piece of the phenomenon. So, he hosted a beauty pageant exclusively for all of Tiger’s lovely mistresses on the Howard Stern Show. Unfortunately, Rachel Uchitel couldn’t be on it after she agreed to some kind of deal with…

The controversy surrounding Tiger Woods continues even though he has settled his problems with police officials.

How come? Get this, several other women are coming forward claiming they had affairs with Tiger Woods. One of those women is Jaimee Grubbs and she has come forward to US Weekly.

Another woman has voice mails from Tiger and is in talks with a national outlet to reveal her sexual affair with the golfing great. Several national media outlets are in contact with other women who say the have had sexual contact with Tiger while he married to Elin Nordegren.

It all adds up to the ”Tiger Woods cheating scandal” turning into an even bigger national story, despite his attempts to defuse various reports with a statement on his web site asking for privacy and attacking rumors.

A day before the crash, the National Enquirer published an exclusive story linking him to Rachel Uchitel, a party planner who has vehemently denied an affair with Tiger. Woods was injured around 2:25 a.m. Friday after crashing his SUV into a fire hydrant. The police closed the investigation Tuesday with a $164 fine and points against his driver’s license.

Due to injuries sustained in a one-car accident last week…

Which makes you think, did Tiger just confirmed cheating on his wife?

In case you haven’t heard, rumors about Tiger Woods cheating on his wife came out a few months ago before he got involved in a car accident that was rumored to be a result of a marital spat.

Now in case you haven’t seen Tiger’s wife, Elin Nordegren, let me tell you right now that the woman is one hot MILF. I have no idea why Tiger would even think cheating on her but hey, I guess sports athletes can really get everything. He he…

As far as the golfing icon is concerned, he’s sorry. How sorry? He made this statement on his website.

”I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart,” Tiger Woods said on his website. ”I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves. I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect.

”I am dealing with my behavior and personal failings behind closed doors with my family. Those feelings should be shared by us alone.”

”Although I am a well-known person and have made my career as a professional athlete, I have been dismayed to realize the full extent of what tabloid scrutiny really means. For the last week, my family and I have been hounded to expose intimate details of our personal lives. The stories in particular that physical violence played any role in the car accident were utterly false and malicious. Elin has always done more to support our family and shown more grace than…”