Panel Peeves

I'd agree with Adam more if it wasn't for the car crash.

I mean if journalists were actually going out and looking to see if Tiger Woods was cheating on his wife, that's one thing.

But I first heard about this story when he had that car crash and went to the hospital and "Oh no, I hope he's okay" was running through my mind. Then that silly excuse about his wife smashing the rear window with golf club to "rescue" him was lead journalists (and public) to think "what's going on here" and the story blew up. So cheating athletes, don't crash your vehicles at 2:30am.

Plus people who have never seen a golf game in their lifetime know who Tiger Woods is, so I don't agree he is just a sport figure. Plus golfers aren't really like basketball players. They're generally older and less flashy and more country club respectable. Plus Tiger Woods' first ad campaign with Nikey was a bunch of little kids saying "I am Tiger Woods" and I don't think they were talking about wanting to be good golfers.

NBC punted replacing Tim Russert by putting Tom Brokaw, a established name who retired and wanted to stay retired, for an election year and then picking whoever after Election Day.

I see ABC convincing Tom Koppel back out of retirement to be there until after November with the mid-term elections and then making their final pick.

I cast Jake Tapper in the Chuck Todd role of really wanting it but ultimately not getting it.

While I appreciate Adam's perspective, I think it was Michael Wilbon who answered best why Tiger's troubles are not personal, but public.

He said it far better, but it was something like Tiger has come into our living rooms incessantly trying to sell us stuff, positioning himself as someone with integrity and . . . fidelity . . . to certain brands of cars and watches and shoes and golf clubs and . . . and . . . and . . .