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Tiger Woods Injured In Crash Outside Home - Serious Condition
weary1969:
Phelps expresses sympathy for Woods, family
Published: Friday | December 18, 2009
MANCHESTER, England (AP):
Michael Phelps expressed sympathy for Tiger Woods and his family yesterday because of the scrutiny they are under following the golfer's infidelities.
Speaking ahead of the 'Duel in the Pool' swim meet, Phelps said that he wished Woods and his family well.
"He's going through a hard time right now, I assume - I've no idea what he is going through - but it can't be easy, I just wish him the best for himself and his family," Phelps said at the Manchester Aquatics Centre. "I'd be the first to admit I've made a lot of mistakes both in and out of the pool.
Phelps, who won a record eight Olympic gold medals in Beijing, was photographed with his mouth to a marijuana pipe last year.
"Of the mistakes I've made, I've never made the same mistake again. I've become a much stronger person and I've helped other people not make the same mistakes."
Phelps was in the running for the Athlete of the Decade award, but finished fourth behind Woods, Lance Armstrong and Roger Federer.
Woods, who is taking an indefinite leave from golf, has not spoken publicly since crashing his SUV outside his home three weeks ago. Since then, several women have said that they have had affairs with the world's No. 1 golfer.
After the photograph of Phelps was published in a British tabloid, USA Swimming suspended him for three months. But he rebounded in July and won five golds and a silver at the world championships in Rome.
Phelps is in Manchester to lead an American team against the best swimmers from Britain, Italy and Germany.
WestCoast:
more bout Tiger
http://www.youtube.com/v/nW9lQRy7RDw&feature=dir
WestCoast:
Tiger was sitting quietly reading his paper when his wife walked up behind him and whacked him on the head with a magazine.
'What was that for?' he asked.
'That was for the piece of paper in your pants pocket with the name Laura Lou written on it,' she replied.
"Two weeks ago when I went to the races, Laura Lou was the name of one of the horses I bet on." he explained.
'Oh honey, I'm sorry,' she said. 'I should have known there was a good explanation '
Three days later Tiger was watching a ball game on TV when she walked up and hit him in the head again, this time with the 9 iron, which knocked him out cold. When he came to, he asked, 'What the hell was that for?'
She replied...
'Your horse called.'
weary1969:
HE SPEAKSSSSSSSSSS
1-868:
If Tiger's wife was a black woman, this issue would have been dea and buried already...
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