These athletes are some good sports! As the soon-to-be clean-shaven faces of Gillette's Champions campaign, French footballer Thierry Henry (left) and golf champ Tiger Woods (right) get busy lathering up Sunday in Dubai to promote their new ad.
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SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Tiger Woods' winning streak is over.
Yang Yong-eun, a regular on the Japanese tour who has played infrequently outside Asia, closed with a 3-under 69 Sunday for a 14-under 274 and a two stroke victory over Woods at the HSBC Champions tournament.
Woods, who won six consecutive stroke events on the U.S. PGA Tour before taking a five-week sabbatical leading into the this tournament, started the day five shots back and never really threatened to overtake Yang. Woods birdied the 14th, 16th and 18th holes - including a...
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4 VotesEmail this | No Comments | 1 ImageCHANDLER'S CROSS, England (AP) - Tiger Woods used to say that winning a major makes it a great year.
Not in 2006, even though he won the British Open and the U.S. PGA Championship.
Starting with the Buick Invitational at the end of January through the American Express Championship on Sunday, Woods won eight times on the U.S. PGA Tour and became the first player in tour history with at least eight wins in three seasons.
Big deal.
No matter what he achieves for the rest of the way, 2006 will always be the year his father died.
His...
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CHANDLER'S CROSS, England (AP) - Tiger Woods returned to stroke play and to the top of the leaderboard, hitting a 3-wood from 267 yards into 20 feet for eagle on the 18th hole Thursday for an 8-under 63 and a one-shot lead in the American Express Championship.
Padraig Harrington, winless in his five matches at the Ryder Cup while coping with the pressure of playing before an Irish crowd, felt more at ease at the Grove on his way to a bogey-free 64, which left him tied with Ian Poulter.
Stewart Cink and Ernie Els were at 65.
The first...
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Tiger Woods believes curing America's Ryder Cup ills requires an infusion of good young players, getting off to better starts in the matches, a true home-course advantage - and making timely putts.
After he and his teammates joined the triumphant European players in their celebration party the previous evening, Woods dissected the latest lopsided loss by the Americans.
"They have a younger crop of players that are playing well. When our youngest player is 30 years old, that's not a positive thing," the 30-year-old Woods said Monday in a...
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What began as whispers among the media and gymnastics insiders...
