Tiger Tales
As several legitimate contenders jostled on the PGA Championship's leader board over the weekend, the media spent an inordinate amount of attention on somebody who was back in the pack. You know who.
Would he break his streak of winless majors? Would he make the cut? Would he make a run?
Would everybody stop and get a grip on context?
If Tiger Woods' relative falloff continues, TV and print and radio will eventually be forced to dismiss the "story" with one brief mention, something like: "Tiger Woods shot a 1-over-par 73 and is six shots back."
Won't they?
When he returns to prominence -- and he will -- Tiger will be justifiably praised. But until that time, the people who are actually winning and contending deserve a greater slice of the airwaves and newsprint than they're getting.
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