sports.espn.go.com - 11/25/2008
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DETROIT -- General Motors is bailing out on Tiger Woods . Woods, a global icon in sports with his 14 major championships, has been carrying the Buick logo on his golf bag for the last nine years and still had one year left on his contract. But General Motors Corp. was looking to cut costs and ...
golf.fanhouse.com - 11/24/2008
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If you're shopping for new vehicles and a
certain major championship winner is pushing you towards a...
Buick, it might be time to rethink your motives. General Motors is cutting ties with Tiger Woods at the end of the year, in hopes of cutting back costs.
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Tiger Losing His Flair? General Motors Drops Woods' ...
bannedinhollywood.com - 11/24/2008
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DETROIT (AP)—General Motors Corp. said Monday that it
is ending its 9 year endorsement deal with Tiger...
Woods in order to save money for executive pocket lining. The endorsement deal, believed to be worth upwards of $7 million a year, was set to end ...
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Tiger Woods Fired
cnbc.com - 11/25/2008
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cnbc.com —
One of the worst deals in sports marketing
will officially come to an end at the end...
of the year. Tiger Woods and Buick. I don’t blame General Motors. I don’t blame Tiger. Both had motives. For the past nine years, General Motors [ GM Loading... ( ) ...
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GM And Tiger: A Bad Endorsement Deal From Very Start - ...
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GM ends Tiger Woods endorsement deal in these harsh economic times [ESPN.com]
Andy Reid says Donovan McNabb will start Thursday, but doesn't know whether he'll suck or not [FOX Sports.com]
The Knicks-Clips trade is on hold until Cuttino Mobley gets his physical; NY may want more compensation [NY Daily News]
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GM Drops Tiger; Fantasy Golfers in Mourning
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... Over the last ten years or so, if there was one sporting event that you could predict the winner before the season even started, the Buick Invitational with Tiger Woods winning was it. Now, as the economic downtown continues and the auto industry is trying to save every penny it can, General Motors is ending its relationship with Tiger Woods. ...
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freep.com 11/24/2008 — General Motors Corp. says it will end its endorsement deal with Tiger Woods at the end of the year.
GM said in a statement today that it is looking to reduce costs, and that the star golfer also wants more personal time as he expects his second child.
Woods has endorsed GM products ...
TIGER WOODS GOT FIRED
withleather.uproxx.com 11/25/2008 — Tiger Woods, the #1 commercial spokesman on the planet, has fallen prey to the corporate cost-cutting in the Detroit’s automotive industry. General Motors announced that it was ending Woods’s approximately $7M per year endorsement ...
Tiger Woods To N.C. State For Baseball?
backporch.fanhouse.com 11/13/2008 — by Shane Bacon Listen, I love Tiger Woods as much as any golf fan, but this is insanity. It appears Woods has decided to go back to college (he does have two more years of eligibility) to play baseball, and has turned his shoulder on Stanford for ...
Tiger Woods: Let's have a little more honesty
travelgolf.com 10/11/2008 — I have nothing against Tiger Woods. I just wish he would be a little more honest.
I’m specifically referring to an interview he gave to the Wall Street Journal recently regarding the new course he’s designing on the Baja California ...
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G.M. and Tiger Woods Part Ways
nytimes.com 11/25/2008 — General Motors and Tiger Woods ended their nearly decade-long endorsement deal one year early as the automaker looks to cut costs and the golfer plans to spend more time with his growing family. >
2008 in review: Golf.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 1/1/2009 — The year in golf may best be summed up this way: Tiger Woods giveth, and Tiger Woods taketh away.
Woods' early season victories accounted for substantial ratings increases. Ratings jumped 43% for his win at the Accenture Match Play Championships and ...
Tiger Woods able to stabilize left leg, hitting short irons
sports.espn.go.com 12/18/2008 — THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Tiger Woods wore sneakers instead of spikes. He sat next to a bottle of Gatorade Tiger, not the silver U.S. Open trophy. One thing that didn't change at his first press conference in 184 days were questions about his left ...
