newsday.com - 1/8/2008
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| neil.best@newsday.com 6:30 PM EST, January 8, 2008 Friday on the Golf Channel, Kelly Tilghman made an unfortunate comment in jest during the Mercedes Championship. She said today's young players should "lynch Tiger Woods in a back alley." A spokesman for the channel said she immediately regretted the remark and apologized on the telecast Sunday. She also reached out to Woods' people to ...
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Neil Best Rewarded For Watching The Golf Channel
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
Today’s entry in the “ill-advised remarks” category comes from Newsday’s Neil Best :
Friday on the Golf Channel, Kelly Tilghman made an unfortunate comment in jest during the Mercedes Championship.
She said today’s young players should “lynch Tiger Woods in a back alley.”
A spokesman for the channel said she immediately regretted the remark and apologized on the telecast Sunday. She also reached out to Woods’ people to express her regrets. ...
Golf Channel Announcer Says Something Very Wrong
The Sporting Blog —
... Tilghman has apologized, and Woods' agent says it's no big deal, but when mentioning the use of violence against a golfer, make sure you don't attach the word "lynch" to a situation involving a golfer of African-American ancestry. Like trying to stay awake for any golf event other than the Masters, it's never going to go well. ...
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( The Golf Channel’s Kelly Tilghman with Harrison Ford , er, Nick Faldo )
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msn.foxsports.com 1/9/2008 — Being familiar with Kelly Tilghman's character and her chummy relationship with Tiger Woods — as well as Woods' sense of humor — she probably deserves another chance.
But you certainly have to file Tilghman's on-air, on-camera comments during the Mercedes-Benz Championship under the "What was she thinking?" column.
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The darkness of dawn Tuesday at Waialae Country Club wasn't enough to prevent a long line of PGA Tour players waiting to start their practice round at the Sony Open, the first full-field event of the season. Among the early risers was Jason Day, the ...
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Golf Channel suspended anchor Kelly Tilghman for two weeks on Wednesday for saying last week that young players who wanted to challenge Tiger Woods should "lynch him in a back alley." Tilghman was laughing during the exchange Friday with analyst Nick ...
