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Woods Out a Month after Surgery
Published 4/16/2008 by Mulligan Stu <info@waggleroom.com> at Waggle Room: Front Page Posts
Tiger Woods had arthroscopic surgery on Tuesday on his left knee, getting some cartilage cleaned up. It's the same knee he had surgery on several years back. "I made the decision to deal with the pain and schedule the surgery for after the Masters," Woods said. "The upside is that I have been through this process before and know how to handle it. I ...

Knee injury lets Tiger Woods do what he loves best: Not golf & it guarantees U.S. Open win
Published 4/16/2008 at Chris Baldwin
The news that Tiger Woods is likely out from knee surgery until the Memorial, just two weeks before the U.S. Open, is bad for the PGA Tour. But it’s probably good for Tiger. No great athlete enjoys not actually competing in his sport more than Tiger Woods. Serena Williams was close for a while, but Tiger’s likely passed her. The greatest golfer in history - and please let’s stop any of this ridiculous talk that Tiger might not blow by Jack Nicklaus anymore just because he finished second at the Masters - has gotten to the point where he likes to actually practice his craft less than Barbara Streisand. Tiger ...

New England Has The Easy Road Morning Daily Links
Published 4/16/2008 by confused_questions at Sports Nation
I am well aware that the National No-Fun League sets their teams' schedule, at least opponent wise, years in advance, but that doesn't change the fact that it doesn't really seem fair that the 18-1 New England Patriots have the easiest strength of schedule for the upcoming 2008 season - by far.  The Pats are playing teams with a combined .387 winning ...

Tigers Woods Has Knee Surgery; Will Have to Stare at This for the Next Five Weeks
Published 4/17/2008 by Ryan Wilson at FanHouse
Filed under: Golf, PGA I'm guessing Sky Sports' Tony Wrighton laughed his ass off when he heard that two days after his second-place Masters finish, Tiger Woods went under the knife: Woods had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee for the second time in five years and will miss at least four weeks while he recovers. ... "He's been having a lot of trouble," swing coach Hank Haney said. "He doesn't talk about stuff like that. He doesn't want to use excuses, you know? I don't think it affected his play. It affected his practice a little bit." During his 12-year professional career, Tiger's ...