Fortunately my subscription to Sports Illustrated (from a Cultural Marxist Perspective) magazine is just about at an end. Leafing through the latest weekly propaganda in it, room was found to have an article about golfing non-entity Tiger Woods, by Michael Bamberger, a Tiger worshipper of long standing.
It's called "The Case for. . . Nice Tiger," with Bamberger thrilled that nearing age 40, Woods is finally acting a bit like an adult, e.g., talking to the press more, committing to tournaments earlier rather than at the last minute, and being a little more fan friendly.
I guess that's nice that Woods is finally maturing, but then Bamberger has to throw in the big lie -- namely that Jack Nicklaus "went through a similar transformation, right around 40. Nicklaus didn't want to be known as Fat Jack for eternity, famous for taking down Arnold. Over the past 35 years or so, Nicklaus has morphed into the game's wise old man -- one with 18 major championships in his hip pocket."
The only similarity between Woods and Nicklaus is that they are at the top when it comes to majors won. Bamberger implies with his "similar transformation" lie that Nicklaus was also a jerk like Woods until he was 40 years old. Complete bs. Nicklaus was always gracious, courteous in victory and defeat, giving of his time with the media and fans. He never threw clubs, regularly spit on the course, cursed, ignored fans with a dead eye stare, and all the other obnoxious behavior Woods has engaged in.
What Jack did -- in his late 20s, not at 40 -- was lose weight, grew in his crewcut and styled his hair, and began dressing with a lot more flair. That greatly improved his appearance, but he never had to change his character, which was always honorable.
This is nothing but yet another example of the media technique of justifying the bad behavior of a black athlete by unfairly and inaccurately comparing it to that of a White athlete. And of course Bamberger never details what Nicklaus's "similar transformation" was and why it was needed other than calling him fat and that he beat Arnold Palmer, because there wasn't one. It's nothing but a smear of Jack Nicklaus used to excuse the inexcusable behavior of Tiger Woods.
It's called "The Case for. . . Nice Tiger," with Bamberger thrilled that nearing age 40, Woods is finally acting a bit like an adult, e.g., talking to the press more, committing to tournaments earlier rather than at the last minute, and being a little more fan friendly.
I guess that's nice that Woods is finally maturing, but then Bamberger has to throw in the big lie -- namely that Jack Nicklaus "went through a similar transformation, right around 40. Nicklaus didn't want to be known as Fat Jack for eternity, famous for taking down Arnold. Over the past 35 years or so, Nicklaus has morphed into the game's wise old man -- one with 18 major championships in his hip pocket."
The only similarity between Woods and Nicklaus is that they are at the top when it comes to majors won. Bamberger implies with his "similar transformation" lie that Nicklaus was also a jerk like Woods until he was 40 years old. Complete bs. Nicklaus was always gracious, courteous in victory and defeat, giving of his time with the media and fans. He never threw clubs, regularly spit on the course, cursed, ignored fans with a dead eye stare, and all the other obnoxious behavior Woods has engaged in.
What Jack did -- in his late 20s, not at 40 -- was lose weight, grew in his crewcut and styled his hair, and began dressing with a lot more flair. That greatly improved his appearance, but he never had to change his character, which was always honorable.
This is nothing but yet another example of the media technique of justifying the bad behavior of a black athlete by unfairly and inaccurately comparing it to that of a White athlete. And of course Bamberger never details what Nicklaus's "similar transformation" was and why it was needed other than calling him fat and that he beat Arnold Palmer, because there wasn't one. It's nothing but a smear of Jack Nicklaus used to excuse the inexcusable behavior of Tiger Woods.
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