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Tiger Woods to Share Cover of New EA PGA Video Game

EA Sports will be announcing that for the first time in franchise history, Tiger Woods will share the cover of his game with European phenom Rory McIlroy in order to showcase the newest mode in “Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11,” the Ryder Cup.

A rep for EA Sports denies that the change has anything to do with Tiger’s most recent martial controversy and was decided upon last October before the Tiger scandal hit.

Athlete Sighting: John Daly

Golfer John Daly was spotted at Dusty’s Oyster Bar in Panama City Beach, Florida Saturday night.

He’s in town for the Billy Pierson Memorial Golf Tournament that’s scheduled for Sunday, March 7th. Each participant will get an opportunity to tee off next to the controversial golfer.

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Tiger Woods Golfing Again

Tiger Woods was spotted back on the golf course in an intense practice regime. The golfer was seen working on his swing and putts from 8:30AM to 5:00PM at the golf course near his Isleworth home yesterday.

Rumors have been circulating that Tiger will make his return to competitive golf for the Tavistock Cup (March 22 – 23) which is played on the same course he has been practicing on in Isleworth. No confirmation from Team Tiger regarding his return.

KFC Taps Athletes for New Campaign

Kentucky Fried Chicken has inked a deal with Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Jason Avant, professional golfer J.B. Holmes and 2009 NCAA Champion and rising tennis star Devin Britton all teamed with KFC to test new branded athletic grips in each of their respective sports.

Avant, Holmes and Britton have signed deals with KFC to become the first-ever “Get a Grip” testers for the brand’s latest marketing endeavor – branded athletic grips.

“Everyone knows that getting a grip on the football is important, but it is also important when it comes to eating chicken,” said Avant, who relies on his grip to make plays each Sunday. “I’m looking forward to trying out both the new KFC Boneless Filet Box and KFC-branded wide receiver gloves this off-season.”

As part of the marketing relationship with KFC, each athlete will receive a year’s supply of free Boneless Filet Box meals in exchange for their expertise in testing the branded KFC grips.

Tiger Has Some Work To Do

Back in June, Forbes announced that Tiger Woods topped their list of the world’s highest paid athletes stating that “nothing can stop the Tiger Woods money machine”. Well, I think we’ve found that having an affair (actually multiple affairs) can definitely slow that machine down.

After losing three major endorsement deals with Accenture, AT&T and most recently Gatorade, a new poll shows that while more than half of Americans polled thought his apology was sincere, his popularity has taken 49% nose dive. Of those polled in the ABC News/ESPN poll, only 39% have a favorable view of Tiger. Tiger’s height in popularity was 88% in 2000.