Sorry Tiger, Coffee’s For Closers & MJ Only Hangs With Winners

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Ever since Tiger Woods’ personal life was turned inside-out and upside-down, his friendship with Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley has been criticized/celebrated (depending on your gender, marital status, and/or morals) for its purportedly wheels off salaciousness.

So if you’re a Phil Mickelson fan because of his clean cut image and publicly displayed family values, or if you’re his wife Amy, this picture can’t make you feel really comfortable:

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Your SI Vault Photo of the Day: Steve Mariucci and Tom Izzo

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There isn’t much more to this post than the picture, which for some reason struck me as being awesome, hilarious, and post-worthy all at the same time.

Plus, it also gives the chance to ask this MSF trivia question: which frequent MSF contributor’s father roomed with Mariucci and Izzo and Northern Michigan? (If I had to wager, I’d bet it will be the father of the first person who comments on the this article. But we’ll see…)

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Forget Black or White: Tiger Woods Now a “Blue Light Special”

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It really goes without saying (even though I’m about to say it anyway) that the last two weeks have been a couple of the most absurd weeks I can remember as a sports fan.

The image of the most prominent global sports icon of the this decade has completely imploded right before our eyes in less than a fortnight. It has truly been a spectacular and unbelievable series of events to watch play out.

It seems like the most salacious of the stories might already be out, meaning that we will soon be entering the dust settling phase if we are not there already.

And if this picture (blown up version after the jump) is any indication, it does not appear that the dust will be settling very favorably for Tiger.

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