The media is a joke

Okay, this isn't exactly a headline, but the sports media is even worse. For those of you who don't follow sports, there is a professional golfer named Tiger Woods who is by far the best golfer on the professional tour. He wins every fourth time he plays. On the PGA Tour, if you win once a year, you an elite player.

Anyway, recently Tiger's dad, mentor, best-friend, and all around good buddy died. After that, Tiger had a less than Tiger like performance in the next Majot tournament of the season. When this happened, the media began to say that he was finished, he'd lost focus, and he'd never be the same. They also blamed his new wife.

Tiger has now won the last two consecutive Majors and is alone on the top of the list of Major victories with 12. This places him above every golfer ever except Jack Nicklaus.

Last night, post-PGA victory, the same media were calling him the greatest and talking about how he and Jack were in a league of their own, which of course if true, but come on, the guy has a couple bad months of golf after his dad dies and they say he's finished, now he's the greatest. I realize that journalism in general is a joke, and that sports journalists are the most gullible and sycophantic of the bunch, but try to have a little perspective.