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Yes, Ben Roethlisberger is once again making the headlines prior to the start of the football season. This time, it doesn’t involve motorcycle accidents, Super Bowl hangovers or any other shit Big Ben usually finds himself into. This time, coming to the 2010 NFL football season, Roethlisberger is trying to rebuild his image after sexually assaulting a 20 - year - old college student.

Wow. First it was Tiger Woods and now Ben Roethlisberger? Jeez… These guys who have these once squeaky clean reputations are really getting hammered these days huh? Who’s next? Jerry Sloan?

Roethlisberger, who luckily won’t be facing criminal charges after the 20 - year - old student gave up on the case since her accusations could not be proven beyond reasonable doubt, apologized to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the NFL, and more importantly, to football fans for the entire fiasco.

Oh yes, Roethlisberger will walk, just like Kobe Bryant did a few years ago after the alleged rape incident in Colorado. Huge stars like them usually get a free get - out - of - jail card.

”Here the overall circumstances do not lead to a viable prosecution. If they did, I would be pursuing it vigorously,” Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorney Fred Bright said. ”We do not prosecute…

Yep, after Howard Stern hinted that he’ll be hosting something like this on his radio show for weeks, guess what, HE ACTUALLY DID.

In case you’ve been living under a rock lately, Tiger Woods has been losing all kinds of endorsement deals lately after the public found out that the very clean and polite sports icon has been cheating on his wife all this time.

Unbelievable ain’t it? This was after Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, smashed their SUV into a fire hydrant on Thanksgiving, leading some to believe that there was some kind of marital spat between the two inside the vehicle that led to the unfortunate accident.

Rachel Uchitel was the first of Tiger Woods’ mistresses that the public learned about, probably because it was Uchitel who Nordegren initially accused Tiger of cheating with. Soon, every other one of Tiger’s mistresses came out, all probably longing to have the same media attention the other has been getting.

And boy, there sure were a lot of them.

And since all of them are grade A asses suitable for a sports icon like Tiger Woods, Howard Stern couldn’t help himself but go grab a piece of the phenomenon. So, he hosted a beauty pageant exclusively for all of Tiger’s lovely mistresses on the Howard Stern Show. Unfortunately, Rachel Uchitel couldn’t be on it after she agreed to some kind of deal with…

Yep, after Howard Stern hinted that he’ll be hosting something like this on his radio show for weeks, guess what, HE ACTUALLY DID.

In case you’ve been living under a rock lately, Tiger Woods has been losing all kinds of endorsement deals lately after the public found out that the very clean and polite sports icon has been cheating on his wife all this time.

Unbelievable ain’t it? This was after Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, smashed their SUV into a fire hydrant on Thanksgiving, leading some to believe that there was some kind of marital spat between the two inside the vehicle that led to the unfortunate accident.

Rachel Uchitel was the first of Tiger Woods’ mistresses that the public learned about, probably because it was Uchitel who Nordegren initially accused Tiger of cheating with. Soon, every other one of Tiger’s mistresses came out, all probably longing to have the same media attention the other has been getting.

And boy, there sure were a lot of them.

And since all of them are grade A asses suitable for a sports icon like Tiger Woods, Howard Stern couldn’t help himself but go grab a piece of the phenomenon. So, he hosted a beauty pageant exclusively for all of Tiger’s lovely mistresses on the Howard Stern Show. Unfortunately, Rachel Uchitel couldn’t be on it after she agreed to some kind of deal with…

Last week I accompanied Vera Valmore to West Palm Beach, Florida in order to watch some top-level dressage at the Palm Beach Dressage Derby. And since Florida is one of those states that offers live poker, I thought I’d take the opportunity to play some while there.

As far as the Derby went, it was cold and windy the first day, but the weather turned quite pleasant afterwards, with highs in the low 70s. Thus did Vera and I enjoy relatively nice conditions for watching the rides, some by Olympians and others with high achievements in dressage on both the national and international level.

One very sad note — a top rider, Courtney King-Dye, suffered a serious head injury while schooling one of her horses the day before the show began. The young horse she was riding apparently slipped, causing King-Dye — who wasn’t wearing a helmet at the time — to fall. She remains in a coma, though her condition is stable. The wearing of helmets either in practice rides or during competitions is a big issue in dressage, and the accident has brought new attention to the importance of taking safety precautions.

After that first day at Horse Park at White Fences Equestrian Estates in Loxahatchee, Florida, Vera and I decided to take a quick trip over to see the Palm Beach Kennel Club, located near the airport and not too far from the hotel where we were staying. I’d heard the guys on the Florida-based poker podcast Ante Up! refer to the PBKC frequently, and was curious to see just what they had to offer. It was early evening. If any limit hold’em tables were going, I would sit down for a short while, then we would try to find some place to eat.

The PBKC has a long history, with folks having come there to bet on the greyhounds since way back in the 1930s. The poker room — actually two rooms, one larger one on the lower level, and a smaller room for tourneys upstairs — came much, much later, probably in the late 1990s when parimutuel facilities were first allowed to offer poker. The club boasts that with the addition of the upstairs room a couple of years ago it now has the most tables (60 total) of any place in the entire state.

I knew through Ante Up! that live poker had experienced something of a resurgence in Florida over the last few years, thanks largely to a bill that went into effect in 2007 allowing for the addition of no-limit games (though with a $100-max. buy-in). The new terms also meant the maximum bet in limit games was raised — but just to $5. Another bill was proposed last year that would remove the caps on buy-ins for NL games, take away maximum bet limits in limit games, and also allow for extended hours, although various machinations between the Florida legislature and the Seminole tribe have prevented that from being implemented just yet.

I spoke with Scott Long of Ante Up! (who co-hosts the show with Chris Cosenza) just to make sure I was clear on what the current laws were. Indeed, the $100 max-buy in remains in place for NL games, as does the $5 limit on bets in limit games. The maximum buy-in for tourneys is $800 or thereabouts (Long says some places have managed to find a way to finagle up to $1,000 buy-ins somehow). Long shared with me the comparison he and Cosenza often make when highlighting the present absurdity of the poker-gambling situation in Florida.

“I can go down to the Kennel Club and bet $50,000 on a dog running around the track, but can’t buy in for more than $100 to play poker,” explained Long. He added how the motorcycle-riding thrill-seeker Evel Knievel, who lived his latter years in Florida prior to his death a couple of years ago, apparently used to go place $10,000 bets on the greyhounds from time to time, screwing up the odds considerably when he did.

It does sound as though the law to remove caps and betting limits has a good chance of going through this summer, though, and so perhaps the situation will be different in Florida soon.

Vera and I found the PBKC without too much difficulty, although figuring out how to enter the place was less obvious. After a half-minute of wandering around the front, someone directed us to the turnstiles, through which we went and then entered the building from the back.

There appeared to be a lot of activity, with perhaps 20-25 tables going (of the 40 in the downstairs room). Most tables were spreading $1-$2 and $2-$5 NLHE, with three $2-$4 LHE games going. (Long told me that was what you mostly find as far as limit hold’em goes, with a few $1-$5 or $2-$5 spread limit games here and there.) I grabbed a seat at a LHE table, though I knew I wouldn’t be playing for long as there didn’t seem very much for Vera to do while she waited.

I took a seat at a full table, noticing a lot of trash underneath the table and unclaimed bottles and napkins everywhere. In the end, I’d probably play no more than 40 minutes or so — like 20-25 hands at most — and thanks to some ridiculously good cards walked away up a surprising $90. What happened? I caught cards, made hands, and got paid. Not too complicated.

After losing the first hand with pocket jacks, I began collecting chips in rapid fashion starting with a hand in which I got in the small blind, flopped two pair, then turned a boat. Followed that with another hand in which I limped in with the rest of the table with A-6-suited to see a flop come 8-6-6. Two of us made it to the river on that one, with my opponent angrily showing the case six (with a lesser kicker, presumably). He left soon afterwards, grumbling to a friend about his misfortune and/or the quality of play.

A few hands later I picked up pocket treys in late position and limped along with about six others. Flop 6-3-3. Whoa. Some nice cards they be dealing here, I thought. Afterwards I thought of Mike Fasso, who used to appear on Ante Up! now and then as a guest host, and one time when he memorably exclaimed “I never flopped quads in my life…. IN MY LIFE!”

Well, I’d done it. And even better, there was a bet and call before it got to me. I called, as did two more. The turn brought another six. It checked to me, I bet, and two just called. Couldn’t quite figure why neither would raise there (assuming at least had to have had a six). River was a face card, I bet again, and just the older fellow called. Indeed, he had a six, and was just calling down his sixes full.

The ridiculous run good continued, as the very next hand I picked up two black aces. There was a raise before me, I three-bet, and ultimately there were two callers. Flop . It checked to me, I bet, and both called. Turn was the . This time the preflop raiser bet, I raised, and the early position player called the two bets, which signaled he probably couldn’t have the straight. The preflop raiser — whom I thought might have K-K or Q-Q — called as well. The river brought the , and when the preflop raiser again bet I just called, a little wary the EP player might have chased down his flush. But he just called, too, and we showed our cards.

The early position player had pocket sevens — he’d flopped a lesser set. And the preflop raiser had — he’d flopped two pair. Definitely a cooler for both, although it could’ve been even worse for them had the turn and river not coordinated the board like that.

Thus the big win. Much more luck than skill, for sure. I cashed out, grabbed Vera, and we were out of there. As I said, there wasn’t really much for Vera to do there. I mentioned the trash laying about. The felt on the table was worn down, too, adding a little to the sordid atmosphere. The dealers were competent and friendly, though, and aside from the one grumbler the players were cordial, too. After my quads hand, the dealer had passed me a slip to fill out to enter the high-hand jackpot, to be awarded on Saturday.

I ended up returning on Saturday for another session and to see if I might have won the jackpot. There were multiple drawings throughout the day, starting at 1 p.m. (when the place opened). Got there early and explored the place a little more, checking out the theater-style seating upstairs from which to view the races as well as wandering outside at the track a bit. Many folks — including a lot of old-timers — were there early studying the day’s races and settling on their picks. A line formed outside the poker room, too, which opened at 12:30 p.m. Probably 30 tables were filled with players by the time the first hands of the day were dealt.

The early drawings were for $1,000, and one had to be present to win. While there I again played, this time for an hour-and-a-half or so. As I (mostly) folded hands, I listened hopefully for my name to be called. Alas, it was not, although I would pick up another $49 before I left. Wasn’t so much good cards this time as bad, loose, passive play by others. If I had stuck around until the evening, I’d have learned if I’d won the larger $5,000 jackpot, but I wasn’t going to be spending the entire day and night there.

Again, I’ll say the dealers were fine and all of the staff with whom I interacted were pleasant. Getting a cocktail waitress did appear to be a bit of a struggle for others at times. I cashed out, grabbed a copy of Ante Up! magazine, and made my way back around the building and out to the rental car. Vera and I ended up that night in City Place — a nice, pedestrian-friendly downtown area in West Palm Beach with lots of stores, restaurants, and live music. All made extra fun by my being able to pay our way with poker profits.

Will be interesting to see what happens in Florida once the caps and limits are lifted and places like the Palm Beach Kennel Club possibly become more of a targeted destination for serious poker players. Imposing those limits doesn’t much affect a recreational type like me, but I know many are anxious to see “real” poker start to be offered.

I’d had no time at all to play while covering the NAPT Venetian the week before, so it was good to get to play, even for just a couple of short sessions. And especially good to flop quads, even at $2/$4.

The controversy surrounding Tiger Woods continues even though he has settled his problems with police officials.

How come? Get this, several other women are coming forward claiming they had affairs with Tiger Woods. One of those women is Jaimee Grubbs and she has come forward to US Weekly.

Another woman has voice mails from Tiger and is in talks with a national outlet to reveal her sexual affair with the golfing great. Several national media outlets are in contact with other women who say the have had sexual contact with Tiger while he married to Elin Nordegren.

It all adds up to the ”Tiger Woods cheating scandal” turning into an even bigger national story, despite his attempts to defuse various reports with a statement on his web site asking for privacy and attacking rumors.

A day before the crash, the National Enquirer published an exclusive story linking him to Rachel Uchitel, a party planner who has vehemently denied an affair with Tiger. Woods was injured around 2:25 a.m. Friday after crashing his SUV into a fire hydrant. The police closed the investigation Tuesday with a $164 fine and points against his driver’s license.

Due to injuries sustained in a one-car accident last week…

There are now allegedly more than 10 women who have been involved with Tiger Woods since his marriage to Elin Nordegren in 2004. The latest news resulting from the Tiger Woods scandal is that his wife has now moved out of their Florida home, and details of the accident and affairs are now weirder than before. With these new details emerging, BetUS has updated the Tiger Woods odds and props posted on their sportsbook.

Here are the latest Tiger Woods odds posted by BetUS Sportsbook:

Will Tiger lose any of his sponsorships?
•    Yes  5/1
•    No  1/10

Will he win / lose his next major?
•    Yes  2/1
•    No  1/3

Which club will Tiger’s wife use to smash his windshield with next?
•    Woods  3/2
•    Iron  1/1
•    Putters  2/1

Will Tiger file assault charges against wife?
•    Yes  2/1
•    No  1/3

Will Tiger’s wife join LPGA
•    Yes  6/1
•    No  1/12

Over/under on number of clubs it takes tiger’s wife to smash a windshield:
•    Over 2.5  5/6
•    Under 2.5  5/6

Odds on what Tiger’s facial lacerations are from:
•    His wife beating him  1/2
•    Air bag  2/1
•    Caddy  3/2

Odds on Tiger getting a DWI by 2012
•    Yes  5/1
•    No  1/10

Who is involved in a lawsuit first?
•    Tiger  2/1
•    Tiger’s wife  3/2
•    Caddy  6/5

Who has an affair first?
•    Tiger  5/6
•    Wife  5/6

Odds that tigers wife is having an affair
•    Yes  2/1
•    No  1/3

Will Charges be laid against Tiger?
•    Yes  5/6
•    No  5/6

Will rumors of an affair ring true - will a “new woman” come forward as having been w/ Tiger?
•    Yes  3/1
•    No  1/5

Will he divorce in next 24 months?
•    Yes  3/1
•    No  1/5

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Which makes you think, did Tiger just confirmed cheating on his wife?

In case you haven’t heard, rumors about Tiger Woods cheating on his wife came out a few months ago before he got involved in a car accident that was rumored to be a result of a marital spat.

Now in case you haven’t seen Tiger’s wife, Elin Nordegren, let me tell you right now that the woman is one hot MILF. I have no idea why Tiger would even think cheating on her but hey, I guess sports athletes can really get everything. He he…

As far as the golfing icon is concerned, he’s sorry. How sorry? He made this statement on his website.

”I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart,” Tiger Woods said on his website. ”I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves. I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect.

”I am dealing with my behavior and personal failings behind closed doors with my family. Those feelings should be shared by us alone.”

”Although I am a well-known person and have made my career as a professional athlete, I have been dismayed to realize the full extent of what tabloid scrutiny really means. For the last week, my family and I have been hounded to expose intimate details of our personal lives. The stories in particular that physical violence played any role in the car accident were utterly false and malicious. Elin has always done more to support our family and shown more grace than…”

This is TIGER WOODS! The man. The legend. The daddy-mac that “be texin’ ho’s in different area codes?” Hmmm…

I am the BIGGEST Tiger Woods Fan in the world (and oddly after last night, so is Nancy Grace?). The only other superstar bigger than Tiger Woods is Micheal Jackson. What do they have in common? Other than being all over my bedroom walls (blushing), they’ll continue to be back-stabbed and lied about by media at any and all costs!

“Da couzin of da‘ couzin of da man that washed Tiger’s Escalade lass Fryday“ will come up with some story to sell to media. We ALL will act shocked as each detail emerges! Coincidentally, we ALL reside in a bigot and intrusive society and all that glitters isn’t gold. Does it matter if we know if Tiger is promiscuous or not? Really?

Another vixen has stepped on to the tee-box of cheats and lies. The only thing that this story is helping is that Golf is now cool enough to grace The Cover of US Weekly and National Enquirer! Like, even Graeme McDowell got a shout out on TMZ! Can I getta “waat waat“! Sick Coverage Dude!:)

What’s your favorite part of this HOT “F”n MESS? The visual of the actual accident in which Tiger and Elin say it went down, TMZ’s crack-addict coverage, or the bizarrely slow-dispatch in the 911 call that I can now hear in my sleep because it is on every channel and website?

My favorite is Rachel Uchitel. She’s quoted saying intellectually stimulating things like, “I’ve never sex-texted in my life!” (fart noise) I feel bad for her if she didn’t do anything:( Awwww… Gloria Allred will make betta fo‘ you:)

THE LESSON LEARNED: The next time you see Tiger (or J-LO) on the tube or in the magz lookin’ all “glam and fab”… be grateful that you aren’t a hot piece of *** and you don’t have millions of dollars from various global corporate entities that people want to steal from you. Smile and take the kids to McDonalds! It is a happy place with no painkillers… Just Cheeseburgers, which can take the place of painkillers…

The unusual case of Tiger Woods’ car accident keeps getting stranger by the moment, as the golf superstar is not saying anything to the police or the media regarding the events surrounding the car crash. Although Woods is known for his very private life, this is one time where he would be better off revealing the whole story about what really happened. As the story becomes more bizarre by the minute, BetUS.com has published odds and propositions regarding the future of the golf superstar.

Here are the Tiger Woods Scandal Odds posted by BetUS analysts:

Will Tiger lose any of his sponsorships?
•    Yes  5/1
•    No  1/10

Will he win / lose his next major?
•    Yes  2/1
•    No  1/3

Which club will Tiger’s wife use to smash his windshield with next?
•    Woods  3/2
•    Irons  1/1
•    Putters  2/1

Will Tiger file assault charges against wife?
•    Yes  2/1
•    No  1/3

Will Tiger’s wife join LPGA
•    Yes  6/1
•    No  1/12

Over/under on number of clubs it takes tiger’s wife to smash a windshield:
•    Over 2.5  5/6
•    Under 2.5  5/6

Odds on what Tiger’s facial lacerations are from:
•    His wife beating him  1/2
•    Air bag  2/1
•    Caddy  3/2

Odds on Tiger getting a DWI by 2012
•    Yes  5/1
•    No  1/10

Who is involved in a lawsuit first:
•    Tiger  2/1
•    Tigers wife  3/2
•    Caddy  6/5

Who has an affair first
•    Tiger  5/6
•    Wife  5/6

Odds that tigers wife is having an affair
•    Yes  2/1
•    No  1/3

Will Charges be laid against Tiger?
•    Yes  5/6
•    No  5/6

Will rumors of an affair ring true - will a “new woman” come forward as having been w/ Tiger?
•    Yes  3/1
•    No  1/5

Will he divorce in next 24 months?
•    Yes 3/1
•    No 1/5

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In case you haven’t heard, we had a rather surprising end to Thanksgiving.

Yes, and that’s all thanks to Tiger Woods who, just last Friday, was involved in a car accident that was probably caused by a martial spat between him and his wife Elin Nordegren.

The accident forced Tiger to withdraw from his own tournament that was suppose to benefit his charity foundation. However, withdrawing from his own tournament is the least of Tiger’s worries now.

Since the car accident may have been caused by a martial spat between Tiger Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, the clean image Tiger has been building for years are all in shambles now.

In case you didn’t know, Tiger was rumored to have been having an affair with a certain Rachel Uchitel from Los Angeles and with the incident, it certainly proves once and for all that this thing between Uchitel, Tiger and his wife is more than just speculation.

So who is this Rachel Uchitel you ask?

Well, this girl has a thing for sports athletes. You see, she has a reputation for dating married celebrities with her having been involved with the likes of Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez before. Nabbing a Tiger however, should be the biggest catch she has ever made since it has already created quite a media storm.

Authorities found Tiger Woods dazed on the ground, fading…