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For a weekday in December, Thursday has suddenly taken on quite an air of anticipation. No, there are no playoffs going on, no championships at stake. But suddenly the sports world is riveted by the question of whether LeBron James will throw talcum powder in the air and which countries the FIFA stuffed shirts will anoint the World Cup hosts for 2018 and 2022.
Really, James's return to Cleveland for his first game since he chose to crush its heart on national television in July has become the most riveting event of the week. An entire conversation is going about James's signature powder (Titleist 2010 AP2 Irons)
"I can't wait," Jordan said. "I had such a good time in San Francisco with Freddie, Jay and the team back in 2009. I love golf, the team atmosphere and, of course, competition, and to be in the locker room with some of the best golfers on the planet was a great experience."
A year marked by seismic changes in his life a divorce, a new swing coach, the loss of his No. 1 world ranking will officially end in a place that conjures warm memories of a more innocent time.
"This is home," said Woods, who grew up in Orange County and used to make the hourlong drive here with his father, Earl, as a child to watchTitleist AP1 710 Irons . Woods, 34, has known Hill since 1981. As Hill recalled, he did an on-camera interview with Woods, who was 6 at the time, in which he asked Woods why he liked golf so much. Woods did not answer, so Hill repeated the question, at which point Woods turned to his father and told him he had to go to the bathroom.
Hill laughed and said he still has the exchange on film. Over the years, Hill added, he has playfully threatened Woods with unearthing it. At the end of the 25-minute news conference, Woods stepped from the podium and into an embrace with Hill that, despite being on an impossibly tight schedule, Woods seemed in no hurry to extricate himself from.
Woods insisted he is the new old Tiger. "It's been difficult," he said, referring to the past year, "but also it's been very rewarding at the same time. It forced me to look deeper into myself and look where how I grew up and how those things didn't match with the person who I am, and getting back to that, getting back to how my parents raised me, basically."
Woods insisted he is the new old Tiger. "It's been difficult," he said, referring to the past year, "but also it's been very rewarding at the same time.Titleist Scotty Cameron Studio Select Kombi Putterforced me to look deeper into myself and look where how I grew up and how those things didn't match with the person who I am, and getting back to that, getting back to how my parents raised me, basically."
His news conferences remain the same as they were, with Woods in a stilted dance with reporters in which he keeps everybody at arm's length. He talked about trying to become a little better "each and every day" and spoke of being a "new man," without elaborating.
