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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Friday, though, afternoon, and I know it feels like days and days and days ago because... Well, it kind of was, but it does feel after everything else that happened in sports even longer than that. We see the news of Tiger Woods and the crash, the rollover crash, and then find out that he is arrested for DUI once again.
And even though it hasn't come out officially, I think we all have made the assumption that this is pain pills once again because he did blow a 0.0 BAC, blood alcohol content. He was arrested for DUI several years ago. Same situation, no alcohol in his system, failing the field sobriety test, getting arrested. So this is the second time this has happened.
Obviously, he had that horrible car crash as well back in, what was that, 2021 at the Genesis. It's a tragic story with him. And, you know, there's... Several ways to look at these things, and people are going to want to chastise him for getting in a car as they should when he's under the influence, but he's also someone who's dealing with a severe addiction he's not able to get a handle on.
And I think that because the pressure that he had to get in that TGL finale, because that was his thing and his team was in the final, and he felt like he had to play in that.
Yeah.
He geared up, but he was also trying to give it a shot at the Masters and everything else, and he pushed his body too far when he wasn't ready, and he was in extreme, extreme pain, and he went back to, unfortunately, what is old faithful for him, which is a lot of pain pills, and then decided to make a terrible decision and get in the car, and this is what you have. So...
it sucks to see the downfall continue for him. But, I mean, at this point, he's in his 50s. Him trying to play golf at a high level is what led to this. Again, so I would not, if I were him, I would seriously consider just, I'm going to be Tiger Woods and I'm not going to golf. You know, he has had seven back surgeries.
And if you know anybody in your life that has had seven back surgeries, you know the pain that they're in. I've had two people dealing with back surgeries. One has made it and one unfortunately has not made it. And I think that when you undergo those back surgeries, you are in enormous amount of pain. They give you pain pills. They relieve the pain. They make you feel better.
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Chapter 2: What happened during Tiger Woods' recent DUI arrest?
And you end up becoming addicted to these pain pills. I'm assuming that this is basically the path that Tiger Woods has been on. You may say that it may be the pressure to perform and all that other stuff. I think he's probably been doing this for a long time. And there have been a lot of times where he probably has taken a car service or somebody else has driven.
But then there are these moments in time where he thinks he can actually drive a car and make these dopey moves like he tried to make this past weekend or past week and puts himself in a really bad situation. He revolutionized golf. He brought golf into the mainstream. He was the one that lifted the PGA Tour to the highest levels it ever has been. And he's still an iconic golfer.
But what this also shows you is that he's a human being. And he deals with all the same things that the rest of us deal with. He just deals with it either on the back page or the front page, depending on what we're talking about. When we're talking about the TGL, maybe the back page of the sports.
When we're talking about this, it's the front page of the newspaper, or it is the first thing that happens when you open up your notifications when it comes to social media. So, you know, he's not a victim in any of this. These are decisions that he's making himself, and the people around him are not getting him the help that he needs. Let's be honest.
I mean, this is like he almost killed himself at the Genesis. Yep. And same thing here. He could have killed himself here too. And this is on Jupiter Island where, you know, everything is like 30 miles an hour. I mean, have you ever been there? I have not. So it'd be like driving in the Hamptons, you know, when you see like a lunatic driving like at 75 miles an hour on 27A.
You're like, what the hell are you doing?
Right.
You could clip a trailer at any moment. And that's exactly what he did. And he did it at a high rate of speed, which, you know – It's all on him and the people around him. Now, I'm not saying that he's dating Donald Trump's son's ex-wife. I'm sure she's annoyed by all of this, but it's not really her responsibility because she's just getting involved with him over the last year, I guess.
It's the other people around him. It's his agents, the people that are probably enablers. Yeah, and we've seen that so much when someone is that famous, that wealthy. There's so many people who make money off of that particular person, and you get the hangers on, and you don't want to be honest with the guy. Yeah, that happens a lot.
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Chapter 3: How does Tiger Woods' addiction affect his decisions?
Well, he almost lost his leg in that car accident. I mean, his leg is completely reconstructed. And he just popped his Achilles. He's coming back from that. So who knows what kind of pain the leg is in and what he's taking and how he's getting it and who's getting it for him. Is there a limit? Is he overdosing? I mean, there's all these questions that have to be answered within his inner circle.
But if you're going to be out there and you're going to be in a car and you're going to be under the influence, because that's what this is, under the influence of something. It wasn't alcohol. It was something else. And obviously, he refused to take the urine test. Yep. So this is, again, this goes right back to him personally.
He's, again, I don't want to even say he's a victim because most of the stuff he's done to himself. Yeah, I mean, it's one of those things where it's very difficult because we understand how hard it is and the addiction and dealing with it. So that part of it, you're sympathetic.
But on the other hand, this has happened so much, and he's put himself in these positions, and he almost killed himself. He already got a DUI, and now he almost killed himself and got another DUI in 2026. It's just, you know, something has to change. I'm just telling you, if you know somebody that's on this stuff... And how addictive it becomes.
Oh, yeah. Well, of course.
To watch them try to get off of it is one of the most frustrating and hardest things as a loved one that you could possibly even imagine. And like I said, I saw somebody later in life go through this who unfortunately – It was a part, I think, of his demise. And then I saw another person who was thriving who got through it.
But it was so much pain involved and so much mental anguish involved that once you finally get on the other side of it, now you're fighting to keep from going back to the other place where you just had come from. And obviously, Tiger is... He's gone back or he's never left. That's the question. Have you heard anything about him?
Because I think we would have heard if he had gone into some sort of rehabilitation center. I've never heard that, no. We have never heard that. But what we have heard of is surgeries and car accidents. Yeah, let me just take a look to make sure that is right. I'll just quickly, Tiger, rehab...
Tiger Woods rehab because when I put tiger rehab, it's like actual tigers come up in rehabilitation centers. Inpatient treatment for prescription painkiller addiction. He has. 2010, 2017, and then also sex addiction in 2009. So he's got all sorts of things going on. Yeah, he did go to rehab, yeah. So it looks like a relapse?
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Chapter 4: How do injuries and surgeries impact athletes like Tiger Woods?
Let's go to Sean in Manhattan. What's going on, Sean? Can you hear me? Yep. Go ahead. Hi. Am I on? Yes, you're on. Go ahead. OK. Hey, listen, guys, I listen to you guys all the time and you're fantastic. Right. But this is passive apologies for Tiger Woods.
OK, if you're if you're in your audience, you got folks that are victims of drunk driving accidents and you guys are sitting there talking to me about his pain. I don't care. OK, he could have killed a whole bunch of people. All right. This isn't even close. And we also have in society this apologist for, oh, but it wasn't alcohol. Oh, but it wasn't alcohol.
That doesn't take the consequences down. It's just as bad smoking dope, doing pills, doing alcohol.
Chapter 5: What are the implications of Geno Smith starting for the Jets?
It's the same thing. No more apologist. I know you guys are passive apologists here because you're trying to be balanced. But this guy's got a problem. You should be in jail. And he may end up doing jail time. This is outside of the last time he got a DUI. If he would have had it within a five-year period, he would have definitely done jail.
This comes now after that five-year period is over from the last one. And I'm not trying to be an apologist for anybody. I'm just telling you his inner circle needs to help him and help him unless he's going to kill himself. Yeah, I don't, to me, and I understand you're hearing what you're hearing. Obviously, it's a passionate subject for you.
We're not saying that what he, we're not apologizing for what we did. What we're talking about is his serious addiction and led to this and how he makes sure that it doesn't happen again and why it keeps happening. But obviously, it's a horrible thing. We're not sitting here and telling you it's not a horrible thing. And I'm also trying to explain it. Yeah, he's had seven back surgeries.
So if you know anybody who's had a back surgery for whatever reason, you know the pain that they're in and you know what they prescribe to deal with that pain. And then, you know, that if you don't watch closely, what's going to happen, that person's going to become addicted to that pain, pain medication.
Chapter 6: Why are replacement referees being considered for the NFL?
Let's go to Mark in Buffalo. What's going on, Mark?
Hey guys, how you doing?
Good man. What's up?
I just wanted to give you guys a firsthand account of these pain pills. Um, 20 years ago, I hurt my back at work and I've been on a battle ever since. Um, I've been off of pills for 12 years. And this brief brief this past weekend, I had gotten some mud on my eye and they gave me a Laura type at the hospital. And instead of giving me energy, like they used to, they made me sleepy.
They slept all day. So I'm thinking maybe that's what happened with him.
No, he was wide awake. He was actually trying to pass this vehicle going very fast. I don't believe that he fell asleep. I think he knew what he was doing, and Mark continued the fight. Yeah, maybe in the Genesis one he fell asleep. Maybe that one, but not this particular one. Let's move on to Mike in Southampton. What's going on, Mike?
Yeah.
Hey, how's it going, guys? First time caller.
How's everyone doing?
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Chapter 7: What issues arise from using ABS in baseball?
Well, I'm coming at it from a different angle here. So I'm an ex-driver out in the Hamptons. I'm from Southampton. It's very hard to find someone you really trust, for one. So I understand why he might be driving himself, right? I'm also a criminal defense attorney now. Wow. So, you know, when I saw the picture of Tiger...
I said to myself, what could be in his system that he wouldn't take a urinalysis test?
And when you look at him, what's the one drug that will ultimately end your career later in life trying to make a comeback? Steroids or some HGH or something like that? Yeah.
That's what I saw. When I saw the picture of Tiger, look at the picture of him standing there. He looks absolutely ripped. And he probably is on some kind of stem cells in Panama or something that he doesn't want in. I don't know what the testing is in golf, but if something like that would be a lot worse than any kind of painkillers or any kind of.
But Mike, let me ask you, I mean, they're going to be looking for substances that impair his ability to drive when they take that urine test. The cops and the legal system is not looking for HGH. But you never know what they could look for. They have it. By the way, the PGA Tour does do blood testing and urine testing. Now, HGH is really hard to find. That's the thing.
And I don't know if they've improved that testing or not, but they do. And by the way, you know, Tiger hasn't been in a PGA Tour event, so there's no test going to be administered. Right. Yeah, he was trying to play in the Masters, but obviously... Well, Donald Trump said he wasn't going to play in the Masters, and that was before the accident. Right, that's right.
Let's go to Josh in Boonton, New Jersey. What's going on, Josh? Hey, guys. First, before I talk about the Tiger Woods thing, I have to say, let's go, Matt. I would be very upset if I didn't start that with that.
All right. Yes.
So I guess I can go at it as a different angle. I heard Boomer a little while prior talk about how his inner circle isn't giving him the help that he needs. I have a very, very close person to me who was, um, addicted to crack cocaine for, um, I believe it was 25 to 30 years and we thought it was hopeless and there was never, he was never going to get the help.
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Chapter 8: What are the challenges with addiction and recovery in sports?
Look at him. Walking around like Lurch. I was going to say Frankenstein. I think more Lurch. He's more Lurch-like. Lurch works too. 73-72 was the final. Here was Mullins with Tracy on CBS. Take me through that final sequence.
I mean, I don't know. I looked up at the clock, and it said five seconds. So I tried to get the ball to somebody who had made one in the game, and he wanted to throw it back. So, I mean, I saw three seconds. It was the last shot. Just happy to see that shit go in. So, man, I'm so happy. I cursed on TV.
It did go in. So that's the fun side of it. The sad side would be if you're a Duke fan or you're on that team. Here's John Shire with Tracy outside the locker room. So what happened? Look, I don't have the words for you. All I know is these guys don't deserve that ending. Well, they did get that ending. He says really tough on us. Why don't they deserve the ending?
I mean, the other guys don't deserve the ending either, then? I'm not so sure. I've never been in a locker room. Protecting his players and the fact that I think they lost, what, two, three games by a combined five points this year. Maybe that's where he's going. Here is his answer. I've never been in a locker room like that before with that kind of game.
And these guys literally have done stuff that haven't been done before. and uh... you know you're literally an inch away from the promised land. But they don't get to the final four. And then you've got the Boozers. Here's Cam Boozer first. We didn't step on their throats.
We gave a lot, but I think as a whole, we could have gave a lot more in the second half. We came out a little flat, gave them a little bit of life. When you're playing a team as good as UConn, that's all they really need.
And he was very emotional, very red-eyed. His brother was in the locker room, not at the podium, Caden Boozer, and he was asked by a reporter about the bad pass.
Kind of what was going through your mind in that last pass and can you walk us through what happened?
I turned the ball over. I should have been strong with the ball. It cost our team our season. You know what? He had a really good game.
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