Tiger, Tiger Woods Ya'll

It's going to get worse for Tiger Woods before it gets better

Woods admitted to some dirty little “transgressions” Wednesday, pulling a page out of Jason Giambi's book of apologies. The World's Greatest Golfer didn't exactly say what he had done, using Giambi's “I'm really sorry” routine.

But will Woods also follow Giambi in the way the public deals with his tainted image?

The shamed slugger came out in 2005, admitted his wrong and survived a few weeks of jeers from spring training crowds and Fenway f#ck heads. And then like a trailer in a tornado – it blew over. Giambi went on to rough it out during his remaining years in the bigs, with barely a whisper of his steroid use.

Or maybe Tiger will follow in the footsteps of Kobe Bryant, who went from NBA Golden Boy to Most Hated Athlete overnight when he went slumming at a Colorado resort. Kobe, who dodged rape charges from an apparent gold digger, was stripped of his endorsements and had the curtain to his private life pulled back like the Great and Power Oz.

Both of those athletes mentioned had their performance suffer from their shame. Giambi, of course, went from rocking over 30 home runs a year to a serial whiffer without the juice picking up the slack and keeping injuries at bay.

Bryant spent all his free time between games traveling back and forth from Los Angeles and Colorado during the 2003-04 season. He played in only 65 games due to injuries, shot 43 percent (lowest field... [More]

Bruins in ruins

The UCLA Bruins, still reeling from three-straight losses, are losing one of their top players to transfer before the start of Pac-10 play.

Sophomore forward Drew Gordon has decided to leave the program at the end of the quarter. In six games for the Bruins, Gordon is averaging over 11 points and five rebounds. However, in the last two games, he has scored a combined 10 points and pulled in just five total rebounds.

"The UCLA system is very methodical, and Drew is better as a transition player," Gordon's mother Shelly told the San Jose Mercury News. "When you spend that much time and effort on something, you have to feel some gratification. We wanted to make the change now rather than wait and hope the situation gets better. The timing is terrible: It looks like he's leaving because they lost a bunch of games.

"But that's not what happened."

Gordon’s teammates were shocked at his decision. Coach Ben Howland is forced to juggle his starting five and will share those minutes with freshman forward Reeves Nelson and senior forward James Keefe.

UCLA is just 2-4 SU to start the year and has covered in only one of its four lined games. The Bruins face the nation’s No. 1 team, the Kansas Jayhawks this Sunday.