TIGER WOODS - GOLF CHANNEL ANCHOR SUSPENDED FOR "OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE"

Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman was suspended for two weeks Wednesday for quipping that the only way for young players to overtake Tiger Woods would be to "lynch him in a back alley." Although she and analyst Nick Faldo were laughing during the exchange in which the remark was made at the Mercedes-Benz Championship, video of it posted on the Internet and aired on CNN Headline News drew widespread criticism. The Rev. Al Sharpton declared that Tilghman ought to be fired immediately. "What she said is racist," he told CNN. (Tiger Woods' agent told the Association Press that he didn't think there was any ill intent.) In a statement, Golf Channel said, "There is simply no place on our network for offensive language like this."

10/01/2008