Tiger Woods: Shirtless in Vanity Fair

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The Tiger Woods scandal continues to fascinate, even with little or no new details surfacing in weeks. See this month's shirtless Tiger Woods Vanity Fair cover.

We suppose, given that this was one of the most shocking celebrity scandals of the decade - nay, the millennium - it may fuel celebrity gossip for some time.

Tiger and Charlie Woods

In addition to "raw" and "never-before-seen" photos by Annie Liebovitz (taken before the scandal), Vanity Fair features a essay by sportswriter Buzz Bissinger.

The Friday Night Lights author reflects on a fall from grace unlike any before in American sports. Anything new? Not really. Compelling writing? Absolutely.

Hey, he may be in seclusion somewhere (Arizona, Florida, NYC's Trump Tower, etc.), but who needs new stories when they can ogle Tiger Woods shirtless.

Of the Vanity Fair cover photo, Liebovitz says she captured the "intensely competitive athlete" in what turned out to be a state of "prophetic isolation"...

Tiger Woods, shirtless, pumps iron in a photo taken before his sex scandal erupted. Nowadays he is better known for pumping mistresses. Sorry. It's a slow news day.

How the mightiest of athletes has fallen in the past month. Of the 33-year-old golfer's incredible demise, at least in the world of public opinion, Bissinger writes:

"In the end it was the age-old clash of image versus reality. [Tiger Woods] deluded himself into thinking he could be something that he wasn’t: untouchable."

"The greatest feat of his career is that he managed to get away with it for so long in public, the bionic man instead of the human one who hit a fire hydrant."

That's hard to argue with.

Although if he convinces Elin Woods to stay married to him when the scandalous dust finally settles, that would arguably rank #2. Or a close #3 behind his 14 majors.

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    TrishaUnbelievable

    KEEP PLAYING THOSE WHITE HO'S TIGER! WHITE WOMEN ARE SO EASY. DONT WORRY, TIGER WILL BE BACK PLAYING GOLF. HE IS THE BEST. HIS WHITE HO WIFE WILL COME BACK TO HIM TO SPEND HIS MONEY. NO WORRIES!

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    lee

    Stud Tiger he is a player

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    larein robinson

    perhaps he should have remained single. he has hurt sooooomany people. he can not expect forgiveness. one woman perhaps, 14, 15, 16 woman noway. he has tried it all, now try GOD. lr

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    Guest

    Looks to me like he's been keeping a golf ball in his navel, yuk! AND.... Tiger or Fox, he sure was sly enough to keep his public fooled for years, I hope he gets what he deserves & let's see Camillo Villages take his spot as #1, that would be sweet :)

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    martin

    with that good body n cash which gal will resist tigers arms?