Hey, I still have my SI subscription. Don’t think ESPN Magazine could compete for my readership.

In its year end edition, Sports Illustrated selected ten rising stars they consider “crowd-pleasers.”

While the print issue features a better, more relaxed-casual photo of Michelle Wie (shown here), the online edition runs with a decidedly more editorial image and the [...]

Jim Brighters, Golf Editor of the Houston Chronicle, calls 2005 the “Year of Controversy” citing four instances of golf curmudgeonry and rule digging with Michelle Wie’s Sam Sung disqualification at number one.

Previewing his upcoming, obligatory end of the year story Brighters offers the following…

1.) What do you think was the biggest story of the year [...]

USA Today’s Tom Spousta reports that Michelle Wie got a text message from Annika Sorenstam the day after the Samsung World Championship.

“Annika was not happy to hear of Michelle’s disqualification,” said Wie’s father, B.J. “She encouraged her to keep her chin up and not to get frustrated or disappointed. They were comforting words. Michelle was [...]