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> http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/frank_deford/09/20/usa/

> Excerpt:

> Suppose, just suppose, that instead of having an American father and a
> Thai mother, Tiger Woods had an American mother and a Thai father. Yes,
> suppose Tiger Woods had grown up Thai.
> And suppose, just suppose, that Roger Federer had come from Maryland
> instead of Switzerland. Why, our kid from Bethesda would already have a
> new Cadillac model named after him ...

> http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/frank_deford/09/20/usa/

> Excerpt:

> Suppose, just suppose, that instead of having an American father and a
> Thai mother, Tiger Woods had an American mother and a Thai father. Yes,
> suppose Tiger Woods had grown up Thai.

> Can you just imagine what mere cursory attention he'd be getting in the
> U.S.? Why, most of the media would probably be falling all over
> themselves wondering if Davis Love III and Chris DiMarco could finally
> improve their games to catch up with that whatshisname Asian guy.

> And suppose, just suppose, that Roger Federer had come from Maryland
> instead of Switzerland. Why, our kid from Bethesda would already have a
> new Cadillac model named after him ...

> http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/frank_deford/09/20/usa/

> Excerpt:

> Suppose, just suppose, that instead of having an American father and a
> Thai mother, Tiger Woods had an American mother and a Thai father. Yes,
> suppose Tiger Woods had grown up Thai.

> Can you just imagine what mere cursory attention he'd be getting in the
> U.S.? Why, most of the media would probably be falling all over
> themselves wondering if Davis Love III and Chris DiMarco could finally
> improve their games to catch up with that whatshisname Asian guy.

> And suppose, just suppose, that Roger Federer had come from Maryland
> instead of Switzerland. Why, our kid from Bethesda would already have a
> new Cadillac model named after him ...

>>Not bad for SI, I must say.

>>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/frank_deford/09/20/usa/

>>Excerpt:

>>Suppose, just suppose, that instead of having an American father and a
>>Thai mother, Tiger Woods had an American mother and a Thai father. Yes,
>>suppose Tiger Woods had grown up Thai.

>>Can you just imagine what mere cursory attention he'd be getting in the
>>U.S.? Why, most of the media would probably be falling all over
>>themselves wondering if Davis Love III and Chris DiMarco could finally
>>improve their games to catch up with that whatshisname Asian guy.

>>And suppose, just suppose, that Roger Federer had come from Maryland
>>instead of Switzerland. Why, our kid from Bethesda would already have a
>>new Cadillac model named after him ...

> hits the nail right on the head

> They had Sampras as goat & he got no cadillac.

> Invalid thread.