Golf fans aren't the only ones who devoured every revelation about the Tiger Woods sex scandal. Woods is a black athlete who dominates a sport that has long been nearly all white, says Hampton Stevens in The Atlantic, so his career has a significance in our society that extends far beyond the world of golf. For sports fans, what happens when Woods returns to professional golf may be the most important part of his story. For those who care more about what he represents off the course, Stevens says, Woods' comeback is just an "epilogue." Here's an excerpt:
"Is Tiger Woods a sports story? At first glance the question seems absurd, but it turns out to be a kind of Rorschach test, with your answer saying a lot about why you do, or don't, follow big-time American spectator sports.
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