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Of all beats covered on the network nightly newscasts, sports stories are least likely to have a continued online presence. Even though it is indisputable that it would be fair use to include a clip from a sporting event in a legitimately newsworthy story, the networks seem reluctant to challenge the copyright claims of major sports organizations. So neither CBS' lead by Armen Keteyian nor ABC's closer by John Berman on the golfing injury to Tiger Woods are available as online videostreams. NBC, whose sports division broadcast Monday's USOpen 19-hole playoff between Woods and Rocco Mediate, has posted Mike Taibbi's report. Taibbi called the contest "irresistible television"…Keteyian praised "the kind of theater not even the most casual fan could resist"…Berman reckoned that the news of Woods' injury means that his victory "now goes from amazing to epic." CBS' substitute anchor Russ Mitchell interviewed sports orthopedist Michael Kelly, who treats the knees of basketball players on the NBA's New Jersey Nets. "Medically speaking are you stunned that he won this thing?" "Absolutely."
Woods will undergo surgery to have his knee ligaments rebuilt and will rest to repair the hairline fractures in his leg. "Few people swing the golf club at 127 mph," Taibbi demonstrated, using considerable less damaging torque.
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