Bad Driving, Caddy Firing Cited In Demise Of Tiger's Bromances

Alex Myers reports on Charles Barkley airing his disdain for Tiger post-accident and in particular post-Stevie during an appearance on the Mike Lupica Show.

Charles Barkley spoke out Wednesday about his relationship with Woods on ESPN New York 1050's "The Mike Lupica Show." The former NBA great now considers Tiger a former friend.
"You think you're friends with a guy. You talk to him once a week for 15 years. You're like, this dude is my friend, we do things, we have fun together," said Barkley, who is now a popular basketball analyst for TNT. "I haven't talked to him in two years and I'm wondering what the hell is going on."

And in SI Jon Wertheim reports on Tiger and Roger Federer drifting apart.

Federer and Woods made a habit of showing up at each other's events, helicoptering in—literally—and watching their analog. When Federer won the U.S. Open in 2006, Woods and his then wife, Elin, sat prominently in Federer's box. A few months later Federer showed up for one of Woods's practice rounds at the Doral event in Miami.

The friendship had the ring of being genuine. Apart from their world domination and superhuman rations of talent, the two men had plenty else in common. Woods was married, Federer was in a long-term relationship with Mirka Vavrinec, whom he would wed in '09. Both had deep ties to Dubai—pre-recession Dubai, then the Monte Carlo for the new millennium. While Woods is almost six years older, both were in the meaty years of careers that appeared to have no limits.