Sports Thread #2 For 12/8/09: Gatorade Leaves Tiger, But It Was Before His Nightmare

Hopefully people will release this before we all go say "And it starts!"

Gatorade confirmed Tuesday it is discontinuing its Tiger Woods drink but says it made the decision before the golfer's car accident led to a media firestorm surrounding his personal life.

The decision to drop the drink, called Tiger Focus, was first reported by trade publication Beverage Digest in an issue dated Nov. 25, two days before the incident at Woods' home in Florida. The publication's editor, John Sicher, said he learned of the decision the week of Nov. 9.

The brand — a unit of PepsiCo Inc. — says the decision does not have to do with recent events. A spokesman says the decision came several months ago.

And I believe them completely. In the last few Gatorade commercials over the last few months, I don't recall seeing any Gatorade commercials with him in them.

Now that other news with his mother in law and the all the other mess, you know where else to find that. But I can't front, those Apple Dally videos are hilarious.