Officially announced on the PGA Tour website, Tiger Woods will finally be holding a press conference at TPC Sawgrass clubhouse in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., on Friday, at 11 a.m. ET.

According to the PGA Tour:

"Tiger plans to discuss his past and his future and he intends to apologize for his behavior."

This will be Tiger's first appearance since the fateful car accident in late November 2009, which unraveled his marriage and galvanized a circus-like succession of alleged mistresses for the golf star.

With hope, Tiger's announcement will turn the page on both the negative publicity and endless rumors (i.e., gay affairs, pregnancy claims and sex rehab clinic) that have assaulted his career and life.

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Since retired baseball player Sammy Sosa revealed his new complexion and then attributed it to a cream, the cacophony of speculation and debate has not abated. Former basketball forward and colorful sports commentator Charles Barkley added his voice to the discussion during a TNT doubleheader on Thursday night.

After showing a quick picture of Tina Fey and Sarah Palin, the cast cut to the split image we've all come to know: Sosa before and after his skin-color change. Things got funnier, as Barkley and cast tried to visualize what it would look like if both colleague Kenny Smith and Barkley were to turn white.

Once the altered images disappeared, Smith rambunctiously yells, "Say it loud, Chuck... I'm black and I'm proud." Barkley is then shown with a makeup artist applying white makeup to his face while he asks, "If I become white, am I allowed to eat chicken, hamhocks and neck bones?"

As Smith guffaws Barkley continues:

"Seriously, I love chitlin's.... I'm telling y'all, though, if I was white for a couple of minutes, I'd be missing some chitlin's and hamhocks already. What about honey buns and grape and coke?

Then they switch to a clip of Sosa done up like the infamous joker, red lips in tow.

Barkley ends with:

Sammy Sosa, you know I got love for you, man, Stop it! Stop It, Sammy Sosa! Are you kidding me?

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Baseball great Sammy Sosa spoke to Spanish station Primer Impacto yesterday regarding the dramatic lightening of his complexion. Defending his newfound facade, Sosa shot down claims that he is suffering from vitiligo, a skin disorder, and actually attributed his new look to a moisturizer.

According to the New York Daily News, Sosa said:

I'm doing well, doing well, thanks to God. ... I use a cream to keep my skin smooth and soft. I apply it before I go to bed. When I was playing for Chicago all those years, I was in the sun a lot for 1 o'clock games. The flashes (from the cameras) also made my skin look lighter.