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Tiger's silence bad strategy in Internet age

Neil Best

Newsday columnist Neil Best

Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, then returned

Derek Jeter deserved to be named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year Monday for everything he has done on the field.

But the weekend brought a timely reminder of the Yankees captain's most remarkable achievement as a 21st century star: avoiding the taint of off-field scandal amid the endless scrutiny of the Internet.

Not so Tiger Woods, previously Jeter's equal in the small fraternity...

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