Kelly Tilghman is now known to most of America as that Golf Channel anchor who suggested Tiger Woods' competition take him to a back alley and lynch him, because that was the only way they were going to win against him. She apologized, Woods accepted, and the Golf Channel suspended her for a couple weeks. But some people don't forgive and forget so easily, which explains the noose that cops found (via) on a sign at the entrance to the Tilghman Estates in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. But the copys have a strategy for catching the racially incisive conspirators: Should they want their noose back, well, TOO BAD! Because they're holding it in lost and found (and not in an evidence locker).

But here's a tip: If Tilghman values her privacy and well-being, perhaps she should have the sign taken down that reads "Home of Kelly Tilghman, The Golf Channel."

If you need a reason to never give Los Angeles Times sports columnist Bill Dwyre a modicum of credibility ever again, just read today's column.

In a special Martin Luther King Jr. Day column – special, if only because it touches upon race in media – Dwyre argues that our industry's terrible and mostly ineffectual approach to discussing society's ultimate taboo is because "we blog before we report, when it should be the other way around. We write more about ourselves than we do about our subjects."

Okay, that second sentence is true, which is likely why Dwyre got this argument so wrong.

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See what we did there? We took the cover line of the Golfweek story that's caused an uproar and used it with a clever twist that makes it suddenly relevant to this bit of news: Golfweek owner Turnstile Publishing fired editor and VP Dave Seanor for the noose cover.

In trying to deliver a current story about Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman saying competitors should "lynch" Tiger Woods – a black guy! – Golfweek stuck a photo of a noose on its cover. Its reception, to be concise, was: poor.

"We knew that image would grab attention, but I didn't anticipate the enormity of it," says Seanor. "There's been a huge, negative reaction. I've gotten so many e-mails. It's a little overwhelming."

Among the complainers? U.S. PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem, who called the cover "outrageous and irresponsible. [...] It smacks of tabloid journalism." Not sure where Finchem was when Tilghman reduced the PGA's star player to a slave, but anyhow.

In matters such as these, we turn to resident Black People Expert and Stereohyped editor Lauren Williams, who gives us a perspective white gay Jews might not have.

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Okay, so “lynching” has terrible historical connotations, invoking years of legislated racism toward African-Americans. But, what if you were just joking?

That’s how Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman meant it when she suggested that golfer should “lynch [Tiger Woods] in a back alley."

The Golf Channel thought it was mad inappropriate, which let’s be honest, it was. Al Sharpton, who, for the record is still alive and available for appearances, thinks she should be fired.

But back in the real world, as we predicted, the Golf Channel gave her a light punishment and suspended her for two weeks.

Hey vakay!

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Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman – who, during the PGA Tour on Friday, advised young players they should "lynch Tiger Woods in a back alley" as a way of competing – is not likely to face significant disciplinary action from the network, we're hearing. As expected, Tilghman (who's the main play-by-play announcer for the tour) apologized to viewers as well as to Woods, and that seems to be good enough for the Golf Channel. While some will call for a suspension or her firing, she pulled an Ace from her sleeve: "friend" Tiger Woods found "no ill-intent" in Kelly's word choice and has effectively brushed off the matter. And according to one insider, that's satisfied execs.