and we are back. pro golfer phil mickelson has done it pretty good, wouldn t you say in 42-year-old guy made more than $67 million in career earnings since turning pro. last year he was ranked by forbes as the seventh highest paying athlete with $47.8 million in earnings. but apparently mickelson has it rough. he thinks he is getting shortchanged. speaking to reporters on sunday, mickelson said changes in the tax code have really got him rethinking his next move. he said if you add up all the federal, and you look at the disability and the social security and unemployment, and my tax rate is 62, 63%. so i have to make some decisions on what to do. the first thing i suggest, phil, you got to get maybe a new accountant, or at least give the one you have a pretty good phone call, because the most you lefty could pay is 60%. and that s if he does absolutely
and we are back. pro golfer phil mickelson has done it pretty good, wouldn t you say in 42-year-old guy made more than $67 million in career earnings since turning pro. last year he was ranked by forbes as the seventh highest paying athlete with $47.8 million in earnings. but apparently mickelson has it rough. he thinks he is getting shortchanged. speaking to reporters on sunday, mickelson said changes in the tax code have really got him rethinking his next move. he said if you add up all the federal, and you look at the disability and the social security and unemployment, and my tax rate is 62, 63%. so i have to make some decisions on what to do. the first thing i suggest, phil, you got to get maybe a new accountant, or at least give the
and we are back. pro golfer phil mickelson has done it pretty good, wouldn t you say in 42-year-old guy made more than $67 million in career earnings since turning pro. last year he was ranked by forbes as the seventh highest paying athlete with $47.8 million in earnings. but apparently mickelson has it rough. he thinks he is getting shortchanged. speaking to reporters on sunday, mickelson said changes in the tax code have really got him rethinking his next move. he said if you add up all the federal, and you look at the disability and the social security and unemployment, and my tax rate is 62, 63%. so i have to make some decisions on what to do. the first thing i suggest, phil,
again, rejecting this time vernon davis s dunk in the end zone. niners hold on. an impressive road win over the packers, 30-22. a little golf for you, rory mcilroy ended the weekend with another title. the 23-year-old won the bmw championship. his second consecutive fedexcup playoff event win, won by two strokes, became the first player since tiger woods in 2009 to win a consecutive weeks on the pga tour. mcilroy shot a 20 under. final round 67. we ll see if he can make it three straight when he tees off on september the 20th. and serena williams powered past top seed victoria azarenka in three sets to claim the fourth u.s. open title of her career. ahead of the final, williams hadn t lost a single set in the tournament and had dropped just 19 games with 6 matches. with the win, she becomes the first women s tennis player to top $40 million in career earnings. azarenka couldn t pull off the
mardy fish pulled out from the u.s. open from health care concerns and serena williams won in straight sets. golf final round of the deutsche bank championship, tiger woods was in the hunt until the end, his chip on 15th lips out, he finished in third place and with it becomes the first golfer to surpass the $100 million mark in career earnings. the day belonged to rory mcilroy, a long birdie attempt at 18, he stalls it at the cup. baseball, a pair of walkoffs out west, dodgers and padres tied 3-3 in the 11th, two on for aj ellis, he delivers, slaps an rbi single to right. in comes eeth year, dodgers win it 4-3 in 11. in san francisco, the giants were using the force against the d backs, buster posey rips a single past third, in comes the tying run, we re off to extras.