down there and rented five houses on the golf course. so it was just the thing to do every day. we d go play golf. larry: you know a great definition of golf? a great walk spoiled. what do you make about the tiger woods story? oh, you know, i m not the guy to comment on any other person s marital problems because i ve had enough of my own, and i know that it s real personal. and i wish him well. larry: what did you make of the fuss made over it, though? i thought it was ridiculous, to put that much time following the guy around and see who he slept with the last few years. because it s really no one s business. larry: you think the only business was his wife s? him and his wife. larry: what are your feelings, willie, about the irs these days? i know you had a problem back in 1990. the government sued. the final bill, $16 million. they seized some of your property. you released a mail order album
business was his wife s? him and his wife. larry: what are your feeling, willie, about the irs these days. annoy you had a problem back in 1990. the government sued. the final bill $16 million. they seized some of your property. you released a mail order album titled who will buy my memories, the irs tapes. don t forget that. how do you stand now? oh, i m fine. yeah, i think i m pretty well paid up. larry: was that tough going, though? how did you come to owe that much? well, i had invested in some tax shelters for many, many years ago, you know, the cattle feeding things, and all those different things that at some point the irs disallowed. and so after advising me, my financial advisers told me to go into all this, and then the irs disallowed it. so i was deferring taxes every year and putting them into the feeding cattle deal, and when they disallowed it that meant all those years went by that i
it was just me and my band. my house had burned, so we moved down there and rented five houses on the golf course. so, it was just the thing to do every day. we d go play golf. larry: know a great definition of golf? a great walk spoiled. what do you make about the tiger woods story? oh, you know, i m not the guy to comment on any other person s marital problems because i ve had enough of my own, and i know that it s real personal. and i wish him well. larry: what did you make of the fuss made over it, though? i thought it was ridiculous to put that much time following a guy around and see who he slept with the last few years, because it s really no one s business. larry: you think the only business was his wife s? him and his wife. larry: what are your feelings, willie, about the irs these days? i know you had a problem back in 1990. the government sued. the final bill, $16 million.
tough for the dealers around this country. all right, phil lebeau live. thank you very much, phil. and former espn personality steve phillips is coming clean about his sex addiction. this morning in an exclusive interview on today the former baseball analyst and new york mets general manager admitted he knew he had a problem back in august two months before he was fired at espn. a 22-year-old production assistant told phillips wife they were having an affair. phillips says he broke his wife s heart and damaged their relationship in a terrible way. he says he s not hiding behind a trendy diagnosis. what i want to do is take ownership. i made some mistakes, and people look at sex addiction as an excuse. it s not an excuse. i m fully responsible for everything i did and accept responsibility for that. well, this is the first time phillips has spoken publicly since leaving the sex rehab clinic in mississippi, the same clinic tiger woods reported ly