Tiger Woods made it official on Tuesday when he announced on his personal website that he would be playing next week in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Marana's Dove Mountain enclave.

Woods' presence at the event will likely mean local TV stations and daily newspapers will have to double their staff coverage in order to keep track of every move the world's most famous sex-addicted golfer makes. Whether that includes any forays into the seedier parts of Tucson is unclear.

Woods has played in four of the previous five Match Play events held in Marana, winning it all in 2008. Since then, though, he's one only one of three matches, and missed the 2010 event while, um, marital issues.

No word on whether any of the local gentlemen's clubs will be offering any Tiger-themed specials next week, but considering we'll have both a cadre of pro golfers (and their band of affluent fans) and the rodeo participants in town, it's bound to be a business week for Tucson's sin trade.

• Bicycling Magazine's gear editor, Andrew Bernstein, tweeted this photo from Mt. Lemmon.

Check out this jaw dropping video of road bike riders doing tricks.

Ever wonder what the 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo course looks like? Watch all 16 miles here.

Local BMX shop Craycroft Cycles is expanding. Find out where they are headed.

The city installed a "Crossbike" which is a new type of street crossing for bikes and pedestrians. It was met with mixed reviews. Check out what it looks like, how it works and what people are saying about it.

The small things can make a big difference in bike commuting. Check out one of the small things the University of Arizona gets wrong.

An Arizona cyclist has patented a way to make recumbents — you know the bikes where it looks like they are riding an easy chair — climb better. Check out the way he does it.

A Tucson cyclist stays on top at the most recent mountain bike race. See the results.

The city has a list of places they want to add bike corrals if the money should become available. Check out the list of potential spots.

Two bills benefiting cyclists are moving through the State Legislature. See what the bills would do and what challenges lay ahead.

A national report released this week ranks Tucson in biking and walking. See how Tucson ranked in safety, biles lanes per square mile, overall rates and more. Check it out here.

Check out the sights and sound of the UA Criterium.

So, Arizona has apparently made a splash by getting a verbal commitment from the son of one of the greatest baseball players of all time.

To play football.

Trey Griffey, son of baseball great Ken Griffey, Jr. — and, yes, grandson of Ken Griffey Sr. — is a standout wide receiver from Florida, and plans to be part of new UA football Rich Rodriguez's first recruiting class.

The Griffeys join a growing list of 'celebrity' families whose offspring have selected Tucson for their ... continuing education. That distinguished list includes, but is not limited to, the children of:

David Hasselhoff
Reba McEntire
Lionel Richie
Charles Barkley
Robert Kardashian

Mind you, that list includes two kids known far more for their non-intercollegiate efforts (ahem, Nicole Richie and Kourtney Kardashian) than anything related to academics.

Nevertheless, the UA's acquisition of a Griffey should be considered a PR coup. Here's hoping he inherited dad's propensity for making diving catches.

Check out Tucson's sewing cyclist and help him fund a sewing bicycle tour.

The victim of a bike jacking got his bike back when his friends spotted it at a grocery store. Read the story.

Wonder what Arizona city has the most hipsters? Turns out we are tied with Phoenix in the 'Fixie Index.' Check it out and see where we rank nationally.

A private college with a border studies program in Tucson offers its students bikes when they arrive for classes. Check it out.

Two Tucson cyclists took top honors at the first mountain bike race of the season. See the race report.

Tucson is becoming a hub for bicycle and pedestrian advocacy training. Check out the latest group to visit Tucson.

Who inspires you to ride your bike? Check out how Brian inspires us.

The city council sent a proposed texting ban back to city staff to make it more strict. See how high they want the fines to be.

This year could mark the last time the University of Arizona criterium happens on the UA campus. Find out why.

However, it will be during an advertisement for Skechers, and the part of town that makes it on camera? Tucson Greyhound Park, and animal rights activists aren't happy:

In the spot, the tiny dog — bedecked in Skechers new GOrun shoes — races a pack of greyhounds. But that, too, is raising eyebrows from an animal rights group Grey2K USA, which is petitioning to ax the ad. It claims that the greyhounds were mistreated and kept in tiny cages at Tucson Greyhound Park.

"Skechers using Tucson Greyhound Park as the backdrop for an ad is akin to Hertz calling back O.J. Simpson as a spokesperson," says Christine Dorchak, president of Grey2K.

But Tom Taylor, CEO of the track, says the cages are among the largest in the country. "Animal activists would like the cages to be 12 feet by 12 feet, with couches and TVs."

The American Humane Society says no animals were harmed in the making of the ad. Armato says Grey2K's complaints are unrelated to the purpose of the ad. The spot does not glamorize dog racing, he says. "It is simply a metaphor for a remarkable, underdog achievement."

This is really confusing, mostly because I thought John Parr was British, and probably isn't terribly invested in American football, but I suppose this was a better choice from the canon of 80's film themes than "Tebow's Theme (The Best Than You Can Do)" or "Tebow My Breath Away".

Christine Farrugia is a retired government worker, but she isn't taking it easy just yet. She's on a mission to teach and raise money for children by biking around the world. She started off in California and will be in Tucson through early next week. At noon on Monday, Jan. 2, she will be at Fairwheel Bikes, 1110 E. Sixth St. to talk about her journey. Future stops include Houston, New Orleans, Orlando and Miami as well as Cape Town, South Africa and Harare, Zimbabwe. Visit www.projectmiracleco.org for details.

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Christine Farrugia is currently riding her bike, alone, around the world. Beginning early December with an event that included the Mayor of Pasenda and many others seeing her off. The 56 year old retired government worker with over 20 years of teaching is peddling her way to a year-long bicycle ride around the world to raise awareness and money for Children’s issues.

Ms. Farrugia had an epiphany recently, a seed of an idea that came from one of her students. An avid traveler and sometime bicyclist (to school and back), a student asked "if she had ever ridden her bicycle around the world"? It was at that moment that she realized that she had an opportunity to make her classroom much larger than just the standard four walls. With over 20 years experience teaching she will embark on a bicycle ride around the world. Christine has begun the year long trek that will take her from California to major cities and small towns across the US to Asia, Europe, South America and everywhere in-between.

As Christine sees it, it's more than just a bike trip around the world-"I will be teaching via Youtube videos. I am working with a teacher at Hillsides who will show the video once a month with Q & A with the kids, the teacher will email me the questions and I answer the questions on the next video. My goal is to do this in every school in the world."For Christine Farrugia, this is a chance to teach children the world over about the importance of exercise, determination and that anyone (even an ordinary person) can accomplish anything if they put their mind to it. She has also established the Project Miracle Co, (organized solely to raise funds for established children's charities) that will be the direct beneficiary of the media attention her bike ride will generate.