Forbes - NY, USA - Lacey Rose and Tom Van Riper Oh, the risks of celebrity endorsers.

Upscale clothier Christian Dior (other-otc: CHDRF.PK - news - people ) is the latest company to learn that lesson, dropping Sharon Stone as the pitchwoman for its skin care line in China after the actress publicly blamed the devastating earthquake there on the "bad karma" that comes from the country's dismal human rights record in Tibet.

Stone has plenty of company, of course. For every Tiger Woods, there's a Kobe Bryant. Following allegations that the Los Angeles Lakers basketball star and popular shiller sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman, he was

Palm Beach Post - FL, United States - Well, that was predictable.

Another guy gets in Tiger Woods’ grill, only to get skewered on the golf course.

Sunday, it was Rory Sabbatini’s turn to be taken to the woodshed after he got his wish of a final-round showdown with Tiger. The showdown lasted about 30 minutes. After both players birdied the first hole, Woods birdied three of the ne xtfive holes, while Sabbatini was four-over the rest of the front nine.

Just like that, a one-shot Sabbatini lead had turned into a six-shot Woods’ advantage that he used to cruise to his sixth Bridgestone Invitational win.

You think Sabbatini would have learned