Favre Golf No-Show Fuels Comeback Speculation

So I'm looking forward to the American Century Celebrity Golf Tournament at Lake Tahoe more than ever this year; in addition to the usual suspects, the field will include Dennis Miller, the lovely and vivacious Rick Reilly and the par machine that is Joe Buck. I'm also curious to see how Charles Barkley will spend his down time. No gambling, certainly not! But the big news is the Tahoe golf debut of Brett Favre; or it was, until today. Looks like he's backing out, for mysterious reasons.

NBC Sports officials are trying to persuade Brett Favre to make good on his earlier commitment to make his debut next month in the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship at Lake Tahoe, a tournament spokesman said Tuesday. The former Green Bay Packers quarterback told tournament officials in early May he would play for the first time in the 19th annual celebrity event July 11-13 at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course at Stateline. But his representatives sent an e-mail to NBC officials late Friday that said he was "probably not coming" due to a scheduling conflict, tourney spokesman Phil Weidinger said.

Last-minute no-shows are not uncommon in this tournament; Michael Jordan did it last year, and Aidan Quinn left a trail of broken hearts when he sent his regrets on Friday. But with Favre, one has to wonder; is an NFL comeback the reason he's changing his plans? According to the events schedule on his web site, he's cleared his entire calendar.

Poor Aaron Rodgers. He won't get into an actual NFL game until he's 50.

Favre May Back Out Of Celebrity Golf At Lake Tahoe [Chicago Tribune] Tahoe Celebrity Golf