They're all living the life every single sports-loving kid across the country hopes to experience one day, but is it worth the price? Kobe Bryant is back in the national spotlight for reasons unrelated to his superhuman abilities on the basketball court. Barry Bonds is portrayed as a baseball villain, despite beating federal prosecutors on all of its most serious charges and walked out of a United States Courthouse flashing the victory sign. Fastballer Roger Clemens is currently visiting his tailor for nice suits as he prepares to walk in and out of a federal courtroom for several weeks later this spring.
They're three of the world's biggest sports stars, yet we're talking about everything but their athletic accomplishments. Did they create the situations currently facing them? Is the media chomping at the bit to chew them up and spit them out? Have these three superstars made poor decisions? Whatever the case, Kobe, ...