[Jeff Higgins]

Remember, kids, all of our sports heroes are only human. Some of them not very good ones.

Just because he can ride a motorcycle quickly, or dunk a basketball, or hit home runs, or any number of other physical feats, does not mean he is all there mentally. And us slobbering, slathering sports fans keep telling them they are demigods, often ignoring even obvious signs of their deviancies so we can watch them play. Even after they get caught. Look at guys like Michael Vick - welcomed back into the NFL with open arms after all he had done.

I bet guys who have spent time with Mladin have long suspected this, but were unwilling to rat out their heroic cash cow. And now they are acting all shocked and dismayed...