Rarely has history ever witnessed the strikingly similar careers of two stars -- from the diverse worlds of sports and politics. The plot is however well tried and tested by the media and Hollywood -- meteoric stardom accompanied by the adulation of a worshipful press followed by colossal failure and or scandal and a precipitous nose dive, ending in a crash, prompting recourse to such Biblical proverbs as "Oh How the Mighty Have Fallen!" (2 Samuel: 1-25)