Enshrined in the Hall of Fame for no apparent good deeds other than winning by whatever sleazy means it took, Huggins was fully indulged by the highest authorities.
What once would have been impossible due to a shame factor, especially shame administered by a sports media that represented the public trust, is kaput.
Charles Barkley — the all-knowing, all-seeing, must-embrace media superstar with an admitted gambling problem — continues to take the dough to endorse anything.