Now that so-called Mamba Day is over, I& #39;ll be a sad sack reminder that Kobe Bryant cloaked himself in that image of a venomous snake after he was accused of raping a woman.

Can& #39;t imagine a better way to rehab your image as an asshole and sexual predator.

I get watching Kobe& #39;s highlights and thinking "wow, what a great player. I should study his moves."

I thoroughly don& #39;t understand this slobbering mythologizing surrounding him. Karl Malone needs his PR firm.

Like I LOVE James Brown& #39;s music. Grew up with it around the house nonstop. And I understand studying it and his dancing.

But now I& #39;m an adult and don& #39;t want no damn Godfather of Soul Day because James Brown beat the shit out of women.

This is a larger problem with our country (and humanity at-large) I suppose.

We gotta make heroes and legends out of deeply-flawed and even terrible people just because they excelled at something we like.