HBO to turn Barry Bonds scandal into a movie

Game of Shadows, the controversial bestseller that brought to light detailed allegations of home run king Barry Bonds' involvement with illegal performance-enhancing drugs, is being made into a movie by HBO.

Just when Barry Bonds, who recently indicted by a grand jury, thought the negative publicity couldn't get any worse: a made-for-TV movie.

According to the New York Times "Much of the book was based on secret grand jury testimony of Bonds and other athletes leaked to Williams and Fainaru-Wada by Troy Ellerman, a lawyer sentenced to two and a half years in prison for denying under oath he was the reporters' source... The book recounts that Bonds allegedly began using steroids in 1999 after becoming jealous of Mark McGwire's having set baseball's single-season home run record the previous season."

This should be a pretty interesting movie. Remember, Bonds has not been convicted of any crime. And while I'm hardly a fan of Barry Bonds, making a movie based on grand jury testimony that was illicitly leaked to 2 reporters seems unfair. If he ends up being convicted, I would say go for it to the idea of a movie. But it seems premature. After all, even athletes are innocent until proven guilty.