Article: Kobe Bryant case may become latest `Trial of the Century'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Byline: Jim Nolan

PHILADELPHIA _ Thanks to Kobe Bryant, O.J. Simpson can now hunt for the "real killers" in peace.

Eight years after O.J., it's time for a new "Trial of the Century."

And the State of Colorado vs. Kobe Bryant has all the elements of the next great cable-news soap opera:

Celebrity, sex, violence and high stakes.

Fortunately, no one is dead.

But by the time the rape case against Bryant is put to bed, Kobe's career could be over, and Geraldo could have another talk show.

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