Before 1994, O.J. Simpson's greatest contributions to the culture were threefold: his record-breaking, award-winning career as a running back in college and professional football; his stint as a broadcaster and commercial pitchman, most notably running and hurdling through airports for Hertz rental cars; and as The Naked Gun films' detective Nordberg, a victim of nonstop slapstick calamities. Not bad. But when Simpson went on trial for allegedly murdering both his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman, the ensuing spectacle became an obsession — one with a profound, historic and occasionally bizarre the ripple effect on pop culture became profound. See also: 'American Crime...
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