Metta World Peace; KFC; Smuckers: The Sick, The Slick, and The Terrific.

Once upon a time three stars in different fields of endeavor shared a common problem: Their name carried negative connotations: 1. One star, an athlete, had a name that was virtually synonymous with anger-management problems. 2. Another star, a food product that was beloved in parts of our nation but not others, [...]