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Who knew? A-Rod turning into top TV analyst for Fox

You never know who's going to succeed or fail on TV. Witness the long, strange trip of Alex Rodriguez to Fox Sports/FS1.

It was just a few years ago the disgraced A-Rod was one of the most reviled figures in sports.

He was a two-time admitted steroids user. His reputation for self-serving, double-talk led ESPN The Magazine to publish a 12,000 word profile of the Yankees slugger — without a single quote from Rodriguez.

The profile's author, J. R. Moehringer, explained that decision by saying A-Rod was a "proven liar."

But after A-Rod returned from MLB suspension with a bounce-back 2015 season, John Entz, Fox Sports' president of production, took the risk of hiring Rodriguez for postseason studio coverage on Fox and FS1.