Athletes as celebrities can be dated back to the ancient Olympic Games, but the rise of athletes as celebrities took off in the early 1900's. Athletes began to be used to market cigarettes and cigars, inside the packs they used to include some of the first baseball cards. Out of this Idea came one of the most valuable baseball cards of all time with one of Honus Wagner worth well over 500,000 dollars (www.money.cnn.…showed first 75 words of 2740 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2740 total… those who are infatuated with the knowing the exact life's of their favorite athletes. The privacy of the athlete will continue to be pried into...whether it is with or without their blessing. Works Cited EBay goes for grand slam http://money.cnn.com/2000/07/07/investing/q_ebay/ Hasselbecks Keep Eyes on the Big Time http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14788-2003Nov25.html Urlacher tries to forget Paris http://bears.theinsiders.com/2/182461.html