we go now to the great marv albert for introductions. marv? >> thanks, j.k. hello, america.and it is time once again for the "jimmy kimmel live" pop-a-shot challenge. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, sorry. >> let's meet tonight's competitors. first, at 6'10", 250 pounds, an nba all-star and rookie of the year from the los angeles clippers, here is blake griffin. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. oh, sorry, sorry. >> and now -- and for me, this is a very emotional moment -- at 5'7", 148 pounds, he is a full-time busboy at local watering hole barney's beanery. he is the crown prince of pop-a-shot. here is ricardo the busboy. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: wow! this is unbelievable! hello, ricardo, cousin sal. your opponent, blake griffin. say hello. last year, ricardo crushed the competition. this year, to give the nba players a fighting chance, ricardo will be shooting blindfolded. that's right. cousin sal, secure the blindfold. ricardo, can you see anything? >> nothing, jimmy. >> jimmy: blake, can you see anything? >> a little bit. >> jimmy: you can? all right. [ lau

we go now to the great marv albert for player introductions. marv? >> thanks, j.k.ica, i'm marv albert, and it's time once again for the "jimmy kimmel live" pop-a-shot challenge. [ cheers and applause ] and here are tonight's competitors. he is 6'9", 289 pounds, a one-time nba champion from the boston celtics, hang onto everything. here he is, glen "big baby" davis. and now, at 5'7", 148 pounds, a full-time busboy at local watering hole, barney's beanery, here is ricardo the busboy. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hello, ricardo. it is very good to see you. last year as we saw, ricardo demolished the competition. so, this year to give the nba players a fighting chance, ricardo is going to shoot blindfolded. cousin sal, please secure the blindfold. ricardo, can you see anything? >> nothing, jimmy. >> jimmy: glen, can you see ricardo? >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you can. all right, very good. let's jump ball now to see who gets to shoot first. gentlemen. >> all right, ricardo, i'm going to count to three and then i'm going to toss it, all right? one. two. three.

hugh grant, marv albert, pee-wee herman, kobe bryant, all scandalized, all doing great today.ican congressman mark foley resigned in 2006 amidst a sexting scandal of his own. he now hosts a radio show in palm beach, florida. then, of course, there is the comeback kid himself former president bill clinton, elected and re-elected and now heralded for his work in developing countries among other causes. >> as a general rule, most people can come back from scandals like this. >> reporter: crisis management experts say there are four steps to redemption, publicly acknowledge wrongdoing. demonstrate suffering, vanish and return with a new focus. our culture very much needs to see you take your beating. we need to see you pay a price. but once that price is paid, there's really nowhere else for the story to go but up. >> reporter: another key factor, of course, is time. this could t or even months or years for weiner to achieve this redemption and that's if it happens at all. jake tapper, abc news, washington. >> sometimes any publicity is good publicity, sometimes. >> sometimes, yes

marv albert. pee-wee herman. kobe bryant. all scandalized. all doing great today. former republican congressman mark foley resigned in 2006, amidst a sexting scandal of his own. he now hosts a radio show in palm beach, florida, and talks about returning to the political scene. >> well, from what i've gathered from the early poll results, if you will, if i was going to run for mayor, there was a fairly strong indication that i would have been successful. >> reporter: then, of course, there's the comeback kid himself, former president bill clinton. elected and re-elected and now heralded for his work in developing countries, among other causes. >> as a general rule, most people can come back from scandals like this. >> reporter: crisis management experts say there are four steps to redemption. publicly acknowledge wrongdoing. demonstrate suffering. vanish. and return with a new focus. >> our culture very much needs to see you take your beating. we need to see you pay a price. but once that price is paid, there's really nowhere else for the story to go but up. >> repo

they said the same thing about marv albert, michael vick, they said the same thing about you. people were saying these people are done. and do you know what? we're now in a situation in our society where people are willing to be more forgiving. as long as you don't murder, rape, something -- putting aside the most awful. where i don't think that people can necessarily come back. but put those aside for a moment. i think we've gotten to the point where people are pretty quick to forgive. >> what you're saying is the media cycle turns. as vicious and demanding and horned ow as it may be at the moment of the event, the wheel turns. >> that's why he had to put it behind him more quickly. also, he doesn't want an ethics investigation. he doesn't want them searching out more possible wrongdoings. that's the last thing he wants. so close this chapter. put this away. put this behind him. it is not going to be an easy time. >> not an easy time. i can tell him that. the behavior was awful and it got worse day by day. >> what does he do? from your perspective, what does dough for the nex

hugh grant, marv albert, pee-wee herman, kobe bryant, all scandalize, all doing great today.ngressman, mark foley resigned in 2006, amidst a sexting scandal of his own and now hosts a radio show in palm beach, florida and talks about returning to the political scene. >> from what i have gathered ç from early poll results, if you will, if i was going to run for mayor, a fairly strong indication i would have been successful. >> reporter: the comeback kid himself, former president bill clinton, elected, re-elected and now heralded for his work in developing countries among other causes. >> as a general rule, most people can come back from scandals like this. >> reporter: crisis management experts say there are four steps to redemption, publicly acknowledge wrongdoing, demonstrate suffering, vanish, and return with a new focus. >> our culture very much needs to see you take your beating. we need to see you pay a price. but once that price is paid, there is really nowhere else for the story to go but up. >> reporter: another key factor of course is time. this could take months or