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What: “Beyond the Glory�

Where: Fox Sports Net, Sunday, 8 p.m.

The Chipper Jones story, as told in the next episode of “Beyond the Glory,� is more interesting than one might think. It’s a story of how a self-absorbed superstar matures and becomes a concerned family man.

Jones, drafted by the Atlanta Braves as a shortstop, was the No. 1 overall pick in 1990. He was the National League’s most valuable player in 1999 and is a five-time All-Star.

Jones’ baseball prowess is well-covered. But what is more interesting is how Jones has handled a sometimes troubled personal life. He became a tarnished golden boy when an extramarital affair led to the birth of a son out of wedlock in 1997.

Jones, divorced from his first wife in 1999, has since remarried and had a second son. But he has taken responsibility for his first son and sees him regularly.

He says of his former lifestyle: “I was cocky and arrogant and living the good life in the big leagues....There were many a times when I needed to be knocked down a peg.�

It was a tough two-hour phone call with his mother that influenced Jones to change his ways.

“I’ve never said things like that to anyone else,� Lynne Jones says.

“I was extremely disappointed in his moral character and I told him that I was. I thought he had more respect for women than that. I thought I’d taught him more respect for women than that.�