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Jermaine O'Neal Makes Game-Saving Block, Is Very Pleased With Himself
You can give Steph Curry the credit for last night's Warriors' victory if you want to—he did tie the game with a preposterous layup at the end of regulation before scoring seven points in OT, after all—but I prefer to think that this game belonged to old-ass Jermaine O'Neal....


Sone Aluko's Volley Winner For Hull City Is One Of This Season's Best
Hull City's opened its first campaign in the Premiership since 2010 solidly; they're smack in the middle of the table, and stunning more established sides with spectacular plays. One of those came today as Sone Aluko slammed home a massive volley to steal a win from Newcastle....

The Greatest Comic Book Of 'Em All: Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali
One of the juiciest pop culture sports books ever made is this 1978 gem with art by Neal Adams. ...

All Right, Boys, Silencio, This Is A Picture
The Independent was good enough to reprint Joan Didion's 1965 essay, "John Wayne: A Love Story:" ...

Two Ways To Make Alfredo Sauce So Rich It'll Stop Your Heart
So you've decided to end your life, or at least the segment of your life during which you could walk from here to there without your chest making sounds like a whirring blender full of silverware. Because that is the only conceivable reason why you would choose to make Alfredo sauce, which, scientif...

Phil Jackson Compares Shaquille O'Neal to Wilt Chamberlain
Legendary basketball coach Phil Jackson made headlines last month when his book, Eleven Rings, was published. He compared Michael Jordan to Kobe Bryant in the book and concluded basically that Jordan was much better. This wasn't a surprise to anyone, but there was a lot of value in reading Jackson, ...

The Spurs Are Up Six At Half Thanks To Gary Neal's Buzzer-Beater Three
The San Antonio Spurs are leading the Miami Heat 50-44 at half. Gary Neal leads all scorers with 14 points. LeBron James only has four points to go along with six rebounds and four dimes, but Dwyane Wade has 12 points and five assists....

Here's The New Shaq Soda We've All Been Waiting For
So Shaquille O'Neal tweeted today that he partnered with AriZona Beverage Company to release a soda line. After countless hours of grunt work and delibration peppered by brief, magical moments of marketing genius, Shaq's new soda will be called Soda Shaq....

LeBron's Fourth MVP Is Pushing Him Into Ludicrous Territory
Reports are swarming that LeBron James will be named the NBA’s MVP for the fourth time in the past five seasons. Somehow this makes Derrick Rose’s 2011 MVP — the only blemish in that stretch for LeBron — seem all the more impressive, if all the more anomalous. Only four other players (Kareem Abdul-J...

Shaq's Phone Goes Off, Chaos Ensues
Shaquille O'Neal forgot to turn off his cell phone before going on the air for TNT's pre-game show. He flings it away, dislodging his mic. The wheels come off from there. Watch the whole clip, it ends in hugs....

<em>Inside The NBA</em>'s Got Lockjaw, Can't Tell You That It Loves You
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Kobe Bryant Will Fuel His Comeback By Imagining Naysaying Media Even As Media Continue To Nuzzle Kobe Tenderly
Sorry for yet more Kobe coverage on an otherwise pleasant Saturday, but as we could’ve witnessed the last of the man for the next, oh, ever, it’s worth trying to figure out whether and how he could come back from the most appropriately named injury in sports. During the press scrum after his apparen...

Houston Beats Phoenix Thanks To Jermaine O'Neal's Buzzer-Beating Goaltend
Tonight's bout between the Rockets and Suns in Houston looked to be headed to overtime when James Harden's buzzer-beating attempt for the lead couldn't find the twine. That's when Jermaine O'Neal decided he had someplace else to be....

<em>Inside The NBA</em> Got A Little Gay-Baity Last Night
During halftime of last night's Clippers-Suns game, the Inside the NBA crew had some fun at the expense of Charles Barkley, who mentioned during the second quarter that he gets his eyebrows waxed. The segment began with a mocking Shaquille O'Neal getting the same treatment, and it quickly devolved...

Shaq Has Become A Titan Of Business
The NCAA is having its annual convention in Grapevine, Texas, and the highlight of yesterday's program was NCAA President Mark Emmert sitting down with Shaquille O'Neal. Shaq's always ripe for a few quotes (he thinks a "three-and-done" system is ideal for college basketball players), but the good st...

Why Did The Dream Team Choose Laettner Over Shaq?
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Shaq has the answer....

Shaq Doesn't Want The Magic GM Job He Wouldn't Have Gotten Anyway
After a whirlwind 24 hours of "What the hell are the Magic thinking?", Shaquille O'Neal has decided he won't interview for the vacant Orlando GM job after all....