Word: hakeem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Everything's going well... Following my dream I dunked on Patrick Ewing I want a ring like Hakeem Oh Oh...what do ya know? Biological one's on the Ricki Lake show What does he want??? Does he want money??? What--people--do--for--MONEY...
Houston Rockets star Hakeem Olajuwon, one of the most eligible Muslim bachelors around, is off the market. He just wed Dalia Asafi, 18, of Houston, in an arranged marriage. "There's no dating, no boyfriends and girlfriends in Islam," said Olajuwon, 33, who has a child from a prior relationship. His new wife, he says, "possesses a maturity, knowledge and wisdom beyond her years...
...least the way economists keep score. It's a simple case of supply and demand. The inventory of 7-ft. 1-in., 300-lb. human rockslides like Shaq is not deep; you will not find one at Wal-Mart. That's why the Houston Rockets' pivotman, Hakeem Olajuwon, got a $55 million, five-year contract extension and another African-born center, Dikembe Mutombo, signed with the Atlanta Hawks for a five-year, $50 million deal. The Miami Heat is on the verge of re-signing playoff flop Alonzo Mourning for $115 million over seven years rather than lose...
...will be no dream there, only the hard realism of superiority. The players on the women's squad, though, are still dreaming. "We're going to have to work hard," says Tara VanDerveer, coach of the women's team. "We don't have a Shaq on our team, or Hakeem Olajuwon. For us, it's going to be a competitive Olympics...
Meanwhile, Moceanu is preparing for the Games. "More strengthening on bars," she says. While she's trying to take it one day at a time, she can't help getting a little ahead of herself. "Afterward I'm looking forward to meeting the athletes." Suddenly, her eyes widen. "Maybe Hakeem Olajuwon!" Having mastered the television camera while shooting national ads for various Olympic sponsors, she entertains a few fantasies: a guest appearance on Friends. Better yet, a bit part in a Brad Pitt movie. (Blush.) Then she catches herself. "I don't have time now," she says firmly. "Maybe later...