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...Aristotle, Shaq Diesel, Superman--by any name, Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal is still a force. The Heat begin their defense of the NBA title this week, and Shaq will be chasing his fifth championship (he had three with the Los Angeles Lakers in addition to the one last year with Miami). O'Neal, 34, called TIME's Sean Gregory to talk about the NBA's controversial new ball, his police ambitions and the coach he wants to see in a foxhole...
...Ball? A Brick NBA game ball creates hoopla A new microfiber basketball replaces the old leather model this NBA season, which starts next week. Players are crying foul. Shaq says it's "terrible." Others gripe that it's slippery when...
...pocket-passer also provided for a sharp contrast with the signal-caller on the other sideline. And while Pizzotti saw only limited time in a single practice this week, the Mountain Hawks entered the game fresh off their bye. Lehigh quarterback Sedale Threatt, son of the former NBA player of the same name, did pass for 293 yards and two scores. But his famed ground game didn’t prove a factor, as he managed net negative yards rushing the ball.“They had two weeks to prepare for us,” Murphy said...
...sport does take off, it will be thanks in part to dumb luck. nbc decided in 2002 to stop paying huge fees for sports like NBA basketball and started stacking its lineup with niche events--bull riding, arena football, Champ Car racing. The PBR paid the network for airtime, guaranteeing that nbc wouldn't lose money if no one tuned in. As it turned out, audiences liked watching corn-fed young dudes cling to enraged animals for dear life. "People want to see a big bad som'bitch hoof the s___ out of somebody," says Jerry Nelson, a top bull...
...This roster, for some head-scratching reason, had the same shooting deficiency as the more recent disappointing U.S. squads, which is amazing considering all we heard after Athens about constructing a team with the right NBA players - not necessarily just the best. You can't win while shooting 32% from three-point range, which the U.S. did against Greece. Where was Detroit's Richard Hamilton, who shot 46% from three-point range this year, tops in the NBA? What about Kyle Korver of Philadelphia? He doesn't do anything else, really, but shoot threes, but that's OK. We could...