Word: neale
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ANGELES: Gain a star center, lose a soft-drink sponsor. That was the trade the Los Angeles Lakers made in signing Shaquille O'Neal. Since O'Neal is a spokesman for Pepsi in his spare time, Coca-Cola has decided to end its five-year sponsorship of the Lakers, since in the Atlanta firm's view, O'Neal represents the fox in the Coke chicken coop. "There was nothing to prevent Shaq from pulling out a Pepsi in the locker room during an on-camera interview," said a Coca-Cola spokesman. In fact, that's almost what O'Neal...
...performances by American swimmer Amy Van Dyken. It was Kerri Strug nailing her landing after her Yurchenko 1 1/2, then maintaining her balance on one foot as she pivoted in deference to the two tables of judges. With that, the 87-lb. 18-year-old shoved aside Shaquille O'Neal, Alexander Karelin, Billy Payne and all the big, bad Olympians. There were other heroes, to be sure, in the first eight days of the 16-day competition, but none as compelling as the Seven Sisters of U.S. gymnastics (see page 42). In this ghost town on Saturday, one could only...
...quietest moment of the ceremonies, just the old sweet song of Georgia on My Mind, performed by Gladys Knight. She in turn gave way to the new, sweet, if somewhat pretentious Summertime allegory, which featured giant puppets, a riverboat and 440 butterflies, not to mention quotes from Zora Neal Hurston, Thomas Wolfe and William Faulkner...
...Comoros?), part expression that all is forgiven (Saddam Hussein's son heads the tiny Iraqi delegation). The parade lasted far longer than expected, but finally the U.S. delegation came out, led by 286-lb. wrestler Bruce Baumgartner, who made flag carrying look ridiculously easy, and trailed by Shaquille O'Neal, whose new $121 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers wasn't exactly what Baron de Coubertin had in mind...
...HAQUILLE O'NEAL Rapper, movie star and occasional hoopster goes West: a $123M deal with the Lakers...