Word: shaqness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
KOBE "BELLISIMO" BRYANT AGE: 22 HEIGHT: 6 ft. 7 in. WEIGHT: 210 lbs. OCCUPATION: Jordan heir, fly in the ointment BEST PUNCH: Upon the suggestion that he should consider deferring to Shaq: "Turn my game down? I need to turn it up. I've improved. How are you going to bottle me up? I'd be better off playing somewhere else...
...SHAQUILLE O'NEAL In 2000 the big guy broke through, leading the L.A. Lakers to the NBA title in his eighth pro season. As with Martinez, Shaq's the best, and everyone knows it: he was named the league's MVP with 99.2% of the vote...
...with Shaq and Kobe to idolize, not to mention all those loud wrestlers, what's the draw of a sport whose heroes are thousands of years old? Modern fencing isn't even as glamorous looking as it was in the movies Zorro and The Three Musketeers, although the high-tech electronic-scoring devices have a certain Nintendo-era appeal. Plus the modern gear makes it a lot safer, and that may be the key for parents. Weapons are covered at the tip, and fencers wear meshed masks and, often, plastic chest plates. The kids seem to enjoy the intricate rules...
...SHAQ: A CLASSIC...
...this cynical age of corruption in sports and politics, it renews one's hope to have someone like basketball's Shaquille O'Neal for youngsters to emulate [SPORT, June 19]. As you noted, Shaq has dipped into some serious treatises. What a wonderful world it would be if a kid should say, "When I grow up, I want to be just like Shaq," and then proceed to pester his parents to buy a copy of Aristotle's classic work Nichomachean Ethics. FRANK DOOLEY Whitesboro...