Shaquille ONeal News

'Shaq' as he is more commonly known as affectionately amongst his vast array of fans, Shaquille O'Neal is one of the highest achievers in the world of Basketball having won no less than four NBA world championships. He is known especially for his enormous size, marked by his large shoe size of twenty-two. Shaquille O'Neal is now playing the team the Cleveland Cavaliers and earning an impressive salary of ...

First, Shaq sat. To take a load off his surgically repaired left knee, he settled into a chair outside the Miami Heat locker room Tuesday. Then he spoke barely above a whisper into a cluster of microphones inches from his face. For those straining to hear, the message was nonetheless clear: Shaquille O'Neal's latest injury should not be interpreted as a sign that he's in decline. ``They've been saying that ...

This is one repeat the Miami Heat didn't want: a serious early season injury to Shaquille O'Neal. The 13-time all-star will undergo knee surgery and be sidelined four to six weeks, the Heat said Friday. O'Neal tore cartilage in his left knee Sunday against Houston, an injury originally diagnosed as a hyperextended knee. Last season, O'Neal sprained his ankle in Miami's home opener and missed the next 18 games. He sat out a total of 23 games, ...

The NBA is convinced it is playing with a better basketball this season _ no matter what Shaquille O'Neal thinks. The league is debuting a new ball made of microfibre composite to replace the old leather balls, and O'Neal isn't impressed. The Miami Heat star blasted the ball Monday, criticizing not only the product but whoever was involved in the decision to use it. One of those people, executive vice-president ...

Heat centre Shaquille O'Neal is no fan of the new basketballs to be used by the NBA this season, and isn't afraid to say so. ``I think the new ball is terrible,'' O'Neal said Monday. ``It's the worst decision some expert, whoever did it, made. ... The NBA's been around how long? A hundred years? Fifty years? So to change it now, whoever that person is needs his college degree ...