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Shaquille O'Neal

  • Voice Choices

    December 21, 2011

    NBA UNWRAPPED

    New York Knicks host Boston Celtics

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    F2K Presents: The Nine Worst September 11 Response Songs

    ​This Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, a moment in American history that was pretty horrifying for reasons that have been enumerated countless times. (Especially in recent days.) Their effects on pop music weren't as tragic, to be sure, but they were pretty unfort ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2011

    When Hoop Dreams End, Make Soup: Shaq Teams Up with The Original SoupMan

    So multifaceted, that Shaq​There's really no greater polymath than Shaquille O'Neal. Obviously he had mad basketball skills, but he also released four rap albums, several television shows, and, most importantly, the film Kazaam. He has real estate ventures and even somehow managed the time t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Athletes Peddle New Double Triple Oreos; Bobo Shuttered Due to Mice and Flies

    ​BeyoncĂ© took a page out of Lady Gaga's book and sent pizza to her fans standing in line at Roseland Ballroom on Tuesday. It probably wasn't from her beloved Lucali's. [NY Pizza] The salmonella outbreak of 2008-9 that killed nine, sickened hundreds, and was traced back to peanuts was deconst ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    The Debt Ceiling: A Guide

    ​In order to come to a resolution on a new debt ceiling, Congress has been working around the clock. "Around the clock" for Congress means they are just taking a shorter vacation, but still, coming to an agreement on this issue has become paramount in lawmakers' eyes. Obama thinks that if the ... More >>

  • Music

    January 19, 2011

    Pazz & Jop Voter Comments: Rick Ross Lies, the Rolling Stones Plunder, and Taylor Swift Triumphs

    ​In order to come to a resolution on a new debt ceiling, Congress has been working around the clock. "Around the clock" for Congress means they are just taking a shorter vacation, but still, coming to an agreement on this issue has become paramount in lawmakers' eyes. Obama thinks that if the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2010

    Shaq Has Not Panicked Since Age 9, When He Lit a Teddy Bear on Fire

    ​Allow the absurdity of that statement to set in. He really said that! It comes from this weekend's Deborah Solomon Q&A with the aging basketball star in the New York Times Magazine. It's full of the classic quotes and good humor that made the The Real Shaq the original Kanye West. Plus, a s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    A-Rod's Big Screen Debut Role: What Will It Be?

    ​Variety reports that Yankees record home-run hitter Alex Rodriguez will be fielding a role in the new Justin Timberlake-Mila Kunis movie, Friends With Benefits, about two friends who take to the sheets to cope after ending disastrous relationships. Though the plot of the film may be predictab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    Jockbeat: Why This Year with the Knicks Will Be Worse Than the Isiah Era

    ​ In a way, for Knicks fans this is worse than the Isiah era. You know, in the way watching a train wreck is a lot more interesting than watching paint dry. At least in the bad old days, there was drama, larger-than life personalities and some good basketball players, albeit gone horribly w ... More >>

  • Music

    August 25, 2009

    Live From Nine Inch Nails' Retirement Party

    In praise of Trent Reznor, the nihilist-turned-populist, waving goodbye

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    Gay Panic on The Set of Taking Woodstock

    ​ Poor Ang Lee. First his Brokeback Mountain didn't win Best Picture, apparently because some voters were too repulsed by the cornholing theme to even stick the DVD in the machine. But at least that was behind closed doors. Now gay panic has made it onto the major networks with Demetri Martin- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    MJ in LA Update

    Latifah said, "I'm here to represent millions of fans who loved Michael... all of you." She reads a Maya Angelou poem, "We had him," composed for the occasion: "Beloveds, now we know that we know nothing/Now that our bright and shining star can slip away from our fingertips like a puff of summer win ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    Tech Dreck: iPhone Does Homework, AT&T Plays Big Brother, Twitter Celebs Fake It

    "Parents have lost the war over buying cellphones for their children," says Saul Hansell in the Times. He must be talking about those parents, overrepresented in the Times' demographic, whose children can battle for the right to own expensive electronic geegaws without getting smacked. Hansell says ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    Shorty Awards Honor Marketing Miniaturists

    The Shorty Awards -- not a rap thing, but a celebration by three enthusiasts to honor "the best producers of short content" on Twitter, where messages have a 140-character limit -- were held in Brooklyn last night. The awards were hosted by CNN anchor Rick Sanchez, with special appearances by Shaqui ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    Video: Growing's "Innit"

    The Shorty Awards -- not a rap thing, but a celebration by three enthusiasts to honor "the best producers of short content" on Twitter, where messages have a 140-character limit -- were held in Brooklyn last night. The awards were hosted by CNN anchor Rick Sanchez, with special appearances by Shaqui ... More >>

  • Screens

    October 8, 2008

    The Most OCD Video Games: Q-Bert, LEGO Batman, Mercenaries 2, and More

    Gaming now officially linked to obsessive, Tony Shalhoub-type behavior

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2008

    Shaq to Kobe: "Tell Me How My Ass Tastes"

    Gaming now officially linked to obsessive, Tony Shalhoub-type behavior

  • Screens

    November 7, 2006

    Post-Apocalyptic World: A Bipartisan Learning Tool?

    Gaming now officially linked to obsessive, Tony Shalhoub-type behavior

  • Screens

    October 24, 2006

    Controversial Game Revisits Horrors of High School

    Gaming now officially linked to obsessive, Tony Shalhoub-type behavior

  • Screens

    October 10, 2006

    The Best New Indie Games

    Gaming now officially linked to obsessive, Tony Shalhoub-type behavior

  • Screens

    October 3, 2006

    The Season's Top Sports Games

    Gaming now officially linked to obsessive, Tony Shalhoub-type behavior

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2006

    An NBA Finals Playlist

    Gaming now officially linked to obsessive, Tony Shalhoub-type behavior

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2006

    Skillz's 05 Rap Up: Saving Rap?

    Gaming now officially linked to obsessive, Tony Shalhoub-type behavior

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2005

    French Basketball Players Pretend To Be Rappers

    Gaming now officially linked to obsessive, Tony Shalhoub-type behavior

  • Screens

    October 4, 2005

    Sports Game Ushers In the Apocalypse

    Gaming now officially linked to obsessive, Tony Shalhoub-type behavior

  • Columns

    February 8, 2005

    Horoscope

    Gaming now officially linked to obsessive, Tony Shalhoub-type behavior

  • News

    June 10, 2003

    Sports

    Gaming now officially linked to obsessive, Tony Shalhoub-type behavior

  • News

    May 6, 2003

    Sports

    Gaming now officially linked to obsessive, Tony Shalhoub-type behavior

  • News

    April 29, 2003

    Sports

    Gaming now officially linked to obsessive, Tony Shalhoub-type behavior

  • News

    April 15, 2003

    Another Roll of the McDyess

    The Blurry Vision Thing

  • News

    December 31, 2002

    A Year of Self-Parity

    Who's Best? Who's the Underdog? When Anybody Can Win, Who Can Tell?

  • News

    August 20, 2002

    Sports

    Who's Best? Who's the Underdog? When Anybody Can Win, Who Can Tell?

  • News

    June 25, 2002

    His Backhand Needs Work

    No, McEnroe Can't Beat Venus or Serena. Even If He Could, So What?

  • News

    June 18, 2002

    Hoop Dreams

    Imagine It: Tim Duncan as a Net, and LeBron James as a Knick

  • News

    June 11, 2002

    Sports

    Imagine It: Tim Duncan as a Net, and LeBron James as a Knick

  • News

    June 4, 2002

    The Gulp War

    So How Good Are the Nets? We'll Find Out.

  • News

    March 26, 2002

    Putting Shaq in His Place

    Where Does a 340-Pound Center Sit? Not Necessarily Where He Wants To.

  • Specials

    February 12, 2002

    Letters

    Where Does a 340-Pound Center Sit? Not Necessarily Where He Wants To.

  • News

    February 5, 2002

    M.J. vs. Kobe: The Verdict

    Here's a Hint: It's Not Really Close

  • News

    August 28, 2001

    How to Open a Closed World

    Levar Harper-Griffith’s Strategy: Step Onto a Tennis Court When You’re Three Days Old

  • News

    June 12, 2001

    Iverson vs. Kobe

    Don’t Believe the Hype

  • News

    February 27, 2001

    Star Gazing

    Don’t Believe the Hype

  • News

    January 30, 2001

    Sports

    Don’t Believe the Hype

  • News

    January 2, 2001
  • Film

    July 11, 2000

    What’s That Smell?

    Don’t Believe the Hype

  • News

    March 28, 2000

    Below the Rim

    Whiteball Lives in the NCAA

  • News

    February 1, 2000

    A Bookie's Wild Week

    Hanging Out With a Bookmaker on the Super Bowl, Betting's Biggest Event

  • Music

    March 16, 1999

    Consumer Guide

    Hanging Out With a Bookmaker on the Super Bowl, Betting's Biggest Event

  • News

    January 19, 1999

    No Sweat For Jordan?

    Hanging Out With a Bookmaker on the Super Bowl, Betting's Biggest Event

  • News

    December 29, 1998

    ESPN'S Ho-Mo-Sexual Safari

    Hanging Out With a Bookmaker on the Super Bowl, Betting's Biggest Event

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