Orlando Sentinel
On the surface, it seems incredibly hypocritical for Shaquille O'Neal to say the other day "it would be a travesty" if Dwight Howard leaves Orlando for the brighter lights of a bigger city.
This, after all, is the same Shaq who left Orlando at the first opportunity for the fame and fortune of Hollywood, where he joined the Lakers, won three championships and made a couple of bad movies and some even worse hip-hop records.
But maybe, if we dig a little deeper, there is something more to what Shaq is saying. Maybe he's not being "The Big Hypocrite" at all. Maybe he's simply being a big brother. Maybe Superman Sr. wants...
Shaquille O'Neal, still sweating following a Heat practice one day, had just made a point to reporters, but he wanted to make sure everyone knew he really meant what he said. So he accentuated his final sentence by saying,... more »
Thank you, Indiana Pacers. Thank you for what you did on Tuesday night. Thank you for beating the Magic 105-87 and doing what needed to be done long ago. Thank you for putting Orlando players, coaches and fans out of their... more »
There was no fanfare. No standing ovation. No curtain call. No farewell speech. There wasn't even a goodbye wave. Just a disheartened coach walking somberly and silently off the floor at the Amway Center. Maybe for the last... more »
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