Shaquille O'Neal

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•Chris Webber, former Michigan star, relishing the prospect—if he, rather than Jamal Mashburn, is the Magic's pick—of playing alongside Shaquille O'Neal: "I can shoot an air ball and then act like it was a pass when...

Robbie Compton, a 15-year-old basketball player at Irmo High in Columbia, S.C., dreams of filling Shaquille O'Neal's shoes—or at least the Shaq Attack Reeboks (above) that O'Neal endorses. Sadly, Robbie takes a size...

If Michael Jordan had to retire, at least he chose the best possible time, for the NBA's sake, to announce it. After all, the league was already numb from a nightmarish off-season filled with tragic deaths, serious...