Subject: Shaquille O'Neal

• Shaquille O'Neal shuns Sheriff Joe Arpaio, chooses Tempe PD instead.

  March 26, 2008

• Five Shaq-tastic moments

  April 23, 2008

• Racist Sheriff Joe Arpaio slams the Suns' Shaquille O'Neal in lame publicity-grab.

  June 24, 2008

• Hot Links, Weekend Edition: Shaquille O'Neal hit with restraining order by Georgia rapper Maryjane.

  August 23, 2008

• Dan Saban outraises Joe in dough, and why Arpaio still hearts Shaquille O'Neal.

  August 25, 2008

• SHAQ'S FLACKS ARE WAY OFF TRACK

  March 16, 1994

• Hot Links: Obama-McCain Square Off Once More, O'Neal Ticked by Hack-a-Shaq, Madonna and Guy Ritchie Split.

  October 15, 2008

• Recordings

  January 23, 1997

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  September 30, 2004

• The Bird praises L. Ron Hubbard, skewers a bladder-challenged bigot and offers a warning to the Big Cactus

  March 13, 2008

• Shaq is Really on Twitter, and He’s Following My Mom

  Twitter is a social networking site where people send updates from their computers and cell phones about what they’re doing and where they are at any given moment. There have been plenty of faux accounts where people have posed as celebrities (there was a guy pretending to be Stephen Colbert early this year), so when I heard that basketball superstar Shaquille O’Neal had an account as “The Real Shaq,” I was skeptical.

  November 20, 2008

• Last Night's Phoenix Suns Game Almost Made Us Miss Mike D'Antoni

  Earth to Suns Coach Terry Porter: Shaq's an old man. You can't play down to his level. After last night's drubbing by the Los Angeles Lakers, we almost missed departed (for the New York Knicks) Coach Mike D'Antoni. Hey, we said almost. The jury's still out on whether Porter's a legitimate NBA coach, so we won't completely turn on him. Yet. But something's got to change. It's not that O'Neal's playing badly — for a 36-year-old. You couldn't ask him to play better, given his advanced yea

  November 21, 2008

• Shaq and the Suns Give Game Tickets Away on Twitter

  Yesterday, we reported that Phoenix Suns center Shaquille O’Neal had an account on Twitter, a social networking site where users post updates about their activities. Now Shaq, along with Phoenix Suns Digital Media & Research Director A. Jo. Martin are giving away Suns tickets via Twitter, and Shaq has actually requested to meet certain Twitter users in person.

  November 21, 2008

• Hope for the Phoenix Suns was Reborn Against Portland -- Despite 18 Turn-Overs

  It's about the fast-break points, stupid! The Phoenix Suns, though way off last year's pace, had six in their weekend game against the Portland Trail Blazers. We wouldn't say they dominated the Blazers, but they held on to win at home 102-92. In other words, hope was reborn, after the Suns' embarrassing loss to the hated Kobe Bryant and his Los Angeles Lakers the other night. But let's not get too giddy. Coach Terry Porter was gleeful that the win against Portland meant his team

  November 24, 2008

• Phoenix Suns, Without Nash and O'Neal, Look Promising in a Road Loss to Talented New Orleans

  As bizzare as it may seem, we were thrilled by the Phoenix Suns' road loss to the New Orleans Hornets 104-91. Playing without Shaquille O'Neal (resting, as usual, on the first of back-to-back games) and Steve Nash (flu-like symptons), the Suns looked much better Wednesday night against a good team than they have -- with their future hall-of-famers --  against four awful-to-average teams. A starting lineup of Grant Hill (pictured scoring), Amare Stoudemire

  December 4, 2008

• Shaq Scores Four Points as Beaten-Down Suns get Beaten Up by Dallas

  Diesel, where the hell were you? Where's that team you bragged you'd hoist to an NBA  championship in Phoenix? Nowhere to be found in the Suns 112-97 road loss to mighty Dirk Nowitzki (pictured) and his Dallas Mavericks, that's where. Ain't gonna happen with the way you (and for that matter, most of the team) played Thursday night. Four points, Shaq? Five rebounds? What! And after sitting out Wednesday's loss to the New Orleans Hornets -- to rest. Well, i

  December 5, 2008

• Buck Shot: Suns Attempt to Sweep the Cheeseheads from Milwaukee Tonight

  Andrew Bogut and the Milwaukee Bucks come to town We're always trying to find trends with our hometown sports teams. For example, our genius minds figured out that the ASU Sun Devils football team sucked all season long. Same with the Phoenix Mercury and the Coyotes, thus far. So imagine our glee when we thought we figured out the winning formula for a team that's typically good 'round these parts, the Phoenix Suns. During an early season East Coast road trip, the Suns won whenever Shaquille O

  December 9, 2008

• Glad You're Sitting Down: Shaq Almost Scores His Age, Proving He Can Still Do It -- Against Milwaukee

  It was his first 30-point game since March 9, 2007 when he was with the Miami Heat. In fact, 36-year-old Shaquille O'Neal scored 35 points against the Milwaukee Bucks Tuesday night to lead the Suns to a 125-110 victory, the team's largest point total of the year. We'd say this was a return to the good old days of the last few years, if we didn't know better. Thing is, the Suns always play well against Milwaukee (9-14). Especially at home, where they've beaten

  December 10, 2008

• Temporarily Depleted by the Monster Trade, Suns Still Give Lakers All They Can Handle in L.A.

  Down three players, the Phoenix Suns played toe to toe with the Los Angeles Lakers for four quarters before losing 115-110 at Staples Center. With the usual assortment of show-biz types in attendance Wednesday night, the Suns, with just eight players available, looked much better against the powerful Lakers than they had in the first game against Kobe's Gang this season. It made us wonder how the team might look when scorer Jason Richardson, acquired from the C

  December 11, 2008

• Prodigal Sun: Mike D'Antoni Returns Tonight When His Knicks Take on Richardson-Revitalized Phoenix

    So, when Mike D'Antoni leads his New York Knicks out of the tunnel and onto the hardwood at the Purple Palace, will you boo him or will you cheer him? What's the etiquette for a man who abandoned a listing ship? Sure, following the Suns' first-round playoff ouster by the San Antonio Spurs last season, the former Suns head coach bailed in favor of the Big Apple, but he did it nicely enough. He asked first, in an I'm-telling-you kinda way. And Suns General Manager Steve Kerr -- the

  December 15, 2008

• After Two Games Out of the Lineup, Shaq Comes Back With a Vengeance in Suns Win Over D'Antoni's Knicks

  Here's an idea: play Shaquille O'Neal every third game. The other idea would be to play him only against Milwaukee (he scored 27 and 35 points in two games against the Bucks this season), but that wouldn't be cost-effective for a guy making $20 million a year. After missing two games because of a family funeral in North Carolina, the Big Shaqtus scored 23 points and had 12 rebounds in 35 minutes to propel Phoenix to a 111-103 win over prodigal Sun Mike D'Antoni's New York Knicks at US Airways C

  December 16, 2008

• Dec. 19 In Blogs: Shaq, Lil Wayne, Cove Trattoria and More

  We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Shaq's Big Truck Gets Loaded With Presents -- Santa Must Have Sleigh Envy Dave Pratt No Longer Behind the Mic -- But He is Behind on Property Tax Up on the Sun: Just Announced: Lil Wayne Coming To U.S. Airways Chris Donathon Comments On The Medic Droid's Recent Break-

  December 19, 2008

• Merry Effen Xmas, Phoenix: San Antonio Edges the Suns With a Buzzer-Beater

  This year's Phoenix Suns are playing better than ever. They've looked good in the last six games. Unfortunately, they're 3-3 in those contests against (save for the New York Knicks) good teams. Turnovers have killed the Suns all season, and while they've gotten better at protecting the basketball lately, ham-handed botches are the main thing separating them from the NBA's elite. Their 16 turnovers last Saturday were good enough against the Denver Nuggets, who had 21. B

  December 26, 2008

• Weekend Wars: Not a Brick in Sight for Shaq as Suns Blow Out Rival Mavs and Beat Lowly Clippers

  The big news here's that the really big guy went 12 for 12 from the free-throw line in weekend wins against the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Clippers. Shaquille O'Neal's been saying he's gone back to the basics his father taught him when he was a little boy of 6-9. Well, it's working. He was so good from the stripe in Friday's 128-100 home blowout over the Mavericks and in Sunday's 109-103 road victory against the Clippers that he could teach Steve Nas

  January 12, 2009

• Shaq Dominates Again: Suns Beat Fading Atlanta Hawks 103-98

    It was Shaquille O'Neal's night again -- and thank God for it! Without him, the Suns would've lost to the Atlanta Hawks, who led the game at US Airways Center late in the fourth quarter before a Suns spurt. O'Neal had 26 points and 10 rebounds in 40 minutes against the 22-15 Hawks, who these days feature former Shadow Mountain High School and Arizona Wildcats phenom Mike Bibby at point guard. The former Sacramento Kings star had 17 points -- and along with forwar

  January 14, 2009

• Shaq & Cedric the Entertainer All-Star Comedy Jam: By the Numbers

  Before we jump into the review, here are a few stats you should know about Cedric the Entertainer's show at Celebrity Theater last night. Number of performing comedians: 5 (including host Cedric and Aries Spears, Deray Davis, Tommy Davidson, and Kevin Hart) Number of comedians in the audience who didn't perform: 1 (Katt Williams) Number of other celebrities in the audience: 3 (including Shaq, Nelly, and Ashanti) Number of stretch Hummers spotted in the Celebrity Theatre parking lot in the hou

  February 15, 2009

• 2009 NBA All-Star Game: Defense (For a Change), Jumpshots, and Forced Drama

  Kobe and Shaq are once again BFF. Awwww. The only thing the sports media love more than a good feud is a half-assed gesture to end it under meaningless circumstances. So it was that Kobe and Shaq were forced to awkwardly hoist a trophy together at the 2009 NBA All-Star game, just as they did back when they were three-time champions together, long before Shaq dissed Kobe in every medium available, including a famous freestyle in which the big man repeatedly rapped, "Kobe, tell me how my as

  February 16, 2009

• Good Riddance: Terry Porter's Officially Fired, but Could it be Shaq Who Now Goes Instead of Amar'e?

  Well, it's official. Phoenix Suns head coach Terry Porter was fired today and replaced (on an interim basis) with long-time Phoenix assistant and former Los Angeles Clippers head coach Alvin Gentry (pictured). "I hired Terry because I believed he would be able to provide the balance our team needed in order to perform at a very high level. Unfortunately the transition from last season to this one proved to be very difficult, and we have not played to our potential. It's imperative

  February 16, 2009

• Okay, Stoudemire's Staying With the Phoenix Suns, and so's Shaq -- at Least for the Remainder of the Season

  The NBA trade deadline passed at 1 p.m. today with no Phoenix Suns players moved -- not even Amar'e Stoudemire (whose departure seemed all but a done deal last week). Suns brass had been admitting for a month that they were entertaining trade offers for every member of the team except Steve Nash. There was huge interest in Stoudemire, but not much interest in giving the Suns enough in return for one of the top power forwards in the game. Either nobody offered up what Sun

  February 19, 2009

• Shaq Meets Fans at 5 & Diner in Phoenix Through Twitter

  As we reported on this blog back in November, Suns star Shaquille O'Neal's on Twitter, the "micro-blogging" site where users can post short messages on the Internet (through computers or their cell phones) that detail what they're doing at any given moment. (For example, Shaq Twittered on January 16 at 10:57 p.m.: "I cant sleep gotta get 2 walmart").  But it was this Twitter from Shaq last Thursday that really caught the attention of Twitter users in Phoenix: "Im at 5 n diner n phoenix."

  February 23, 2009

• Joe Arpaio Challenges Shaq to Free-Throw Contest; Shaq Says He Doesn't Know Who Joe Is

  In this corner, wearing the purple and orange shorts, please welcome a man who's won four NBA championships, Suns center Shaquille O'Neal! And in the other corner, wearing the pink underwear and panting like a dog with emphysema, give it up for the man who's had at least nine inmates die in his jails, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio! Writing books (yeah, right) must be boring, because now Arpaio wants to play with Shaq's balls.If only Arpaio had challenged O'Neal to a boxing match. We'd

  February 25, 2009

• Feb. 25 In Blogs: Shaq, Napolitano, No Doubt and More

  We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Impersonator Posts Funny Updates on Twitter Joe Arpaio Challenges Shaq to Free-Throw Contest; Shaq Says He Doesn't Know Who Joe Is Feathered Bastard: Janet Napolitano Meets with Congressional Hispanic Caucus Thursday: Let's Hope They Grill Her Fat As

  February 25, 2009

• Shaq Has His Biggest Weekend Since He was With L.A., as the Phoenix Suns Crush Toronto and Beat the Lakers

  Shaq played like he was this kid's age over the weekend.What a weekend for Planet Orange, and its largest inhabitant! We're beginning to think of the Phoenix Suns as a planet again, after back-to-back victories against the Toronto Raptors and the Los Angeles Lakers at US Airways Center Friday night and Sunday afternoon. Shaquille O'Neal's certainly big enough to be Jupiter, and his performances over the weekend were cosmic. On Friday night, he had his best game as a Su

  March 2, 2009

• Phoenix Suns Continue Skid, Losing to D. Wade and the Miami Heat, 135-129

  allposters.com Those were the days, my friend. Shaq and D. Wade after their 2006 NBA titleTwo of Shaquille O'Neal's old teams on the road in two nights. Two losses. Tuesday night, it was to the Orlando Magic, and Wednesday it was to Dwayne Wade, Shaq's brother in arms in the 2006 NBA championship, and the Miami Heat. It wasn't Shaq's fault that the Phoenix Suns lost to the Heat by 6 points, dropping even deeper into ninth place in the Western Conference playoff race. He had 22

  March 5, 2009

• Player Hater: Phoenix Suns Need to Channel Shaq's Aggro to Win on the Road This Weekend

  www.nba.com As the saying goes, "Don't hate the player, hate the game." Well, considering the current tongue-lashing dished out by Shaquille O'Neal at Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy, the hate is all-encompassing for the Suns' big man. The triggering episode occurred Tuesday night in Orlando during Phoenix's 111-99 loss. During the game, Magic center Dwight Howard elbowed Shaq in the chest. The Suns center flopped worse than his 1998 album Respect. Van Gundy, who coached O'Neal for a

  March 6, 2009

• Leandro Barbosa Injured in Phoenix Suns' Impressive Win Over Philadelphia 76ers

  www.nba.comLeandro Barbosa takes a sickening spill. Just when you thought the Phoenix Suns' luck was improving, another player gets injured. This time it happened at the end of the first quarter of the Suns' game against the Philadelphia 76ers when Leandro Barbosa went down with a hyper-extended left knee. It was sickening even to watch, but a preliminary examination determined that there was no joint or ligament damage. What this means about the Brazilian Blur's availablity for the rest of the

  March 19, 2009

• Phoenix Suns Still (Barely) Alive in the Playoff Race After 114-109 Win Over Tough Houston Rockets

  www.nba.com It was a battle of the behemoths at US Airways Center.The most lopsided statistic in the Phoenix Suns' 5-point victory over the powerhouse Houston Rockets Wednesday night was fast-break points. The Suns had 18 and the Rockets had 4. It was run-and-gun basketball as only the Suns can do it (when their heads are in the game). But the Suns also beat one of the best rebounding teams in basketball -- which features 7-foot-6 Yao Ming -- on the boards.

  April 2, 2009

• On the Eve of the NBA All-Star Game, Phoenix Suns Players Show Off Their Tattoo Canvases

  February 12, 2009

• Center of Gravity

  December 4, 2008

• Inner Booty

  Wouldn’t it feel good to own Kobe’s butt for one more afternoon?

  November 20, 2008

• Phoenix Suns vs. Denver Nuggets (Outdoor Exhibition)

  October 9, 2008

• Steve Kerr's been beating the odds his whole life

  April 24, 2008

• Who's Your Shaq Daddy Now?

  February 21, 2008

• Pass the Blowtorch

  November 29, 2007

• Mexican Busting

  The plumed wonder examines the racial politics of Andy Thomas, then swoops over Sharon Stonewaller and Tent City, where Shaq and a local actor were inside the razor wire

  January 19, 2006

• Amar'e Stoudemire Backstabs Hispanic Fans; Signs on as "Special Deputy" Under Sheriff Joe Arpaio

  Seems Big Stat has some eye trouble when it comes to Arpaio's bigoted misdeeds...(Hey, wasn't he in Escape from New York?)Is Phoenix Suns forward Amar'e Stoudemire blind to the truth about Sheriff Joe Arpaio?Apparently so, and in more than one eye. According to recent news reports, Big Stat was sworn in this afternoon as a "special deputy" for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. For Sheriff Joe, it's a publicity coup, coming at just the right time, with African-American Arpaio critic Al

  June 16, 2009

• Hot Links: Shaq Packs, Doc Prescribes, and Cows Burp

  ASU basketball player James Harden worked out for the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday. Harden, the PAC-10 Player of the Year, is expected to be among the top five picks in tonight's NBA draft...the Phoenix Suns traded Shaquille O'Neal to the Cleveland Cavaliers the day before the draft. In exchange for Shaq, the Suns will get Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic, the 46th pick in the draft, and $500,000...Fire crews in Prescott battled a blaze allegedly caused by a truck driver accidentally p

  June 25, 2009

• The Big Cactus Becomes the Big Abandoned Steel Mill. Good for Cleveland, but It Leaves Us with Zilch

  www.nba.com O'Neal and King James reunited on the same team, this time for what the Cavs hope is a championship season.So what's Shaq gonna be called now that he's no longer the Big Cactus? Maybe the Big Abandoned Steel Mill or the Big Mistake By the Lake. Actually, O'Neal's trade looks good -- for LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers! But what WTF did the Phoenix Suns get out of this? We'll tell you what: The deal saves owner Robert Sarver at least $10 million. What did Phoen

  June 25, 2009

• Clockwork Orange

  October 29, 2009

• Sheriff Shaq? Former Suns Big Man Applies To Be Deputized in Cleveland

  www.dimemag.com​Shaquille O'Neal, the "Big Shaquisition" as he is now being called by Cavs fans, is hoping to become a deputized police officer in Ohio as he was in Florida, Virginia, and of course, Arizona.After being traded from the Suns to the Cavs back in June, Shaq has applied to become a special deputy in Cleveland, a position that would allow him to carry a gun and make arrests.

  October 29, 2009