shaquille o'neal

During "Inside the NBA", Shaquille O'Neal likes to race analyst Kenny Smith to the video board where they breaks down plays.

Shaquille O'Neal is joining the ownership group of the Sacramento Kings. The Kings announced Monday that O'Neal has acquired a minority stake in the team under new owner Vivek Ranadive. The Kings will introduce the four-time NBA champion at a news conference Tuesday in Sacramento.

TNT's "Inside the NBA" had a rough start Tuesday night when Shaquille O'Neal's cell phone went off. He then tossed it to a producer who dropped it and it clattered to the floor. In the middle of all of this, Shaq accidentally unhooked his microphone so someone had to run in to fix it. All of which was a perfect setup for Charles Barkley.

Will Ferrell is becoming a Bill Murray in training, meaning Ferrell does what he wants when he wants in public venues. The only difference is that Murray is a character while Ferrell has to become a character.

Happy sports Thursday, thank you for taking a time out and welcome back, 'On The Sidelines'!! Show topics for tonight include: My views on New Mexico St. getting denied by the Sun Belt, Dr. Shaq has a short lived rumor and Bob Stull steps up in a big way...

With our ever increasing dependence and addiction to social media, beat writers are becoming less relevant with each day, tweet, and video blog.  I caution people not to confuse a great columnist or writer with a daily beat writer.  A talented columnist can still provide the insight and wit that can't be captured in 140 characters or less.

You never know if Shaq is just goofing around, but the future Hall of Famer posted a video hinting that his playing career was over.

Any gen-xer (1964-1982) will tell you the 80s and 90s were the golden era of the NBA.  Things got so bleak in the 70s that the Finals were aired on a tape delay.  Like the deus ex machina from ancient Greek tragedies, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird came in from college to save the drug riddled NBA.  Bird and Magic first met in the finals in 1982, and it was must see TV.