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Shaquille O'Neal won his last championship with Dwyane Wade. He tried to help LeBron James win his first ring in Cleveland. Seems like the Big Fella is still rooting for his former teammates. Hours after Wade and James took a break from preparing for Game 2 of the NBA finals ...

He treated the basketball world as his own personal playground, toggling between pop-culture celebrity and hoop icon. And now -- Kazaam! -- his career is off to that Big Rocking Chair in the sky. We'll miss Shaq, although he's not really going anywhere. He's not getting lost ...

Shaquille O'Neal is expected to play for the Boston Celtics in the playoffs for the first time in Game 3 against the Miami Heat. Coach Doc Rivers said Thursday the center likely will return from a right calf injury Saturday night against the Heat, who lead the best-of-seven ...

Boston center Shaquille O'Neal missed his second straight game with a strained right calf when the Celtics played the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night. The 15-time All-Star returned Sunday against Detroit after missing 27 games because of a sore right leg but lasted just 5 minutes, 29 seconds ...

Boston Celtics forward Glen Davis has patellar tendinitis in his left knee and could be out a week. The team said an MRI on Thursday showed no major structural damage after Davis hurt the knee going up for a dunk with 49 seconds left in Wednesday's victory over the ...

Shaquille O'Neal is rehabbing his injured right leg near his Florida home and is not expected to rejoin the Boston Celtics until after their West Coast trip. Celtics coach Doc Rivers says O'Neal has slimmed down slightly and is close to making his return. Boston began a four-game ...

Heat guard Dwyane Wade has posted a thank-you message to the 2 million fans who voted him into the NBA All-Star Game. Wade taped a 28-second video that was released on his Facebook page Friday morning. He was the top votegetter at guard in Eastern Conference balloting, ensuring ...

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, a three-time All-Star MVP, is this year's leading vote-getter in the NBA All-Star Balloting program presented by T-Mobile with 2,380,016 votes. It is Bryant's 13th consecutive All-Star selection; only Jerry West, Karl Malone and Shaquille O'Neal, with 14 straight nods ...

Shaquille O'Neal has been fined $35,000 by the NBA for his public comments about the officiating. O'Neal criticized the referees following the Boston Celtics' 86-78 loss at Orlando on Christmas. He was angry after picking up his sixth foul when Magic center Dwight Howard fell to the ground as ...

Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder top the Western Conference, while Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic and LeBron James of the Miami Heat lead the Eastern Conference after the first returns of 2011 NBA All-Star Balloting presented ...