Grab your drinks and raise them up to toast another memorable birthday for the most well-known “big kid” in the world: the NBA’s unstoppable Diesel, Shaquille O’Neal. The celebrated center turns 37 this week, (March 6) although it’s hard to tell with what he’s done this season.

As his career nears its end an impressive 16 years after it started, Shaq has been able to enjoy a public revival in both his game and his image, putting up numbers this year (18 points, 9 rebounds & nearly 2 blocks a game in only 30 minutes) that are higher than in recent memory and treating fans everywhere to his trademark antics along the way. Read the full story

Before Kobe Bryant set fire to Madison Square Garden with 61 points he stopped by a Foot Locker in Manhattan to show off some special Nike Kobe Zoom IVs. Kicks on Fire was there to cover the whole event, including Kobe talking about broken ankles.

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The rapper The Game is known for making outlandish statements. He is known for flip flopping his feelings. I wonder how long it will be before he takes back what he said about Baron Davis:

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I don’t know what’s funnier in this video… The fact that the people in the conference room gave Game a sitting ovation before he started talking, Game labeling Kwame Brown and the rest of Kobe’s supporting cast as “dump ass players”, or Jayceon claiming “I useta kill B.D. (Baron Davis)”… Regardless, I’m sure there’ll be another video out next week where Game says he never said any of this.

Props to 2x off the block at NahRight for bringing this video to my attention.

Game Interview on Raw Report DvD Vol. 5 “How He Felt When Dre Left Him Cause Of 50″. Courtesy of World Star Hip Hop

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