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On Sport and Society

1992

Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, NBA, Basketball, Shaquille O'Neal, Orlando Magic

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Shaq: The Latest Impact Player, Richard C. Crepeau Dec 1992

Shaq: The Latest Impact Player, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

They are called impact players. The kind of player who can come into a league and make an immediate impact on a team, and even on a league. They are few and far between. The Orlando Magic has one. At 7'1" and around 300 pounds he is what Al McGuire termed an aircraft carrier, and Dick Vitale calls a space eater. Either description will do. He is Shaquille O'Neal. The Shaq.

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