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Show Shaq's 'Punch' Good for Laugh If Nothing Else LANCE GAMERO a na busy signals anil rate hikes. Then she found ; Vt . X ani was 1 1. blown away by their service. Sports Columnist commentator working a Lakers game last year mentioned how Shaquille O'Neal is. However, he also talked about how Shaq could do some serious damage to someone if he got in a fight. He then mentioned how hard O'Neal is fouled on occasion (i.e. every time he gets the ball), and observed that it's amazing more fights don't occur. Well, Shaq changed that view of himself real quickly after attacking the Chicago Bulls' Brad Miller last mmmm ed Mention this Ed and we'll waive all set-u- p fees, and with your first month of service, Shaq was turning in the key to attempt a shot. As he turned, both Miller and Charles Oakley fouled O'Neal hard, bringing their arms down on O'Neal's head. As Miller was walking away, Shaq went after him from behind, taking a swing at him and then choking Miller with vl J J X-- A d -- BETTER FORM OF TRANSMISSION ill JX ':' y asV 51 East 400 South, Suite 200 Salt Lake City, UT 84111-271- Parking has shrunk. charged with flagrant fouls. Shaq was ejected for retaliating by throwing a punch. I don't claim that O'Neal going after another player is funny. I actually take it quite seriously. I am a strong advocate of good sportsmanship, and these actions were stupid. It isn't necessarily the fact that O'Neal was fighting which was comical rather, it was the way he did it. Did you ever think you could say ill 801.539.0852 tTl www.xmissiun.cum XMISSION INT ERN ET his jersey. Both Miller and Oakley were 340-poun- f we'll cive you a second month free. Saturday. a r jr mmmisiiiiiwijii A mild-temper- f? Perl had her hull Ills burst cos too many tiroes with ISP meroers, Chronicle k'v.---; 2002 9 TUESDAY, JANUARY 15. THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Iy DC WW; IB y UJ ' x professional athlete hits like he was in a Well, he did. The punch he threw involved his entire rotator cuff motion of his shoulder, making it a circular motion. Us folk at The Chronicle watched the replay of that several times, laughing each cat-figh- t? time. i The only way someone could have gotten hurt from that punch would be from Shaq pulling a muscle in his rotator cuff. You would think someone as large and muscular as O'Neal could scare off Mike Tyson, not make him laugh. Not only did Shaq throw the sorriest punch I've seen in a while, he didn't even land it. His punches apparently have the same accuracy as his free throws. He missed Miller from two feet away. Some argue that O'Neal intentionally missed. Maybe that would be an explanation for it being so ugly. The ESPN commentators said Miller was lucky for that. They said he would "still be asleep" if that punch were landed. Judging by the way it was thrown, I wouldn't qualify it as a knock-ou- t punch. I think Miller would have felt something hit his back and nothing else. I do not call myself a boxing expert. I haven't studied boxing I have never boxed anyone for rounds at a time. The only boxing I've seen was on television, and the occasional school-yar- d brawl in high school. The five "Rocky" movies are probably the extent of my boxing knowledge. However, I don't think you'll ever see Sylvester Stallone asking Shaq about his technique for the next "Rocky" sequel. It looked like the that Beavis and Butthead used to get into on their show. That was designed to make people laugh. Shaq was successful in getting us to cat-fig- ht see GAMIRO, page 10 flitm Keep your mind growing. WOIWM.il.wr-?-to.v-v- si . .jliff 4 NOW OPEN ' ( .''I i! , . " r i. .DjrivwhfiLitt ; . i " i : -- ,. r 1 I now parking has really shrunk. It's tighter than speedskating suits. But have you noticed something growing? The excitement on and around this campus. semester is presenting some extra challenges to us semester to remember. OK, one of those else has been So, while this all, it's also a FREE DRYERS Question is, how to make the most of it? Transit. Keep on using your for FREE rides on the new UTA TRAX line and on UTA buses. By utilizing transit, students and staff have already helped this campus get through much of this parking mess. So, keep riding, stay on your graduation track, and, most of all, enjoy this semester at the Uof 7T $1 WASH Ail DAY, III! U. 2-7p- m about the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, visit www.utah.edu2002. For transit information, visit the U parking Web site, www.parking.utah.edu or the UTA Web site, 1 U www.rideuta.com. THE The U UNIVERSITY TT A uoiaf fell of UTAH iVjHI' tJlv t ''? 'f HiV"Hf-- 1 " 1 HAPPY HOUR JIVVASH For campus information nn iiw x: ? f 247 South 500 East 521-253- 4 . I lit |