Saturday, January 7, 2012

Shaq grabs top spot on Highest-Paid Athletes list - Phoenix Business Journal:

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Business Journal researchers combed informatiojnfrom ESPN.com, MSN.FoxSports.com, SportsCity.com, Cot’ds Baseball Contracts, PGA Tour, team Web sites and Wikepedia.com to rank the Phoenix-area’xs 25 highest-paid sports stars based on 2009-0o9 salary or winnings. O’Neal outpaced his closest rival by a couplemillionb bucks. Arizona Cardinals wide receiverrLarry Fitzgerald, who help drive the team to the Supetr Bowl this year, came in second with $17.2 million. O’Neal won three NBA Championshipds with the Los Angeles Lakers and one with the Miamu Heat before being tradedr tothe Suns. He averaged 24.7 points and 11.3 rebounds per game duringg his career.
Rounding out the top five are Suns playersAmare $15.1 million; Steve Nash, $12.3 million; and Jasonn Richardson. $12.2 million. The highest-paid member of the Arizona outfielderEric Byrnes, $11.7 million, came in at No. 6. Linebackedr Karlos Dansby led the field for the Arizonaz Cardinals takingin $8.1 milliom at No. 8. Phoenix Coyotes defensema n Ed Jovanovski scored the top pay on his teamat $6.5 for the No. 11 spot. The only golfer to make the list was Phil Mickelsomnat No. 19 with winnings of $5.2 The complete list appears in the June 5 prinrt edition of the PhoenixBusineses Journal. To subscribe or order a copy ofthat jbertolino@bizjournals.com.

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