
On Sunday, we welcome back the kind of heat in Miami that is found off the court.
It's the return of VH-1's "Basketball Wives," (8 p.m. ET) the show that hoops players love to hate (but secretly watch). The drama is over the top -- just the way it should be.
Page 2 chats with Shaunie O'Neal and Tami Roman -- the ex-wives of Shaquille O'Neal and Kenny Anderson, respectively -- to get their take on this season's show, and have them give up a few juicy details. (One hint: You'll see one former NBA player in family therapy on the reality series.)
Shaunie O'Neal
What made you guys want to come back for another season?
It was such an immediate success that the network was like, "You guys have to do this. You have to come back," and all the girls were game. They enjoyed themselves the first season.
What shocked you the most about the reaction to that first season?
When people decided to label us all basketball wives or all wives of athletes as groupies and gold-diggers --that was very hurtful. Don't get me wrong, there are some, but there are some of us that nobody was intentionally going out there trying to find some athlete to get with or whatever. But there are those of us that do represent the non-gold-digger, non-groupie, don't-hang-out-in-this-crowd group of ladies. People talked about us on blogs like we were groupies. That bothered me.
You've become quite the business woman; you're Shaunie Incorporated now.
It's always been in me. When I met Shaquille, I worked at Fox in marketing, so I have always been creative. I've always had a bunch of ideas. But living in that lifestyle, you move from city to city, you find yourself in an arena all the time. I had kids and a husband that traveled a lot, and was gone most of the time, and you look around and you're starting it all over again. You know? But now that I'm divorced and I have time to focus on me, I'm able to focus so much more on all the ideas that I've had.
So you were spotted at a Lakers game recently. Does that mean you're still a big Lakers fan?
You know what? I'm from L.A., so I will always be a Lakers fan, let me just say that. Even when I couldn't say I was still a Lakers fan, I was always a Lakers fan! But, no, I was actually at the game because I had a meeting with Jeanie Buss, and all of Jeanie Buss' meetings end up going to a Lakers game, which is fine with me! No complaints there! So, yeah, Jeanie, she's a sweetheart and we've remained friends and all that through all these years, so I had a meeting with her and what better place than a Lakers game? That is a meeting. Lakers games are business meetings.

On Sunday, we welcome back the kind of heat in Miami that is found off the court.
It's the return of VH-1's "Basketball Wives," (8 p.m. ET) the show that hoops players love to hate (but secretly watch). The drama is over the top -- just the way it should be.
Page 2 chats with Shaunie O'Neal and Tami Roman -- the ex-wives of Shaquille O'Neal and Kenny Anderson, respectively -- to get their take on this season's show, and have them give up a few juicy details. (One hint: You'll see one former NBA player in family therapy on the reality series.)
Shaunie O'Neal
What made you guys want to come back for another season?
It was such an immediate success that the network was like, "You guys have to do this. You have to come back," and all the girls were game. They enjoyed themselves the first season.
What shocked you the most about the reaction to that first season?
When people decided to label us all basketball wives or all wives of athletes as groupies and gold-diggers --that was very hurtful. Don't get me wrong, there are some, but there are some of us that nobody was intentionally going out there trying to find some athlete to get with or whatever. But there are those of us that do represent the non-gold-digger, non-groupie, don't-hang-out-in-this-crowd group of ladies. People talked about us on blogs like we were groupies. That bothered me.
You've become quite the business woman; you're Shaunie Incorporated now.
It's always been in me. When I met Shaquille, I worked at Fox in marketing, so I have always been creative. I've always had a bunch of ideas. But living in that lifestyle, you move from city to city, you find yourself in an arena all the time. I had kids and a husband that traveled a lot, and was gone most of the time, and you look around and you're starting it all over again. You know? But now that I'm divorced and I have time to focus on me, I'm able to focus so much more on all the ideas that I've had.
So you were spotted at a Lakers game recently. Does that mean you're still a big Lakers fan?
You know what? I'm from L.A., so I will always be a Lakers fan, let me just say that. Even when I couldn't say I was still a Lakers fan, I was always a Lakers fan! But, no, I was actually at the game because I had a meeting with Jeanie Buss, and all of Jeanie Buss' meetings end up going to a Lakers game, which is fine with me! No complaints there! So, yeah, Jeanie, she's a sweetheart and we've remained friends and all that through all these years, so I had a meeting with her and what better place than a Lakers game? That is a meeting. Lakers games are business meetings.

Kenny Britt, wide receiver for the Tennessee Titans, is expected to play tonight against the Indianapolis Colts.
Britt was sidelined with an injured hamstring after seven touchdowns in eight games.
The second year pro will now be playing along side wide receiver, Randy Moss.
Moss was picked up by the New England Patriots, while Britt was on the sidelines.
Coach Jeff Fisher says he's not sure whether Britt or Randy Moss will start Thursday, telling Yahoo News:
"He’s had six weeks off, and you try to maintain the conditioning level several weeks after the injury after you start to heal.
"You just can’t duplicate the full speed, play after play after play.
"Conditioning very well could be an issue, so we’ll just have to watch it."
The game is currently being played.

Kenny Britt, wide receiver for the Tennessee Titans, is expected to play tonight against the Indianapolis Colts.
Britt was sidelined with an injured hamstring after seven touchdowns in eight games.
The second year pro will now be playing along side wide receiver, Randy Moss.
Moss was picked up by the New England Patriots, while Britt was on the sidelines.
Coach Jeff Fisher says he's not sure whether Britt or Randy Moss will start Thursday, telling Yahoo News:
"He’s had six weeks off, and you try to maintain the conditioning level several weeks after the injury after you start to heal.
"You just can’t duplicate the full speed, play after play after play.
"Conditioning very well could be an issue, so we’ll just have to watch it."
The game is currently being played.

Get to know the man behind the voices of Iron Man, MODOK and Captain America – Tom Kenny. The new collection of six episodes of ‘The Super Hero Squad Show: Quest for the Infinity Sword Vol.2’ is out and there is a two minute of interview of Tom in the extras of the DVD. The new sets of episodes are a mix of the Marvel comics and great super-hero acts. The high end energy and the silliness of the episodes will appeal to both the kids and viewers of any age.
Not much of a plot development happens in the series, but there is fun as the main characters get messed around a bit and for the first time there is couple of new things happening. Mistaken identity and the characters leave behind the group’s weak link as they move on. There is also the old baddies coming out in these episodes whom most of the viewers thought would never see again. It is difficult to select one episode as almost all of them are as good as the other, however, “O, Captain, My Captain” and “Night in the Sanctorum” needs to be mentioned specially for the characters that gets involved in the episodes.
On the other hand Tom Kenny’s two minute interview just makes the audience wish to see that man talk about the voice-over he did with such distinct attributes for these animated characters.

Get to know the man behind the voices of Iron Man, MODOK and Captain America – Tom Kenny. The new collection of six episodes of ‘The Super Hero Squad Show: Quest for the Infinity Sword Vol.2’ is out and there is a two minute of interview of Tom in the extras of the DVD. The new sets of episodes are a mix of the Marvel comics and great super-hero acts. The high end energy and the silliness of the episodes will appeal to both the kids and viewers of any age.
Not much of a plot development happens in the series, but there is fun as the main characters get messed around a bit and for the first time there is couple of new things happening. Mistaken identity and the characters leave behind the group’s weak link as they move on. There is also the old baddies coming out in these episodes whom most of the viewers thought would never see again. It is difficult to select one episode as almost all of them are as good as the other, however, “O, Captain, My Captain” and “Night in the Sanctorum” needs to be mentioned specially for the characters that gets involved in the episodes.
On the other hand Tom Kenny’s two minute interview just makes the audience wish to see that man talk about the voice-over he did with such distinct attributes for these animated characters.

The story of Kenny Anderson wasting the $63 million he earned during 14 NBA seasons and going broke is not unique among pro athletes. But at least it will have a happy uptick Saturday.
That's when Anderson will graduate from St. Thomas University in Miami, 19 years after he left Georgia Tech to enter the NBA early, as the No. 2 overallpick of the 1991 draft.
His top salary was $9.1 million with Seattle in 2002-03, but Anderson also had seven children with five women. When his money was gone he wasn't certain he had what it took to get a college degree.
"I didn't know if I could handle it," Anderson told New York Times columnist George Vecsey. "I didn't use my brain for 20 years."
Anderson's degree is in organizational leadership, and Vecsey writes that for the moment he's giving private basketball lessons to young players. One hopes his lessons include more than how to shoot a jumper.

The story of Kenny Anderson wasting the $63 million he earned during 14 NBA seasons and going broke is not unique among pro athletes. But at least it will have a happy uptick Saturday.
That's when Anderson will graduate from St. Thomas University in Miami, 19 years after he left Georgia Tech to enter the NBA early, as the No. 2 overallpick of the 1991 draft.
His top salary was $9.1 million with Seattle in 2002-03, but Anderson also had seven children with five women. When his money was gone he wasn't certain he had what it took to get a college degree.
"I didn't know if I could handle it," Anderson told New York Times columnist George Vecsey. "I didn't use my brain for 20 years."
Anderson's degree is in organizational leadership, and Vecsey writes that for the moment he's giving private basketball lessons to young players. One hopes his lessons include more than how to shoot a jumper.