At a cool $20 million, Phoenix Suns center Shaquille O’Neal scored the top spot on the Phoenix Business Journal’s first list of Highest-Paid Athletes. Business Journal researchers combed information from ESPN.com, MSN.FoxSports.com, SportsCity.com, Cot’s Baseball Contracts, PGA Tour, team Web sites and Wikepedia.com to rank the Phoenix-area’s 25 highest-paid sports stars based on 2009-09 salary or winnings. O’Neal outpaced his closest rival by a couple million bucks. Arizona Cardinals wide receiver... read more
