Immediately drawing comparisons to Wilt Chamberlain, the 7'1", 325-pound O'Neal was billed as potentially the most physically dominating player ever and he quickly lived up to the hype.

While it would be nice to have several players of her caliber fighting it out, surely one great, dominating player is better for tennis than none at all.

Dominate player!

Each team, for example, had one dominating player - Russell for the Celtics, Jordan for the Bulls - plus superb role players around them.

And Gordon may have been the Jets' most dominating defensive player in the opening half of their victory in the exhibition opener at Philadelphia last Thursday.

But early in this year's training camp, the National Football League's most dominating defensive player talked about how he was 'taking everything more seriously.

"We'd all like to have a dominate defensive player," Steinberg said.

"Cash is king for us," he said, adding that the United States Playing Card Company is "the quintessential dominate player in a niche market."

"Can be dominating player because of athletic ability and strength."

Even so, the question remains: will he ever be the same dominating player again?