Professional Athletes Education

Adorned in full rap and gown, a Staples Center-size member of the Class of 2000 sent his classmates into the world Friday with this solemn wisdom: "From now on, LSU stands for 'Love Shaq University,' " Shaquille O'Neal announced to several thousand students and parents at Louisiana State University's Maravich Assembly Center. "Can . . . you . . . dig . . . it? Can . . . you . . . dig . . . it?"

Adorned in full rap and gown, a Staples Center-size member of the Class of 2000 sent his classmates into the world Friday with this solemn wisdom: "From now on, LSU stands for 'Love Shaq University,' " Shaquille O'Neal announced to several thousand students and parents at Louisiana State University's Maravich Assembly Center. "Can . . . you . . . dig . . . it? Can . . . you . . . dig . . . it?"

Al Wooten Jr. was killed in a drive-by shooting and his relatives wanted revenge. His young cousins talked at the funeral of tracking down the gunman and killing him. His uncle began parking his car near the scene of the shooting, scanning the street, searching for clues. At a family meeting a few weeks after the funeral, Wooten's mother told a roomful of angry relatives that she did not want to avenge her son's memory. She wanted to honor it.