Love him or hate him, Shaquille O’Neal always will be a part of Lakers lore and next year, a part of Staples Center scenery. O’Neal’s No. 34 jersey will hang alongside other Lakers greats in the rafters of the arena when the Lakers retire his number at a yet-undetermined date. The 7-foot-1 center was scheduled to have his number retired [...]
NBA All-Star 2012 will play host to the BBVA Rising Stars Challenge, which will introduce an exciting new format to a game that has historically featured NBA rookies facing off against sophomores. For the first time, rookies and sophomores will be mixed together on teams. BBVA, the Official Bank of the NBA, will serve as the title partner of the [...]
Jackie MacMullen, who recently wrote a book with Shaquille O’Neal, said the NBA superstar lived through a childhood of physical abuse from his father. Talking on a podcast hosted by Jason Whitlock, MacMullen described the abuse and the methods of O’Neal’s father Phillip Harrison who she says “beat the living daylights out of him at every turn.” “We’re not talking [...]
Another day, another hilarious excerpt from Shaq’s new book. I expect this to continue until the tome comes out, and quite possibly even after that. Which is fine by me. The Boston Globe has the parts about O’Neal’s adventures as a Celtic: “On the West Coast swing in January, Shaq wanted to get off against the Lakers, but he said [...]
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles music producer confirmed last week in a preliminary criminal hearing that at one point he had a tape from his home security system of Shaquille O’Neal having sex with a woman, but that it had been recorded over. Asked by a prosecutor if he really had such a video at the time of an [...]
UFC president Dana White believes Shaquille O’Neal could either fight in MMA, or be involved as an ambasador of the sport after retiring from basketball. O’Neal helped the UFC to get the first season of The Ultimate Fighter off the ground. The NBA star has been in MMA training for years. “Shaq loves [MMA], Shaq’s been training for a long time,” White said on ESPN’s FirstTake. “Actually, a week before [...]
What a Shaqtacular ride it was for 19 years Shaquille O’Neal’s career achievements were not just relegated to a basketball court. He treated the basketball world as his own personal playground, toggling between pop-culture celebrity and hoop icon. And now — Kazaam! — his career is off to that Big Rocking Chair in the sky. We’ll miss Shaq, although he’s [...]
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