Shaquille O'Neal

On March 6, 1972 in the small town of Newark, New Jersey Shaquille Rashaun O’Neal was born. Also known as Shaq. Shaq grew up with his mother Lucille O'Neal for most of his childhood. Unfortunately his father was put in prison when Shaq was a baby for the possession of illegal drugs. There was something special about Shaq. When he was growing up around the age of 13 he was 6’6” tall and wore size 17 shoes. Shaq grew up tall and took it to the court. In high school they knew Shaq was going to be…

One may have read the short story “A good reason to look up” by Shaquille O’Neal or the poem “Mother to son” by Langston Hughes. Did they know that in each of these poems/short stories the author is trying to teach the reader a lesson? The short story “A good reason to look up” by Shaquille O’Neal is about the author and why he was a class clown and a bully growing up. The poem “Mother to son” by Langston Hughes is about a mother telling her son what she went through in life and how she kept…

Shaquille O'Neal once said, "There are seven days in the week and someday isn't one." Without a YMCA most likely kids will say, "Oh I'll be able to practice someday," and they won't because they don’t have anywhere to practice. Most kids are never able to practice the sport or things they love and that causes them to never even get the chance to achieve their dreams. The community of Otto-Eldred should consider building a YMCA. First of all, a YMCA would be a good way to keep people active and…

bringing in dozens of fans) and the biggest possible element could be snow. As creative as the professional dancers are on the show, I wouldn’t be surprised if a few flakes would be falling before the end of the season. Shaquille O'Neal's Unaired Prank Show: ‘Shaq'd’ Shaquille O'Neal is awesome. And the fans love everything that he does. Which makes the understanding of his unaired prank show a little odd. A guest on “The Late, Late Show with James Corden” the popular athlete as part of a skit…

food industry. As a chef with Turner Broadcasting Network, Stewart visualized that opening his own restaurant was within his grasp. As a chef on set, Stewart formed good relationships as he prepared meals for well-known celebrities such as Shaquille O'Neal, David Banner, and Tracee Ellis Ross. Stewart stated that God was revealing more about his journey than just cooking. Many of us can relate to having a goal and venturing on one path to reach it, well, Chef Stew came across many paths.…

My first blog will be about the the Houston Rockets. The Houston Rockets original name was actually the San Diego Rockets from about 1968- 1971, until in 1972 they renamed the team as the Houston Rockets. The color of there jerseys are red for road games,white for home games, and black as an alternate. From all the 47 and plus years they have been playing, they have only won the champions two times in 1986 and 1995.In 1984, the Rockets drafted center Hakeem Olajuwon who would be paired with…

to be willing to be the worst in others. He argues this by giving examples of sports players such as Shaquille O’Neal, one of the greatest NBA players of all time. O’Neal has large hands which are considered to be a weakness to him when it comes to free throws, but at the same time a strength as he is able to dominate and intimidate other players on defense with his physical size. What made O’Neal the best at what he did also made him the worst. Similarly, Rendall argues “if we want to be the…

For many decades, there has been the connotation that “rappers want to be athletes, athletes want to be rappers” (Stoute 150). We’ve seen the intermingling of the two professions from the early 90s when Shaquille O’Neal started rapping (Joseph, Revisiting Shaquille). Others, like Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson, also hopped on the bandwagon early. Now, there are much more serious attempts by those of Louis Williams and Damian Lillard. On the other side, we have seen numerous hip-hop artists…

The game of basketball as it is known today was created by Dr.ions James Naismith in December 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, to condition young athletes during cold months. He only had 13 rules to the game at first. The first professional league was founded in 1888. There were only six teams in the league. The first champions were the Trenton Nationals and other teams in the future but the league was abandoned in 1904. Then, many small championships were organized, but most of them were not…

Shaquille O'Neal is Now in the Rehab Business Shaq may have made his name and his millions on the basketball court, but he is making an even large impact on the streets of Newark, New Jersey. Newark is Shaq's hometown and he wants to increase the resident's access to construction jobs, unions, and higher pay. Project Impact Newark will help resident prepare for union entrance exams and entry into apprenticeship positions. Granted, union access and skills will not mean much if there are not…