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NAME: Shaquille ONeal
PROFILE: Name: Shaquille ONeal
Birth Name: Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal
Height: 7' 1"
Sex: M
Nationality: American
Birth Date: March 6, 1972
Birth Place: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Profession: actor, basketball player
Education: Robert G. Cole Junior-Senior High School, San Antonio, Texas
Louisiana State University (graduated on December 15, 2000 with a BA in general studies and a political science minor)
University of Phoenix (graduated with MBA in 2005)
Husband/Wife: Shaunie Nelson (married on December 26, 2002; filed for divorce on September 4, 2007)
Relationship: Arnetta Yardbourgh
Father: Joseph Toney
Mother: Lucille O'Neal Harrison
Step Father: Phillip Harrison
Son: Shaquir Rashaun O'Neal (born on April 19, 2003; mother: Shaunie Nelson), Shareef Rashaun (born on January 11, 2000; mother: Shaunie Nelson)
Daughter: Me'arah Sanaa O'Neal (born on May 1, 2006; mother: Shaunie Nelson), Taahirah (born on July 18, 1996; mother: Arnetta Yardbourgh), Amirah Sanaa
Cousin: Bill Bellamy (comedian; born on April 7, 1965), Kristen Baker
Claim to fame: NBA, All-Star, and NBA Finals MVP in 2000
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GOSSIP:
  • Filed for divorce from his wife Shaunie Nelson in a Miami-Dade Circuit court. According to the petition, The marriage between the parties is irretrievably broken, and that Shaunie was secretive about her assets ... particularly with respect to certain properties owned or titled in either [her] name alone or in other entities and requests that the court require Shaunie to give a correct accounting of all money, funds, stocks, bonds, and other securities (including bearer securities). (September 4, 2007)
  • Was appointed as a Honorary Special Deputy U.S. Marshal during the announcement that he would serve as the national spokesperson for the Safe Surfin' Foundation. (March 2005)
  • Was sworn in as an officer of the Bedford County, Virginia Sherriff's Office in August, 2005. He was involved in the Blue Ridge Thunder program, an operation aimed at deterring and catching on-line predators to minors.
  • O'Neal remains estranged from his biological father, James Toney of Newark, New Jersey. Toney, who has struggled with drug addiction, was imprisoned when O'Neal was an infant. Upon his release, he did not resume a place in O'Neal's life and instead agreed to surrender his parental rights to O'Neal's stepfather, Phillip Harrison. O'Neal and Toney have never spoken, and O'Neal has expressed no interest in a reconciliation. On his 1994 rap album, Shaq Fu: The Return, O'Neal voiced his feelings of disdain for Toney in the song Biological Didn't Bother.
  • His mother is a Baptist and stepfather a Muslim. He has not formally announced affiliation with a specific faith though in 2002, the Los Angeles Times identified O'Neal as being Muslim. The newspaper quoted him as saying, It's a Muslim thing, with regard to the greetings he exchanged with opposing player Hedo Turkoglu before each game of that year's Western Conference Finals series. The newspaper also quoted Turkoglu as saying that he was not surprised at the gesture from O'Neal because Muslim people support each other.
  • Led the L.A. Lakers to NBA Titles in 2000 and 2001, and led the Orlando Magic to an NBA Finals apperance in 95 when they lost to Houston
  • NBA Finals MVP in 2001
  • NBA, All-Star, and NBA Finals MVP in 2000
  • Olympic Gold Medal 1996
  • Played for the Orlando Magic 1993-96, Los Angeles Lakers 1997-2004, Miami Heat 2004-present.
  • A member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
  • O'Neal and teammate Kobe Bryant engaged in a feud over shot attempts that lasted for several weeks. Following a 115-78 loss to the Phoenix Suns in December 2000, in which Bryant outscored him, 38-18, O'Neal asked to be traded; Los Angeles Lakers' GM Mitch Kupchak ignored the request.
  • Scored 10,000th career point. (10 February 1998)
  • Signed the then-richest contract in sports history, a seven-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers worth $120 million. (18 July 1996)
  • When he was five years old, his mother had to carry his birth certificate with her to prove to bus drivers that he was not eight or nine years old because he was so tall.
  • MORE SHAQUILLE ONEAL TRIVIA
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