Post by Druzik on Aug 19, 2009 16:24:47 GMT 10
What do we reckon? Get Shaq up agianst the best of our best in a trial match or something... may be a great way to showcase our sport to the rest of the world.
www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/shaq-vs-takes-on-the-world/story-e6freye0-1225763862896
BASKETBALL superstar Shaquille O'Neal has launched a new televsion show in the US - competiting against other star athletes in their sporting arenas.
The show, Shaq VS, screened for the first time in the US last night with a mixed reaction from critics. Future episodes have O'Neal play against the Olympic gold medal-winning beach volleyball team of Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor; box 10-time world champion Oscar De La Hoya; swim against 14-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps; play tennis against 11-time grand slam singles champion Serena Williams; and compete against St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols in a home run hitting contest.
O'Neal - who said he's doing the show because he represents "the male bravado couch potato'' - will be given an advantage in several of the events in an attempt to increase their competitiveness.
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"I don't really consider myself one of those salad-eater, elite athletes," O'Neal said in an interview during a publicity tour for the show. "I'm just a regular guy with a lot of heart and determination that thinks he can do anything."
O'Neal, who was recently acquired by the Cleveland Cavaliers in a trade from the Phoenix Suns, said if he does win a challenge, it will probably be "because it was handicapped anyway."
When O'Neal boxes De La Hoya O'Neal said he will wear headgear and is "not going to go all out."
"I may give it to him once or twice. I know he may give it to me once or twice, but it's not going to be an all-out heavyweight brawl," said O'Neal.
www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/shaq-vs-takes-on-the-world/story-e6freye0-1225763862896
Shaq VS takes on the world
From: The Daily Telegraph August 19, 2009 3:12PM
From: The Daily Telegraph August 19, 2009 3:12PM
BASKETBALL superstar Shaquille O'Neal has launched a new televsion show in the US - competiting against other star athletes in their sporting arenas.
The show, Shaq VS, screened for the first time in the US last night with a mixed reaction from critics. Future episodes have O'Neal play against the Olympic gold medal-winning beach volleyball team of Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor; box 10-time world champion Oscar De La Hoya; swim against 14-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps; play tennis against 11-time grand slam singles champion Serena Williams; and compete against St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols in a home run hitting contest.
O'Neal - who said he's doing the show because he represents "the male bravado couch potato'' - will be given an advantage in several of the events in an attempt to increase their competitiveness.
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"I don't really consider myself one of those salad-eater, elite athletes," O'Neal said in an interview during a publicity tour for the show. "I'm just a regular guy with a lot of heart and determination that thinks he can do anything."
O'Neal, who was recently acquired by the Cleveland Cavaliers in a trade from the Phoenix Suns, said if he does win a challenge, it will probably be "because it was handicapped anyway."
When O'Neal boxes De La Hoya O'Neal said he will wear headgear and is "not going to go all out."
"I may give it to him once or twice. I know he may give it to me once or twice, but it's not going to be an all-out heavyweight brawl," said O'Neal.
