Shaquille O’Neal pays-back with selfies after hijacking ESPN broadcast

Shaquille O’Neal goes viral once again for video-bombing a live ESPN segment during a college game at his alma mater.

Shaquille O’Neal pays-back with selfies after hijacking ESPN broadcast

Shaquille O’Neal video-bombs ESPN’s Molly McGrath

The legendary Shaquille O’Neal has earned a reputation in the basketball community for his playful antics both when he was a player and now as a sports analyst on the very popular TNT’s Inside the NBA. To the excitement of fans, he was back at it on Saturday night during a college football game between Ole Miss and his alma mater LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Shaquille O’Neal, during the crucial SEC matchup, video-bombed ESPN sideline reporter Molly McGrath as she delivered her segment. The seven-foot-one, who has ties with LSU as a former two-time All-American, appeared in the background, where he was seen taking a bite of food and then made sure to lean down so his face was visible on camera.

Adding to the fun, after the playful interruption, McGrath took to social media, where she humorously said that Big Shaq owed her a selfie as payback for his video-bomb. Fans surely liked the light-hearted moment as it gained plenty of traction online.

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Furthermore, the video clip of his video-bomb has quickly gone viral, with ESPN SportsCenter’s post of the incident racking up over 794,500 views and 11,000 likes. Shah’s ties to LSU have been pronounced with his vocal support for another LSU alumnus, Angel Reese.

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Shaquille O’Neal, Doc Rivers, and Candace Parker unite for Robert Kraft’s ‘#TimeOut Against Hate’ campaign

Asides his funny side, there’s a serious side to Shaquille O’Neal as he recently teamed up with Doc Rivers, and Candace Parker in Robert Kraft’s “#TimeOut Against Hate” campaign. The initiative was launched by the New England Patriots CEO through his ‘Foundation to Combat Antisemitism’.

Fans on social media witnessed O’Neal, Rivers, Parker, and LA Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh make the “timeout” sign in a collage shared that was shared by Adam Schefter on X. Kraft then expressed the importance of this unified effort as he emphasized the need for such collective action in the fight against hate.

In sports, we call a ‘timeout’ when things are heading in the wrong direction and right now, in our country, hate is winning, and we need to change the momentum.

Robert Kraft said in a statement
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According to reports, the initiator Kraft met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert for the project. This unprecedented collaboration involved not just the commissioners, but also athletes and coaches, past and present, as they lent their voices to the cause.