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Shaq Has Been Refurbishing Basketball Courts for 30 Years, Knows First Hand How They Can Help Kids
UNITED STATES, JUL 28 – Shaquille O'Neal's foundation and partners have refurbished courts nationwide, providing safe play spaces and donating shoes to thousands of youth, impacting communities for 30 years.
- During All-Star weekend this year, Shaquille O'Neal Foundation and Icy Hot unveiled a Comebaq Court at Gloria Williams Park, Indianapolis.
- Having grown up with inner city courts, Shaquille O'Neal knows how much refurbishing a court can mean, as he rebuilt one three decades ago with the Orlando Magic.
- During the court visit at the Rockwall, Texas event, Shaquille O'Neal recognized a former Boy & Girls Club kid and said, `Because you fixed it up, I'm here.`
- The WNBA veteran Arike Ogunbowale said the initiative with Icy Hot and Shaquille O'Neal was `a natural fit` after working with youth throughout her career.
- Expanding beyond Indianapolis, O'Neal notes refurbishing courts has become widespread in the NBA and WNBA, reflecting growing trend.
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The Daily Star
The MessengerShaq has been refurbishing basketball courts for 30 years, knows firsthand how they can help kids
Shaquille O'Neal knows the impact of refurbishing basketball courts on communities. Over the past three decades, he has helped rebuild many, including one recently in Rockwall, Texas, where he has a home. O'Neal learned the significance of these courts firsthand.…
Ottumwa Courier
Shaq has been refurbishing basketball courts for 30 years, knows first hand how they can help kids
Shaquille O'Neal knows the impact of refurbishing basketball courts on communities. Over the past three decades, he's helped rebuild many, including one recently in Rockwall, Texas, where he has a home. O'Neal learned the significance of these courts firsthand. Marquis…
Associated Press News
Shaq has seen how a refurbished basketball court can help kids. One became his NBA teammate
Shaquille O'Neal knows the impact of refurbishing basketball courts on communities. Over the past three decades, he has helped rebuild many, including one recently in Rockwall, Texas, where he has a home.
Shaq has been refurbishing basketball courts for 30 years, knows first hand how they can help kids - The Morning Sun
Shaquille O'Neal knows exactly how much refurbishing a basketball court can mean to a community and the kids who play on it. He learned first-hand from his former Boston Celtics teammate Marquis Daniels. He was a teenager three decades ago when O'Neal was playing with the Orlando Magic and rebuilt a court in the inner city area where Daniels was growing up. “It was big. He was somebody growing up that I looked up to, he was the tallest person I …
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