Kenny Smith could be the odd man out. As the fate of “Inside the NBA” is uncertain with TNT potentially losing its NBA rights, Smith is “vulnerable to being collateral damage” in the fallout, according to Puck. Smith, a two-time NBA champion with the Rockets and a former North Carolina star, is part of TNT’s … Read more
Luka Doncic isn’t ready to bid an official farewell to the “Inside the NBA” crew. When the Mavericks’ star spoke to Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, Ernie Johnson and Shaquille O’Neal on Thursday night after Dallas punched its ticket to the NBA Finals with a 124-103 win over the Timberwolves in Game 5 of the Western … Read more
The basketball world was still mourning the Monday death of the beloved former player and broadcaster Bill Walton when “Inside the NBA” went on air Tuesday ahead of the Mavericks’ Game 4 battle against the Timberwolves. The “Inside the NBA” crew took time to remember the basketball and broadcasting legend, with Charles Barkley and Shaquille … Read more
The TNT crew called “cap” on Karl-Anthony Towns. After one of the worst shooting nights of his career in Minnesota’s Game 3 road loss to Dallas on Sunday — in which he failed to hit a 3 on at least eight attempts (0-for-8) for the first time in his career, per TNT — Towns made … Read more
The NBA appears ready to move on from TNT for a reunion with NBC. The league is formalizing contracts this week with Disney (which owns ESPN), NBC and Amazon for new rights deals that would begin with the 2025-26 season, Sports Business Journal reported Wednesday. NBC is closing in on taking over TNT’s “B” package … Read more
Shaq had a cryptic reaction to an excerpt from ex-wife Shaunie Henderson’s memoir in which she questioned whether she was ever truly “in love” with him. However, on Friday, Henderson cleared the air over the quote to People, saying it was “taken out of context.” In her book, “UNDEFEATED: Changing the Rules and Winning on My … Read more
Two sports media heavyweights are trading haymakers. NBA royalty Shaquille O’Neal and NFL great Shannon Sharpe, who both won several championships in their playing careers and are enshrined in their respective Halls of Fame, are feuding after O’Neal conducted a controversial interview with Nuggets star Nikola Jokic earlier this week. As Jokic was awarded his … Read more
Shaquile O’Neal has responded to a book excerpt in which his ex-wife, Shaunie Henderson, admitted she might have never been in love with the NBA legend. Henderson, now 49, who created the VH1 “Basketball Wives” series, released a book this week entitled “Undefeated: Changing the Rules and Winning on My Own Terms.” O’Neal, 52, now … Read more
Shaunie Henderson saw the signs of her marriage with Shaquille O’Neal “beginning to crumble” long before their divorce rocked the sports and entertainment world in 2011. Henderson, the creator of VH1’s reality series “Basketball Wives,” explained what went wrong in their marriage, which played out during O’Neal’s star-studded Lakers days, in her new book, “Undefeated: … Read more
Kendrick Perkins wants Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley to do their jobs and watch the Knicks. A lack of familiarity, Perkins surmises, is the only reason the TNT analysts could not be high on this year’s Knicks team, which clinched the East’s No. 2 seed in the 2024 NBA playoffs on Sunday. “It’s obviously (that) … Read more
Shaq and TNT seem to be at odds with one another — and Charles Barkley didn’t miss his chance to rile up his broadcast partner. A behind-the-scenes clip posted to X shows Shaq seemingly upset about his Orlando jersey retirement ceremony on Feb. 13 because the honor was not broadcast on national television, such as … Read more
Shaquille O’Neal is doubling down on airing his regrets — making it clear he should have been more grateful for his ex-wife, Shaunie, while they were married. During a recent episode of “The Big Podcast with Shaq,” the seven-foot-one NBA legend spilled his guts to Jason Kelce, telling the Philadelphia Eagles center: “I made a lot … Read more
The Kelce family is “still learning” how to stay safe amid heightened attention and fame that comes with being in “the Taylor Swift world.” During a recent appearance on “The Big Podcast with Shaq,” Eagles center Jason Kelce explained that his younger brother, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce — who’s been dating Swift since last summer — … Read more
Shaquille O’Neal can cross off meeting Taylor Swift from his bucket list. The NBA legend said he “finally met” the 14-time Grammy-winning singer at Super Bowl 2024 in Las Vegas, where her boyfriend Travis Kelce and the Chiefs faced the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium on Sunday. O’Neal, who told Page Six on Friday … Read more
Jusuf Nurkic is not going to take Shaq’s potshots lying down. On his “Big” podcast, Shaquille O’Neal cited a rumor that Jusuf Nurkic was weighing the idea of pressing charges against Draymond Green after the Warriors forward punched him in the face during an on-court incident in December, and the Suns’ big man refuted that … Read more
A man described as a “longtime acquaintance” of Shaquille O’Neal has sued the former NBA superstar and his production company Jersey Legends Productions alleging that he got stiffed out of promised payments. The complaint was filed by Donnie Wilson in Los Angeles County Superior Court, accusing O’Neal, his Jersey Legends Productions co-founder Michael Parris, as … Read more
Shaquille O’Neal is marking his territory with the Mad Dog. Earlier this week on ESPN’s “First Take,” Chris Russo declared that O’Neal is only the fifth-best center in NBA history, and now the four-time NBA champion has responded to the assertion. On O’Neal’s “Big Podcast,” co-host Adam Lefkoe played the clip of Russo blasting Shaq … Read more
Don’t ask Shaq for the scoop on Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s budding romance. Shaquille O’Neal weighed in on the Kelce-Swift craze and sent well wishes to the rumored couple in an interview ahead of his fundraising event, The Event, in Las Vegas on Saturday. “I see it all the time when celebrities get together,” … Read more
Kenny Smith wants answers. Amid ESPN’s recent wave of layoffs, which included blowing up the long-standing NBA Finals broadcasting trio of Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy and Marc Jackson, TNT’s “Inside the NBA” commentator wondered how the network could make such controversial changes. “I’m not really sure how they’re [ESPN] doing it. I’m not really … Read more
Shaquille O’Neal partied with the viral Croatian model, Ivana Knöll in Mykonos and things appeared to get wild. The NBA legend, aka “DJ Diesel,” was DJ-ing a gig in Greece, where he ran into Knöll — who became known as the “sexiest fan” at the 2022 FIFA World Cup with her sultry outfits in Qatar. The 5-foot-11 model took … Read more