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Celebrity Baby Watch

There was a time (I’d like to say not long ago, but it more like a lifetime ago) when I thought basketball great Grant Hill and I would make the perfect couple. After all, we are the same age, we both love sports, and… well, it doesn’t matter now. We both ended up marrying other people and as it turns out Hill is now counting down the days until his second child is born. Hill’s wife, R&B singer Tamia (who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2003) recently announced they are expecting a new addition to the family. “I’m happy … Continue reading →

Shaquille O’ Neal: One Tall Talent

Born on March 6, 1972, in Newark, New Jersey, Shaquille Rashoun O’Neal is frequently referred to simply as “Shaq”. His biological father, Joseph Toney, gave him the name, which is Persian in origin. His mother, Lucille O’Neal Harrison, married Army Sergeant Philip Harrison and it is this man whom Shaquille considers his true father figure. He spent some of his childhood in Germany where his step father was stationed in the US Army and it was there that he learned the sport that would carry him to international fame and renown. As a boy, O’Neal fractured his wrists while climbing … Continue reading →