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‘Dunkman’: How Shaquille O’Neal Made Dunk Contests Great Again

Shaquille O’Neal loves solving problems. The basketball icon and four-time NBA champion, 54, has two master’s degrees, a doctorate, served as a sheriff’s deputy and honorary U.S. Marshal, and once played for Doc Rivers. Back in 2016, the basketball icon needed to install a home security system only to have a company quote him $60,000 […]

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‘Dunkman’: How Shaquille O’Neal Made Dunk Contests Great Again
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