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Former NBA star O’Neal visits downtown CdA on New Year’s Eve

Courtesy photo Former NBA All-Star Shaquille O’Neal plays beer pong late New Year’s Eve at Mik’s in downtown Coeur d’Alene. (Courtesy photo via Coeur d'Alene Press)
Courtesy photo Former NBA All-Star Shaquille O’Neal plays beer pong late New Year’s Eve at Mik’s in downtown Coeur d’Alene. (Courtesy photo via Coeur d'Alene Press)

Sweat pants tucked into his snow boots, Shaquille O’Neal stepped to a jukebox at The Beacon Saturday afternoon, his pan-sized right hand scrolling through the menu. To the disbelief of a few pre-funking patrons, the 7-foot-1, 375-pound man proceeded to fire off some aggressive air-guitar riffs to Three Days Grace’s “Never Too Late.” Shaq, arguably the best big man in NBA history and one of the world’s most recognizable figures, was his typical animated and affable self. In Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. On New Year’s Eve/Ryan Collingwood, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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