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Shaquille O'Neal-owned Big Chicken, which has over 150 locations in its franchise development pipeline, has added Florida and Arkansas to its list of states, thanks to an agreement opening 40 locations with the Panhandle Restaurant Group in Florida. "We are... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Features Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal's Mediterranean villa in Miami, Florida. Architecture; Interior decoration; Home furnishings.

The article reports that Shaquille O'Neal is pretty comfortable in South Florida. O'Neal, of course, was the centerpiece of one of the biggest trades in sports history last summer, when he moved from the team Los Angeles Lakers to the team Miami Heat and the payoff has been immediate in Miami. Just as O'Neal is very comfortable in South Florida off the court, he is making opponents very uncomfortable on it. Larry Brown used superstrong center Ben Wallace one-on-one for most of the game against O'Neal INSET: One -on-one with Dwyane Wade.

The author reports that Miami Heat All-Star basketball player Shaquille O'Neal has formed the O'Neal Group, a real estate and development company. The O'Neal Group will collaborate with MDM Development to build residential units in Metropolitan Miami, Florida. The downtown complex will include an office tower, hotel, and entertainment and fitness facilities.

This article looks at basketball players Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, former teammates with the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, whose wives both gave birth to daughters on May 1, 2006, 6 minutes apart. Shaquille and Shaunie O'Neal became parents for the sixth time when their third daughter, Mearah Sanaa O'Neal, was born in a South Florida hospital. Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant was born to Kobe and Vanessa Bryant in Orange County, California.

The article reports on successes and failures in the world of sports. Among the successes: basketball players Shawne Williams of the Memphis Tigers and Boston Celtics Paul Pierce are having a good year and Florida is hosting games of the National College Athletic Association Basketball Tournament and events in the Professional Golf Association Tour. The failing Detroit Pistons have been losing games and basketball player Shaquille O'Neal may be having the worst season of his career.

The article focuses on the decision of basketball player Shaquille O'Neal to join the Miami Beach, Florida police force as a reserve police officer in 2006. This was the second time that he signed up for the police department, the first being in Los Angeles, California several years ago, when he played for the Los Angeles Lakers. Because of his celebrity status, he cannot go undercover or go on patrols.

The article reports that National Basketball Association star Shaquille O'Neal became a reserve police officer in Miami Beach, Florida. It includes information on his duties as a reserve officer. The salary he got from his police work and as a full-time basketball player is given.

This article features the help given by National Basketball Association player Shaquille O'Neal to a gay couple being attacked by two men in Miami Beach, Florida in 2005. Mark Shawley and his partner, Jeff Krainess, were thankful when O'Neal chased down two men he witnessed attacking them. O'Neal aided in the arrest of the accused gay bashers by following them until he could flag down a Miami Beach officer. But their thanks stop there. They complained for too much media attention that has been given to O'Neal. But the attention, they believed, is calling attention to a big problem. Shawley said antigay hate crimes are common in South Beach and elsewhere, but the media seldom pay attention.

Introduces a series of articles on dwellings in the U.S. Trends and products of interest to individuals who want to spend time in their yards; Ideas for controlling clutter in homes; Feature on Shaquille O'Neal's Mediterranean villa in Miami, Florida.

The article asserts that though Shaquille O' Neal's footwork (or, as he calls it," feetwork") is exceptional, it does not rate with the league's best, according to an informal survey of big men conducted by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Footwork is a skill that Bob McAdoo, Hall of Fame player and Heat assistant coach, believes is instinctual. O' Neal, owner of some of the largest feet (22 EEE) to step on a basketball court, says his nimble footwork comes from dancing. Duncan obviously has a lot of footwork, but Kevin is a guy who does fake, fake, fake, up and under& mdash; I mean he does a ton of stuff that a guy his size shouldn't be able to do.

This article presents an interview with basketball player Shaquille O'Neal and asks about his adaptation to life in Florida. Fears of hurricanes; Thoughts on what happened to loyalty in team sports.

This article looks at Shaquille O'Neal's decision to leave the Los Angeles Lakers. Less than a month after his team lost the NBA championship, the star center got his wish to be traded to another team. The Lakers and the Miami Heat recently shook the balance of the NBA and finalized a deal that sent O' Neal to South Beach, with L.A. getting Caron Butler, Lamar Odom, Brian Grant and a first-round draft pick in return. The trade marks a return to Florida for the 32-year-old O' Neal, who began his NBA career in 1992 with Orlando and still has a home there. O' Neal joins a Heat team that has reached the conference finals only once in its 16-year history and went 42-40 last season. With the departure of three starters, Heat president Pat Riley will build his title-contending team around O' Neal and guards Dwyane Wade and Eddie Jones.

The article provides information on Denise Rodale, senior vice-president and group publishing director of "Reader's Digest. She joined basketball player Shaquille O'Neal in the promotion of the 24 Hour Fitness Shaq Sport as senior vice president of Rodale Marketing Solutions Group in Pembroke Pines, Florida. She says that her daughter is making an effort to dress her.

The article reports on the initiative made by basketball player Shaquille O'Neal, following his fourth National Basketball Association title victory. Sources say that O'Neal has made an aggressive play into commercial real estate, and formed the O'Neal Group. This move will take on mixed-use development projects besides managing the $ 50-million portfolio he has amassed through the years. Meanwhile, this project will be part of the MDM Development's Metropolitan Miami effort in Florida.

Reports on an advertising campaign launched by the Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau in Florida, to promote tourism after several hurricanes hit the state during the summer of 2004. Participation of singer Gloria Stefan and basketball star Shaquille O'Neal in the television commercials.

Reports on the finalization of an agreement between developers and Shaquille O'Neill for the construction of the `Shaq's World' entertainment environment at the proposed Bourbon Street at Church Street West in Orlando, Florida.

Reports on the increased bookings in the Orlando Arena in Orlando, Florida ever since the drafting of basketball star, Shaquille O'Neal, into the Orlando Magic basketball team. Crowd attendance during the games of the Orlando Solar Bears from the International Hockey League; Number of events and total number of attendance for the arena for the fiscal year 1994-95.