Basketball HOFer SHAQUILLE O’NEAL was on hand Thursday evening to help unveil a "refurbished outdoor basketball court" Challengers Boys & Girls Club of Metro L.A. As part of their “Comebaq Courts” initiative, the Shaquille O’Neal Foundation and Icy Hot paid for the court (L.A. TIMES, 11/17).
NAMES: Former Notre Dame women’s basketball coach MUFFET MCGRAW will have a statue unveiled on Dec. 17 ahead of the Irish’s game against Purdue (SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE, 11/18)....The Joe Burrow Hunger Relief Fund and the Joe Burrow Foundation have both "seen a spike in donations" since the Bengals announced QB JOE BURROW will be out the rest of the season on Friday. Both prompt a $9 donation in honor of Burrow’s jersey number, “$9 for 9” (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER,11/19)....Jaguars LB TRAVON WALKER gave back to Jacksonville families in need on Saturday with a "community food drive sponsored by his foundation." It was the "second of two food drives he has held within the last month" with him "distributing 444 Thanksgiving feast boxes in his hometown of Thomaston, Ga., earlier this month." Also in attendance were several of Walker’s teammates including DE ROY ROBERSTON HARRISON, LB K’LAVON CHAISSON, DT FOLEY FATUKASI, DE ESEZI OTOMEWO and special teams coordinator HEATH FARWELL (FLORIDA TIMES-UNION, 11/18).
