Shaq has always been a child at heart. Whether starring as a genie in some movie that shall remain nameless or rocking a Cookie Monster hat while filming himself driving to work on treacherously icy roads (pro tip: don't do that), one of Shaq's greatest assets—besides being 7-foot tall and, for a brief period in the early oughts, the most dominant player in The Association—is his goofy, innocent and ingratiating demeanor (Kobe freestyle notwithstanding). Thus it comes as little surprise that Shaq will appear on the season finale of Animal Planet's Treehouse Masters on Friday to claim to the final, ultimate childhood fantasy:
A totally badass treehouse.
Replete with a bar, deck, lounge, poker table, fire pit, and custom mural of, you guessed it, Shaq himself, this is no dingy, homeowners insurance-violating vintage Playboy stash, however. It's a luxury lifestyle garnish that makes my NYC apartment look like the sardine-can roach-pit it is. Anyway, on to the photos.
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Ross KinnairdSINGAPORE – MARCH 01: Danielle Kang of the United States reacts on the 18th green during round one of the HSBC Women's World Championship at Sentosa Golf Club on March 1, 2018 in Singapore. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)Danielle Kang had a very strange morning before she teed off for the first round of the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore. Kang said that she was stretching, fell asleep mid-stretch, and somehow broke a tooth in the process.
“I broke my tooth,” said Kang in her post-round interview. “I didn’t know what was going on. I was stretching out on the floor and next thing I know, I slept 30 minutes.”
The odd situation didn’t seem to have an effect on her game. Kang called a dentist while on the range and then went out and shot 68. She’s tied for fourth, three shots behind Jennifer Song.
“It was a very solid round overall today,” said Kang. “Had a little drama this morning but had a bogey-free day and it was very — it felt like easy golf, whi..

Move over Derek Fisher. There's a new ruler of flop mountain.
The following video comes from Maryland, where Laurel High's Demetrius Craft apparently gets hit by an invisible sniper during this basketball shuffle.
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That is a FIFA-esque flop, my friends. Word on the street is Duke offered Craft a scholarship on the spot.
I know Gary Oldman is the favorite to win the Oscar for Best Actor this weekend, but following Craft's, ahem, performance, we may need a revote.
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It's been a wild week in Australia, which is to say it's been a week in Australia. On the heels of the country's first-ever mullet festival, footage has now surfaced of a local hero attempting to sabotage a police speed trap in broad daylight wearing only a beer box as a disguise. There is truly no limit to what humanity can accomplish:
https://twitter.com/BellTowerTimez/status/968000498673508358
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Known to locals only as “Demerit Man” for reasons lost in colloquial translation, this modern day Clyde Barrow has become a viral sensation, capturing the hearts and minds of Aussies up and down the Gold Coast who obviously and immediately took to Twitter to spread word of this legend.
RELATED: Watch this kangaroo dropkick an Aussie cyclist right in the chops
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PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) Louis de Jager’s strong finish gave him a one-shot lead after the first round of the Tshwane Open in South Africa on Thursday.

De Jager birdied three of his last four holes for a 7-under 64 to move just ahead of fellow South African Thomas Aiken, Julian Suri of the United States, and Felipe Aguilar of Chile.

De Jager hasn’t won a European Tour event but his best result came at this event in 2013, when he tied for third.

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Starting on No. 9, de Jager had two good runs at Pretoria Country Club. He finished his opening nine with three straight birdies before picking up another three as he came home.

Aiken, a three-time winner on the tour, reeled off five birdies in five holes after starting with a bogey. He had eight birdies in all in his 6-under 65.

Suri, who won for the first time on the European Tour last year, dropped just one shot on his way round.

Aguilar also had seven birdies and a single bogey.

Abbie ParrMost humans have a very hard time feeling sorry for scalpers. I don’t want to say they represent the sticky, oozing bottom rung of our crumbling socioeconomic network, because there are still morning FM-radio DJs, according to that day my car’s USB cord stopped working. (Not to worry — I fetched some CDs from the attic and loaded up the Odyssey. #neveragain). I am also told there are people who elect to work for Mel Gibson. But scalpers are well down there in the basement, and if you have some question about this dial up Ticketmaster’s “Verified Reseller” listings about 40 minutes after a Timberlake on-sale and watch the filthy underbelly of humanity slither all over your pixels. (“Are you looking for $90 tickets? Our Russian-built network of evil AI and swarthy goons will be happy to get you those for $595.”)
Yet after reading about attendance at this week’s Big Ten Tournament, being held in the picturesque Midwestern enclave of Manhattan, you have to feel bad for scalpers, ..

Stanley ChouKUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – FEBRUARY 03: Dylan Frittelli of South Africa in action during day three of the 2018 Maybank Championship Malaysia.For a second time this week, the European Tour has provided golf fans with a delightful player diary. On Monday, Eddie Pepperell penned some candid — and hilarious — thoughts following his maiden victory at the Qatar Masters. And on Wednesday, it was Dylan Frittelli's turn to share insights into his life through the tour's website.
Frittelli has emerged as one of the world's best golfers in the past couple years. With two European Tour wins, this former teammate of Jordan Spieth at the University of Texas has climbed to 44th in the Official World Golf Ranking. And apparently, he's picking up something from his past to help him unwind when he's off the course.
“I do enjoy to stimulate my mind in different ways; sport, academia and culture as well,” Frittelli writes. “I like anything that keeps my mind going. I’v..

Magic. Bird. Michael. LeBron. Thaddeus?
On Wednesday night, the Indiana Pacers tweeted out a curious stat that managed to group Thaddeus Young (Yes, Thaddeus Young) with four of the NBA's all-time greatest players. Not surprisingly, the team got absolutely roasted for their efforts. First, because we know even the most hardcore basketball fans would have no clue how Young could possibly be linked to these legends, here's the tweet:
https://twitter.com/fsindiana/status/969012390158262272
OK then. . .
Granted, we live in an age of somewhat contrived statistics. On Tuesday, LeBron James(one of those fortunate four to be grouped with Thaddeus Young) became both the oldest player to average a triple-double over an entire month and the first player in NBA history to reach career totals of 30,000 points, 8,000 assists and 8,000 rebounds. While many were amazed by those accomplishments, many scoffed at their particular importance. Regardless, it's not hard to see those are a hec..

As a Wake Forest graduate, Randolph Childress will forever be the Godfather of the crossover-that-makes-someone-fall-and-then-you-look-at-them-before-making-a-shot move. Childress famously pulled off the trick against UNC's Jeff McInnis during the Deacs’ run to the 1995 ACC Tournament title, adding a little wave at McInnis for good measure.
The move has been replicated throughout the years by many, but no one has quite pulled it off to the degree with which James Harden did on Wednesday night. The Houston Rockets star took this disrespectful — yet, wonderful — play to new heights on Wednesday night at the expense of Wesley Johnson. Poor, poor Wesley Johnson. Check it out:
https://twitter.com/World_Wide_Wob/status/969061309047361538
Three things other than the obvious brilliant move, the made three-pointer and the obligatory bench reaction make this play stand out.
The distance between Harden and Johnson after Johnson takes a tumble. You could shoot a free throw between them.
The t..

When you think of golfers whose swings stood the test of time, players such as Sam Snead and Tom Watson come to mind. But as Sergio Garcia defends his title at the Masters in April, it's becoming increasingly clear that his action should be mentioned among the all-time greats.