Shaq the Alabama State University professor? Here's what we know
Ken Mullinax, the director of university relations, responded to reports circulating online that O'Neal was going to become a professor at ASU. Sports Illustrated and Black Enterprise reported that O'Neal plans to leave his job as a host for TNT to "become a college professor on mentorship and business administration" at the Montgomery HBCU, after studying at the school.
Mullinax said that university officials were not aware of any connection between O'Neal and ASU.
Alex Gladden is the Montgomery Advertiser's education reporter. She can be reached at agladden@gannett.com or on Twitter @gladlyalex.
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