Shaq gets ticket for stopping car in street

Shaq gets ticket for stopping car in street

LOS ANGELES — Basketball player Shaquille O’Neal has gotten a ticket in Hollywood for stopping his car in the street.

Los Angeles police Officer April Harding says officers spotted O’Neal’s dark blue Ford F-350 pickup truck on a street shortly before 2 a.m. Thursday.

Harding says O’Neal was talking to some people. There are several nightclubs in the area.

O’Neal was cited for impeding the reasonable movement of traffic and allowed to drive off.

The Cleveland Cavaliers acquired O’Neal from the Phoenix Suns in June, but the former Los Angeles Lakers star maintains contacts in California.

Today’s birthdays

Country singer Billy Grammer is 84. Actor Ben Gazzara is 79. Actor Sonny Shroyer (“The Dukes of Hazzard”) is 74. Actor Ken Jenkins (“Scrubs”) is 69. Actor David Soul is 66. Singer Wayne Osmond of The Osmonds is 58. Actor Daniel Stern is 52. Actress Emma Samms is 49. Actress Jennifer Coolidge is 48. Country singer Shania Twain is 44. Actor Billy Boyd (“Lord of the Rings”) is 41. Actor-singer Jack Black is 40. Actor Jason Priestley (“Beverly Hills, 90210”) is 40. Actor J. August Richards (“Angel”) is 36. Singer-bassist Max Collins of Eve 6 is 31. Actress Carly Pope (“Popular”) is 29. Country singer Leann Rimes is 27.

Associated Press