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WHAT’S HAPPENING LOCALLY TUESDAY:
NHL: Senators at Bruins, 7 p.m. (NESN)

AROUND THE WEB:

♦ Shaquille O’Neal has written an autobiography (with help from Jackie MacMullan), and he pulls no punches when it comes to his feud with former Lakers teammate Kobe Bryant. Among the revelations: Kobe was upset that Shaq did not show more support when Kobe faced rape charges in Colorado, and the team stepped in and told both players to stop taking their beefs to the media. However, Kobe ignored the team’s instructions and blasted Shaq in an interview with Jim Gray.

Writes Shaq: I told Kobe, “If you ever say anything like what you said to Jim Gray ever again, I will kill you.” Kobe shrugged and said, “Whatever.”

O’Neal also recounts a run-in he had with then-Heat coach Pat Riley in practice, when the center pushed teammates aside and had a face-to-face screaming match with Riley.

As for his future, Shaq writes: They’ve already got some things cooking in Hollywood for me. Adam Sandler called me in June 2011 and said, “I want you to be in some of my movies.

♦ According to The Los Angeles Times, Frank McCourt is close to striking a deal with Major League Baseball in which he would sell the team along with Dodger Stadium. The price is expected to be around $1 billion. McCourt had pledged to keep the team, but his financial problems might make that impossible, even if he gets a favorable ruling from bankruptcy court.

♦ Top-ranked LSU and second-ranked Alabama meet Saturday in an SEC showdown. Real Clear Sports takes a look at the top 10 college football “Games of the Century.” No. 10 is the famous Harvard-Yale tie in 1968. No. 1 is Nebraska’s 35-31 victory over Oklahoma in 1971.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On Nov 1, 2005, Jason Varitek became the first Red Sox player in 14 seasons to win a Gold Glove. Who was the team’s previous recipient, in 1991?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I’m not surprised by anything in the NFL. I’ve grown up over the years to see that players come and go, and coaches come and go. The most important thing I need to do is to be the best quarterback that I can be. I have my own job to worry about. I’m trying to go out there and play a great game. Whatever decision coach makes, that’s kind of what we go with. We don’t sit here and question his decisions, because we’ve got a game. He always says he’s going to do what’s in the best interests of the team.” – Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, on Monday’s Dennis & Callahan show, talking about Friday’s release of defensive back Leigh Bodden

STAT OF THE DAY: $30 million – Amount CC Sabathia will get for one extra year in a deal he agreed to with the Yankees

‘NET RESULTS: NBA star Kevin Durant tweeted that he was bored and looking for a flag football game. When a student from Oklahoma State tweeted him back and invited him to his fraternity game, Durant showed up and played.

During a hockey game in Sweden, Henrik Eriksson of Mora IK scored a goal and then hugged the nearest player to him. However, that player was Leksand’s Alen Bibic, who responded with a punch to the face.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Tony Pena

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Barry Sadler, who died in 1989, was born on this day in 1940.

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