Shaquille O'Neal(notes) has been a busy, busy man this off-season. He was traded from Phoenix to Cleveland in June, filmed a Michael Jackson video tribute shortly after the King of Pop's death, and visited Beijing a week ago, where he juggled Chinese children, dunked on a shark and nursed a panda back to health. Very productive stuff.
Up next on his agenda: starring in "Shaq Vs.", a new ABC reality series that will see The Big Twitter take on other top athletes in their own sports.
According to USA Today, filming begins Wednesday in Pittsburgh, where Shaq takes on Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger in football. Future hour-long episodes will pit him against Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, retired boxer Oscar De La Hoya, St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols, tennis pro Serena Williams and beach volleyball Olympians Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh.
O'Neal says he also hopes to book Lance Armstrong for a cycling competition once the Tour de France ends, and while that's all fine and dandy and croissants, it's pretty obvious which "dream match-up" ABC needs to make happen: Shaq vs. Brock Lesnar.
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