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WEDNESDAY'S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:MLB: Boston at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. (NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7)
AROUND THE WEB:
-- Shaquille O'Neal faced his fear of sharks during his "Shaq Does Shark Week" episode of this year's Shark Week and got a little closer than he had anticipated.
There's a shark in the @SHAQ Cage!! #ShaqWeek is now streaming on #DiscoveryGO. Watch it here --> https://t.co/mNNKQC0Rlc pic.twitter.com/OlfSdf9Dx2
— Shark Week (@SharkWeek) July 23, 2018Shaq was joined by comedian Rob Riggle, who stayed on the boat while Shaq entered the water with the sharks. Riggle surprised everyone by using a chum gun he brought with him to attract the sharks to Shaq's underwater cage.
As the hungry sharks swarmed the food, one shark slipped into Shaq's cage.
"There's a shark getting in the cage! There's a shark in the cage! We've got to get him out," a diver called out.
The divers then distracted the shark and the crew pulled Shaq out of the water.
And he wasn't one bit rattled.
"I survived a shark attack, you b——!," Shaq said after his escape.
Shark week I mean SHAQ WEEK starts in ten minutes, don't miss it #SharkWeek2018 #ShaqWeek pic.twitter.com/cbZLpOF6pX
— SHAQ (@SHAQ) July 23, 2018-- A former NFL Network employee filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against NFL Enterprises accusing Michael Irvin and Eric Davis of sexual harassment.
Erin McParland, a makeup artist who worked with the network's on-air talent for about two years beginning in 2014, claims she was "subjected to ongoing and continuing sexual harassment by current and former on-air talent and other employees."
In the lawsuit, McParland says Davis would "rub his genitals" against her and she had to repeatedly tell Irvin to "not touch" her.
The suit lists Irvin as "former on-air talent on NFL Network," though he is still listed as an NFL GameDay Morning analyst and as a member of the Thursday Night Football crew.
This is the second lawsuit filed by a former makeup artist against the NFL Network.
Jami Cantor filed a suit in December accusing Davis and others of similar behavior. Davis was fired from ESPN after those allegations.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "[Hayward's> doing really well. He's up to full speed workouts now, so he's able to do everything. There are no limitations in his workouts. And in the next week or two, he'll be able to start competing again which will be awesome because we'll be able to make adjustments for when he starts playing live." -- NBA skills coach Drew Hanlen, on Gordon Hayward's recovery
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