By Dee-Ann Durbin | AP  Shaquille O’Neal’s new ads for Papa John’s promise a brighter day at the struggling company. At the very least, it was a brighter third quarter. The Louisville, Kentucky-based pizza chain said its North American same-store sales grew for the first time in two years in the July-September period.…

The Hall of Famer Gives Coffee A Shot, Becomes an Investor and Brand Ambassador New York, NY – August 21, 2019 – FORTO Coffee, maker of the World’s 1st Coffee Shot and America’s #1 Organic Ready-to-Drink Coffee, today announced that Hall of Famer and businessman Shaquille O’Neal will become a…

BY MAX RESETAR, SLAM Jayson Tatum walks into an upstairs room at a house in Paris, France. The digs have been rented out by Jordan Brand. Tatum sits down at a couch, stretches out in a pair of volt Flyknit Air Jordan IVs and talks about the news that he’s signed with…

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business New York (CNN Business)Papa John’s has found its next spokesman: Shaquille O’Neal. But the company hopes Shaq can help Papa John’s beyond hawking pizza. O’Neal, the NBA Hall-of-Famer, will join Papa John’s board of directors. O’Neal will also invest in nine Papa John’s stores in Atlanta and…

By Rob Goldberg, Bleacher Report  Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving will expand on his movie career by starring in a horror film about the Skirvin Hotel in Oklahoma City, according to Dave McNary of Variety. The guard made his big-screen debut last year in Uncle Drew. He will follow it up with a movie he is executive producing along…

By Khal, Complex While many are trying to figure out what kind of dip they will be serving during their Super Bowl LIII watch party at home, the city of Atlanta is preparing for what could end up being one of the most lit weeks in 2019. See, Super Bowls…

By Nick DePaula, ESPN Since his father first helped teach him the game, Jayson Tatum has been lacing up his sneakers to play basketball every day. That will change soon, thanks to Nike. Wednesday night, when the Boston Celtics host the Toronto Raptors (8 p.m. ET on ESPN), Tatum will…

Gatorade is set to unleash its next ad campaign entitled “You Fuel Us, We Fuel You,” and the company is featured Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum in the first commercial advertising the new product: GX Tatum will be featured along with Serena Williams, triathlete Lionel Sanders and Borussia Dortmund midfielder Christian Pulisic.

By Cierra Williams, Delsih NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal is bringing his newly opened chicken restaurant to the sea via Carnival Cruise Line. Carnival recently announced their recently revamped Carnival Radiance ship will include O’Neal’s Big Chicken restaurant and will set sail in the spring of 2020. The first Big Chicken opened in…

by Jackie MacMullan, HE IS A rookie starter and much is expected, yet as Jayson Tatum warms up with his teammates before his first NBA game, he appears impervious to the noise and the lights and the pulsating anticipation inside Quicken Loans Arena. This is the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers — LeBron James’ house…