Odell Beckham (senior) and Shaquille O’Neal talking with two young ladies on the LSU campus in 1991. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The big men on campus were roommates and good friends throughout college. Beckham was a running back for the Tigers football team, while Shaq was an All-American for the basketball team.

🏀On July 31, 2007 the Minnesota Timberwolves traded Kevin Garnett to the Boston Celtics for Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, Sebastian Telfair, Gerald Green, Theo Ratliff, and two first-round draft picks (one of which was acquired in a trade with Minnesota a year prior). The deal marked the largest NBA trade ever for one player, giving Boston a new "Big Three” as they already had Paul Pierce and also acquired Ray Allen on June 28th. The anticipation for the Celtics season was instant. In the span of one week, the Celtics' odds of winning the title went from 100-1 to 5-1. By their first game, Boston had sold out 94% of their home tickets for the season. The trade enabled the Celtics to finish the season with a record of 66–16 in addition to posting the best single-season turnaround in NBA history (they had finished 24-58 the prior season). The 66 wins were also the third-most in franchise history, behind the 1972–73 Celtics’ 68 wins and the famous 1985–86 Celtics’ 67 wins including 40 at home. Garnett was named NBA Defensive Player of the Year, while Danny Ainge was named NBA Executive of the Year. Their two-year absence from the playoffs came to an end as they met the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the 2008 NBA Playoffs. Eventually, they advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1987, where they met the Los Angeles Lakers, reigniting their storied rivalry. The Celtics won 4–2, capturing their first championship since 1986, and seventeenth in franchise history, the most in NBA history.🏀