{"id":819237,"date":"2026-08-19T22:48:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/819237\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T22:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:48:19","slug":"shaq-will-headline-pregame-uva-cavaliers-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/819237\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaq will headline pregame UVA Cavaliers game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) &#8211; Retired NBA champion Shaquille O\u2019Neal will <a href=\"https:\/\/virginiasports.com\/news\/2026\/08\/19\/pregame-concert-featuring-shaquille-oneal-set-for-week-0\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/virginiasports.com\/news\/2026\/08\/19\/pregame-concert-featuring-shaquille-oneal-set-for-week-0\">perform before the Virginia Cavaliers week 0 game<\/a> against NC State August 29 in Charlottesville, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/virginiasports.com\/sports\/football\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/virginiasports.com\/sports\/football\">university officials<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The NBA icon\u2019s resume includes moonlighting as \u201cDJ Diesel\u201d, with a mix of trap, EDM and hip-pop. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Standing 7\u20321, Shaq has dubbed himself \u2018the biggest DJ in the world.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The concert is free, but you have to have a ticket for the game to attend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">O\u2019Neal\u2019s NBA career includes stints with the Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat. He won four championships with LA and Miami.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He is also an NBA TV analyst.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WDBJ. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) &#8211; Retired NBA champion Shaquille O\u2019Neal will perform before the Virginia Cavaliers week 0 game&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-819237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}