Shaquille O'Neal gets a Father of the Year award (USA TODAY)

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By Reid Cherner, USA TODAY

Updated 1h 21m ago

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By Kim Klement, US Presswire

The National Father's Day Council went big with their annual award.

TNT analyst Shaquille O'Neal was given a Father of the Year Award in New York.

Reports Erin Weaver of SI.com:

O'Neal was in good spirits at the ceremony run by The National Father's Day Council, joking that "I've won a lot of awards. You know, I got an Oscar for Kazaam. But this award is among the most prestigious." The father of six concluded his acceptance speech with a quick anecdote about coaching a basketball team for one of his sons: "We made it all the way to the championship game. We were down by eight with two minutes left. So I gave the only speech I could think to give. I said, 'If we win this, I'll take you to Hooters.' And we won by six, so I guess it worked!"

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