Facts and figures about local pro team personalities today and down through the ages
– Shaquille O’Neal’s per-game pay: $292,682
– A Laker girl’s per-game pay: $85
– Top 10 L.A. athletes’ combined annual pay: $131 million
– City of Beverly Hills’ total annual revenue: $134 million1
– Mighty Duck Paul Kariya’s pay per 20-minute period: $40,650
– Average California high school teacher annual salary: $42,000
– Annual salary of lowest-paid Laker, Mike Penberthy: $316,969
– Annual salary of President George W. Bush: $400,000
– Estimated cost of seven-carat diamond engagement ring given by Laker Kobe Bryant to his teenage fianc & #233;e: $100,000
– Number of minutes Bryant would need to play to pay for ring: 33.3
– Number of local pro athletes with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: 1 (Former Dodger and “Rifleman” Chuck Connors)2
– Number of local sports broadcasters with stars: 2 (Vin Scully and Chick Hearn)
– Number of albums sold by Oscar de la Hoya in his recording debut: 250,000
– Number of Grammy nominations for de la Hoya: 1
– Number of Grammy Awards for de la Hoya: 0
– Number of rap albums Shaquille O’Neal has released: 5
– Number of Grammy nominations for O’Neal: 0
– Amount Bruce McNall was convicted of fraudulently obtaining while owner of the Los Angeles Kings: $236 million
– Months McNall served in prison before his release to a Los Angeles halfway house last week: 48
– Amount of fraud per day spent in prison: $16,153
– Assessed value of 56,000-seat Dodger Stadium in 1999: $99 million
– Cost to build 19,282-seat Staples Center in 1999: $375 million