FUN FACTS—Know Your L.A. Sports Mogul Trivia

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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

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