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Shaq Makes National Spelling Bee Appearance, Challenges Champ

By Ryan WilsonJun 7th 2010 – 10:00AM

As if the National Spelling Bee needed more drama, renowned speller and sportsman Shaquille O'Neal made an appearance and promptly challenged last year's winner, Kavya Shivashankar, to a spell-off. Via the Sports Bog's Dan Steinberg:[Shaq] also said that the 10 remaining contestants, plus Shivashankar's adorable little...

Spelling Bee 2009: Kavya Shivashankar Wins on Laodicean

By Michael David SmithMay 28th 2009 – 10:15PM

Kavya Shivashankar, an eighth grader from Olathe, Kansas, correctly spelled L-a-o-d-i-c-e-a-n to win the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night. Kavya won at the end of a championship round in which runner-up Tim Ruiter was eliminated on "maecenas" and third-place finisher Aishwarya Pastapur was eliminated on...

Background on Kavya Shivashankar

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is a competition held annually in Washington, D.C. in the United States at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center over a two day period at the end of May or beginning of June.

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