A-ROD IXNAYS SHAQ HOUSE PURCHASE; WIFE TO REMAIN?: It seems A-Rod likes to flip-flop.

First, the former Yankees infielder is looking to stay in the Bronx, after all. And now he’s changing his mind about buying Shaq’s house:

The MIAMI HERALD reports that A-Rod has called off his purchase of O’Neal’s $32 million mansion. The reason given was that his wife Cynthia is pregnant, and they want to remain near her parents in Coconut Grove.A real estate spokesperson said that Shaquille is “not upset at all” about the broken brokered deal - maybe because the Miami Heat star hasn’t been spending much time at his Star Island home.

The attorney for soon-to-be ex-wife Shaunie says that Shaq has “moved out to a location not presently known to the wife, yet he comes and goes.”Marsha Elser has also filed a motion asking that Shaunie be allowed to stay in the home, or be provided “appropriate substitute housing.”

She’s currently sharing the Star Island space with “their four children, her son from a prior relationship, Shaunie’s mom, a nanny, plus a chef, two housekeepers and a house manager who come in daily.”

No wonder Shaq moved out.

BOTTLE-BLONDE FATTIES COST THE FACE OF NIKE $160M: The LONDON TIMES, via DEUCE OF DAVENPORT, reports what all those blonde fatties over the years ended up costing Michael Jordan: $160M. And that settlement between MJ and former maid wife Juanita is the largest celebrity divorce payout in history.

The Times has the warm, fuzzy details of how the Jordan’s relationship blossomed: “He was already a wealthy basketball star with the Chicago Bulls when the couple met on a blind date in 1984. He proposed a few months later but Juanita initially turned him down. A year after their marriage in Las Vegas, he signed a prenuptial agreement that entitled her to half his fortune, but she has claimed only a third.”

It seems somewhat preposterous that Jordan didn’t sign a more restrictive pre-nup with Juanita. But anyone who can continue to endorse myriad products and remain the face of Nike (how can anyone look him in the eye in Beaverton without laughing) in the wake of unending adulterous activity and notorious gambling losses deserves our undying admiration.

MOST importantly, he can still buy plenty of Purple Hooters for the ladies at the Holiday Inn piano bar in Laughlin with the loot he has left over.