Reports are swarming that LeBron James will be named the NBA’s MVP for the fourth time in the past five seasons. Somehow this makes Derrick Rose’s 2011 MVP — the only blemish in that stretch for LeBron — seem all the more impressive, if all the more anomalous. Only four other players (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill…
You looked at the snake bite photo, didn't you? What were you thinking? Here, go cleanse your palate with this lovely Kareem Abdul-Jabbar piece in Esquire: "20 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Was 30."
Here's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Wearing A Darth Vader Mask And Posing With…
If we wanted to, we could probably track down information that would add context to this photo. But we aren't going to do that, because context does not matter in this case. All that matters is that this photo exists and that it makes us laugh, as do all photos of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar posing with shorter women
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's first post for HuffPo in three years: Girls Just Wants to Have (White) Fun. Right on time!
You Can Now Purchase Classic NBA Games On iTunes
Well, this is pretty goddamn cool. The NBA has made ten classic games available for purchase on iTunes. You can now download and watch Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's first game, Game 7 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals, and Game 1 of the 1997 finals as many times as you want. And the best part is that each game only…
After Whining About It, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Will Get A Statue At The…
Last year, the Lakers unveiled a life-sized bronze statue of Jerry West outside the Staples Center, joining other L.A. sports luminaries Magic Johnson, Chick Hearn, Wayne Gretzky, and Oscar De La Hoya. But one Lakers legend was nonplussed. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar asked the Sporting News, as politely as he could, where's my …
According To ESPN, Baylor Has Recruited The NBA's Next All-Time Leading …
Baylor may have missed the Final Four this year, but there's good news for the Bears on the recruiting front, according to ESPN's RecruitingNation. Unbelievably good news:
Before He Became Kareem, Lew Had Trouble Finding Pants That Fit
As a sophomore at UCLA in 1967, young Lew Alcindor already had one of the highest verticals in the game, and an inseam to match. (Fifty-one inches, to be precise.) Tailored clothes were the solution to that, but the rest of college basketball had no answer for Alcindor's and UCLA's dominance. The next year, after his…
If Hillary Clinton Farted Near Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, This Is Probably…
Abdul-Jabbar — bearing a copy of his new book — was in Washington today to be officially named a United States global Cultural Ambassador. He and Clinton posed for photos, the only one of which that matters at right.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Read A Book Called Chess Tactics For Champions…
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