Fifty years ago next month, sports teams from New York and Baltimore met yet again this time, the Bullets vs. the New York Knicks in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals.
Abdul-Jabbar trademarked the skyhook and brought
goggles to the forefront of fashion. He did it all while experiencing the world from a vantage point only few can relate to.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball Career
Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. was born on April 16, 1947 in New York City. He is the only child of Cora Lillian and Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Sr.
Known as Lew Alcindor back then, the center was the
LeBron James before LeBron James. He was a prodigy by the time he entered high school and could dunk when he was in eighth grade. At Power Memorial Academy, he led the basketball team to three-straight New York City Catholic championships and
22 Jan 2021
Leftist commentator and former NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is still attacking Trump and his “puppet” voters even as he explains why he was one of the few who attended Biden’s Inaugural event.
For his Jan. 21 editorial for the
Hollywood Reporter, Abdul Jabbar told his readers that he attended Biden’s swearing-in ceremony because he was “honored to be an active part of the relaunching of the ship of state with a real captain at the helm.”
Abdul-Jabbar was one of the small number of people who actually attended the Biden inaugural in person and was part of the post-oath festivities that included actor Tom Hanks and others.