At his Substack, Kareem sets the record straight on a lot of the rumors. He is happy LeBron broke his scoring record. He corrects his old teammate Magic Johnson. He says he is more focused right now on his activism...
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Kareem Abdul Jabbar on Bill Russell
Here is Kareem at his Substack page: I always knew I wanted to be active in civil rights, but I didnāt always know how I would do that. I had attended some anti-war and civil rights protests rallies while at...
Kareem Abdul Jabbar blasts Aaron Rodgers
The hoops legend pulls no punches on the former Cal-Berkeley student: Professional athletes have come so far from the dark days when the public saw them as perpetually partying adolescents, mean-spirited bullies, and worse: dim-wits one step above tackling dummies...
Abdul-Jabbar: Are Slavery Movies Good for African Americans?
NBA Hall of Famer and public intellectual Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wonders if movies likeĀ Harriet—the new movie about Harriet Tubman–“risk defining African American participation in U.S. history primarily as victims.”Ā Here is a taste of his recent piece atĀ The Hollywood Reporter: On...