Powerful insights from Kareem Abdul Jabbar
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"Kareem’s op-ed on racism resonated hugely with our readers as few pieces have done. More than 3 million people read the piece on our website."
Sue Horton OpEd Editor LA Times
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The NBA Hall of Famer and THR columnist, a practitioner of Islam since college, is hopeful that the Kumail Nanjiani starrer and Aziz Ansari’s ‘Master of None’ are bringing an end to portrayals of the devoted as “rabid, merciless terrorists” onscreen. “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” an apple farmer observes in…
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NBA Hall of Famer and “Becoming Kareem” author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar compares Colin Kaepernick’s protest to his own travails as a socially engaged athlete.
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College sport is a billion-dollar enterprise built off athletes who receive no compensation. Whatever the solution is, the status quo must change In Thailand, bony little boys as young as nine and 10 are thrown into the boxing ring to punch each other into bloody submission while parents, relatives and other screaming adults bet on…
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By Kevin Liptak and Deena Zaru, CNN (CNN)Freed from the daily pressures of the presidency, Barack Obama seems to have filled the time with reading and music. As he did during his time in office, Obama listed off what books and songs he’s been consuming in a Facebook post Sunday. “With some extra time on my hands…
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By Pamela Kramer, Contributor Educator, animal advocate and book reviewer “Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court” is a marvelous autobiography by one of the greatest basketball players who ever graced the court. Watching him play was a privilege for any true sports fan because he appeared to be graceful and athletic, ultra-competitive, always…
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The Hollywood Reporter columnist and NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has chosen his favorite films and TV shows of 2017. Read more at THR.
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Lexington Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a brooding sportsman-sage The former basketball player detects a bright moment for black activism ADDRESSING the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in 2016, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sounded uncharacteristically optimistic. “Those who think Americans scare easily enough to abandon our country’s ideals…underestimate our resolve,” said the former basketball player, betraying, as he stooped over…
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This is an utterly idiosyncratic list of books that were the most powerful for me over the past 12 months. They range across all categories, and I recommend each for your reading pleasure. Unshakeable by Tony Robbins (Simon & Schuster). I’m a huge Tony guy, and he lays out the clearest path I’ve ever seen…
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The best books of 2017 In the latest offering in Herron’s brilliant spook-related series, British intelligence agent River Cartwright’s grandfather, a former spy himself, may be succumbing to age-related memory loss and endangering MI5 — or is there something more sinister afoot? “Two Kinds of Truth’’ by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown) Connelly’s second offering…
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December 15, 2017 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar writes that Colin Kaepernick has carried on Muhammad Ali’s legacy of selfless activism. For more visit Si.com
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