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WE Day Vancouver is coming soon!
Kareem joins world-renowned speakers and A-list performers to celebrate WE Day in Vancouver. We is a charitable organization that celebrates youth making a difference in their local and global communities [See Details]
Read MoreSports Spectacular Saturday 11/23/19
Kareem will be signing autographs at the Chicago Sports Spectacular Join Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, IL on Saturday November 23rd. All Items come with the CSE Foil Hologram, COA & a photo of the athlete signing the items Prices subject to change. Mail-in your items: Any flat item up Read More »
Read MoreProtect Our Defenders
How sports tactics can help the Democrats beat Donald Trump in 2020
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won five NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers: ‘Protecting the lead was often successful on the teams I was a part of’. Photograph: Andrew D Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images During my NBA career I played for plenty of teams who protected the lead. But it’s a strategy that can backfire if a team don’t Read More »
Read MoreKareem Abdul-Jabbar: Scorsese Isn’t Wrong About Marvel (He Isn’t Right, Either)
Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty ImagesMartin Scorsese The director wasn’t denigrating superhero films so much as stating the obvious, writes the NBA great and Hollywood Reporter columnist. Director Martin Scorsese’s claim to Empire magazine that Marvel films aren’t “cinema” is like saying the novel Fifty Shades of Grey isn’t “literature.” He’s technically wrong — but he’s culturally right. And all the Read More »
Read MoreKareem Abdul-Jabbar: Why the ‘Joker’ Gun Violence Protests Miss the Mark
Warner Bros. Pictures Though supportive of their goals, the Hollywood Reporter columnist (and gun owner) argues that survivors of shootings are targeting the wrong film with the wrong strategy, “setting a bad precedent for all activist groups.” In Alan Moore’s brilliant graphic novel, Batman: The Killing Joke, the Joker justifies his psychopathic behavior by philosophizing that Read More »
Read More500 fans pack Torrance bookstore to meet Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and learn about his third Sherlock Holmes-steeped book
Abdul-Jabbar’s latest book, “Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage,” was released last week, his third about mystery icon Sherlock Holmes’ older, smarter brother. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record of 38,387 career NBA points has stood for 20 years. According to his manager, Deborah Morales, Abdul-Jabbar — author of 16 books, only six about basketball — has written Read More »
Read MoreMycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse. Titan, $25.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-785659-30-0 Abdul-Jabbar and Waterhouse’s third pastiche (after 2018’s Mycroft and Sherlock), their best yet, provides intriguing challenges for both Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes while continuing to present plausible backstories for the brothers. In 1873, Mycroft and his longtime friend and partner, Cyrus Douglas, agree to help Read More »
Read MoreIs There Anything Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Can’t Do?
Standing at over seven feet tall, flying under the radar was never really an option for NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The all-time leading NBA scorer, during his 20 seasons in the NBA, Abdul-Jabbar won six championships and six MVP awards, and consistently dominated opponents with his nearly unblockable signature move, the skyhook. But Abdul-Jabbar’s work Read More »
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