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Stephen Curry wins 2022-23 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award
The annual award recognizes a current NBA player for pursuing social justice and upholding the NBA's values of equality, respect and inclusion. NEW YORK — Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has been named the 2022-23...
Kareem’s Airplane! Commercial: Milwaukee Business Journal’s 3rd Most-Watched Video of 2014
Top names in the news made the list of the top five videos watched for the year, with Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak and developer Gary Grunau attracting viewers. Meanwhile, readers also clicked on the...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Inducted Into California Hall of Fame
Crowds lined the sidewalks outside Sacramento’s California Museum Wednesday evening to see this year’s California Hall of Fame inductees walk the red carpet prior to the award ceremony which took place inside the museum. “The...
All for the Love of Kids Event To Benefit Los Angeles County Foster Children
"Reaching for the Stars” 19th Annual Awards Event To Benefit Los Angeles County Foster Children. Spend the evening with Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich and Lakers’ legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar! At All for the Love of Kids,...
Kareem Shares His Books With The YoungstersAt Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
Kareem shares his book with Jonathan Paz at Andrew Air Force Base, Maryland. The Skyhook Foundation has recently partnered with RIF (Reading Is Fundamental), the largest children’s literacy organization in the U.S. to inspire military...
Goodbye Gil Scott-Heron
I was terribly saddened to hear of the death of Gil Scott-Heron. He and I had been friends since I was in grade school and he tried to best me on the court near my...
Abdul-Jabbar Courts the Jews
By Dawn Swann Special to the Jewish Advocate A 7-foot-2-inch African-American Muslim may not be the first person you’d expect to see lecturing at a Jewish federation event. But last Sunday, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar packed the...
