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21-5

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on His Love of History, Youth Sports and Which Books Everyone Should Read (Smithsonian Magazine)

The basketball legend has always had a writer's touch At this point, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has spent more of his life as a best-selling author than a pro-basketball player. But for Abdul-Jabbar, who still holds the...
21-6

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Athletes Aren’t Dumb Jocks—We’re the Face of Change (TIME)

On July 13, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James began the ESPYS with a call for justice. As LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Chris Paul proved in their ESPYs speech...
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Time: Athletes Aren’t Dumb Jocks—We’re the Face of Change

As someone involved with professional sports for most of my life, I’m gratified to see that pro athletes and sports organizations are finally being embraced as leaders against social injustice. Wednesday night, NBA players Carmelo...
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Time: There Is Terror on Both Sides of the Badge

I’ve often explained my passion for history to my friends by quoting American philosopher George Santayana: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” The events of the past have the power...
21-7

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Case File Reveals A Mycroft Holmes Mystery

PREVIEWSworld: When did you first read the Sherlock Holmes stories? When did you become a Sherlockian? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: I read some in high school, but I became really hooked while playing in the NBA. I would...
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Time: What ‘Game of Thrones’ Says About Our Election Nightmares

The last two episodes of Game of Thrones serve as a perfect parallel of the meh attitude of a majority of Americans toward our presidential choices: one brought back from the dead (of 2008) and the other...
21-8

KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR COMES TO COMICS WITH “MYCROFT HOLMES”

CBR News: When did you become a Sherlockian? Or at least a reader of Holmes? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: I read a few Holmes stories when I was a teenager, but really began reading them in earnest when...
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Time: Trump and ISIS Depend on Irrationality

“We are deranged,” laments the narrator of Karl Shapiro’s poem “Auto Wreck” as he stands with other rattled witnesses beside a bloody car accident. “Our throats were tight as tourniquets,/Our feet were bound with splints.”...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the “indomitable” spirit of Muhammad Ali

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