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Answering My Fan Mail

Regarding Horton Hears a Racist.... I have enjoyed the various responses to my blog on “Horton Hears a Racist”. I didn’t seek to try to pin a ‘racist’ label on the makers but I just...

ESPN Radio interview

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Jazz Review: Nina Simone’s Protest Anthology

Jazz singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone once said, “An artist’s duty is to reflect the times.” Nothing reflects the turmoil of Nina’s times or her commitment to improving those times than her newly...

My first Lakers playoff season

(Bill Walton trying to block me out, 1977) My first season in the playoffs with the Lakers was 1977. That was an up-and-down year in all respects. Our regular season was very successful and we...

What’s goin’ on across this land?

The following lyrics are from a song about a soldier returning from war who’s trying to catch up on what he’s missed while being overseas. Hey, baby, what you know good? I’m just gettin’ back,...

Fit After Forty: Staying in the Game

(Andre, Armstead B. Line and Kareem, 1969.) When I was a kid, you rarely saw men or women over 40 doing anything more physically competitive than racing to beat someone to a cab. Or seeing...

Thank You

I'd like to thank all the well-wishers who reached out to wish me a happy birthday. It is different from those days when they went by with impunity. But in any event it's nice to...

My Birthday Wishes

(Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Muhammad Ali) I've come to that time of the year again. Tomorrow, Wednesday the 16th, I turn 61. My manager Deborah Morales asked me to name three wishes for this year's event....

Horton Hears a Racist

(Michelle and Barack with daughters Malia and Sasha) Barack Obama is my choice for president. I’ve already explained why in previous blogs. But if Obama isn’t elected, it would be hard to blame racism. Republicans...