Writing
The Hollywood Reporter: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Megyn Kelly, Blackface and NBC’s “Hate Crime-Adjacent” Problem
Al Pereira/WireImage (Megyn Kelly) The network’s news division is complicit in the racism of its highly paid anchor, and yes, she should be fired, writes the NBA great and Hollywood Reporter cultural columnist. Most sentences...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to speak at River Campus
October 7, 2018 The basketball icon, activist, author, and ambassador, will give the first lecture in a series on “Difficult Conversations as a Catalyst for Change,” presented by Donald Hall, the University’s Robert L. and...
Q&A with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: speaking out, writing for TV and basketball’s evolution
By Marek Warszawski The Fresno Bee (TNS) Oct 10, 2018 Updated Oct 11, 2018 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s athletic resume is more lengthy than his 7-foot-2 frame. He’s the NBA’s all-time leading scorer (38,387 career points) while amassing six...
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR AND THE EVOLVING SHERLOCK CANON
Abdul-Jabbar and Lyndsay Faye Discuss Conan Doyle, Mycroft, and the World of Holmes Pastiches OCTOBER 17, 2018 BY LYNDSAY FAYE Not to dwell on this subject, but I was a fan of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar long before he started...
Leadership lessons from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
by BizTimes Staff October 15, 2018, 3:23 AM Former Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an NBA Hall of Famer, the all-time leading scorer in NBA history and was a member of six NBA...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the Midterm Elections: Beware ‘Bachelor’ Nation at the Ballot Box
6:30 AM PDT 10/9/2018 by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Don't just blame Donald Trump for the current anti-intellectual threat to democracy, blame reality TV as voters "go with their hearts" instead of relying on research or reason, writes the...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will definitely be the tallest person on the Veronica Mars writing staff
Veronica Mars is officially returning next year thanks to Hulu, who offered the cult mystery series an eight-episode order. Not only will star Kristen Bell be returning, but so will creator Rob Thomas, who just took to Twitter...