Sports
GRAND CENTRAL PUBLISHING ACQUIRES COACH WOODEN AND ME BY BASKETBALL LEGEND KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR
Grand Central Publishing (GCP), a division of Hachette Book Group, is excited to announce the acquisition of COACH WOODEN AND ME by sports icon and bestselling author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about his 50 years of friendship with –and the life lessons he learned from — legendary college basketball coach John Wooden, including many never-before-told personal stories.
Kareem Says Insulting Colin Kaepernick Says More About Our Patriotism Than His (Washington Post)
Last Friday, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick chose not to stand with his teammates during the national anthem. To some, Kendricks embodies traditional all-American Forrest Gump values of patriotism, while Kaepernick represents the entitled brattish behavior of a wealthy athlete ungrateful to a country that has given him so much.
ESPN National Radio: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Kaepernick’s protest and social injustice (from Russillo & Kanell)
NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shares his reaction to Colin Kaepernick’s protest of the National Anthem, including what he would like to see done in terms of social injustice and how Kaepernick’s actions compare to his and Muhammad Ali’s historically.
