Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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LeBron James, NBA scoring record in sight, has lived up to his titanic nickname
As he approaches Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 38,387 points, the league appreciates the 20-year journey of ‘The Chosen One’
Culture
How ‘Winning Time’ wrestles with Blackness will determine whether the HBO show has its own legacy
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson were polar opposites, but both were influential Black men in America
Lorenzo Ashley was an unsung hero of the 1967 Cleveland Summit whose story has never been told
Ashley: ‘The same things we were fighting for back in the ’60s are the same things we’re fighting for today’
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Carmelo Anthony on teaming up with LeBron James: ‘I think it was meant for it to happen at this point’
Entering his 19th NBA season, Anthony reflects on joining the Lakers, the pressure to win, Kobe Bryant and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Giannis dominating like Kareem revives Bucks’ title hopes
The two-time MVP is playing reminiscent of Abdul-Jabbar in Milwaukee
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Warriors’ Juan Toscano-Anderson: ‘If I can change one life, then I’ve done my job’
The finalist for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award talks about how his mother influences his racial equality work and more
‘The Difference Makers’
Clinton Yates on how Black athletes have made a difference in our society and our lives
Culture
How Bruce Lee combined martial arts with the blaxploitation genre
Kung fu’s urban black audience was acknowledged by the casting of basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Lee’s ‘Game of Death’
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Shannon Lee on Bruce Lee’s legacy and how their family dealt with racism
The martial artist’s daughter discusses the ESPN documentary ‘Be Water’