Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (/ k ə ˈ r iː m æ b ˈ d uː l dʒ ə ˈ b ɑːr / kə-REEM ab-DOOL jə-BAR; born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. / æ l ˈ s ɪ n d ər / al-SIN-dər, April 16, 1947) is an American former basketball player.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was a high school freshman, 14 years old. And he was known by his name at the time, Lew Alcindor. And one of my favorite facts about this is one of Pat Riley's teammates in his ...
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was taken to an Los Angeles hospital after he fell and broke his hip at a concert Friday night, ... Abdul-Jabbar, born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr, is one of the NBA ...
In New York, he continued trying to convince members to defect from Muhammad. In 1970, Khaalis converted basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was formerly known as Lew Alcindor. In 1971 Jabbar donated a $78,000 field stone mansion for Khaalis' headquarters in Washington, D.C. [2]
Lew Alcindor (later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), who once scored 61 points, is also in the Basketball Hall of Fame.. In basketball, points are the sum of the score accumulated through free throws and field goals. [1]
I'm Kareem Maddox, professional basketball player — and kinda named after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Brennan: And I’m Matt Brennan, TV editor of the Los Angeles Times. I'm named after the Catholic ...
This was the season Lew Alcindor, later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, debuted on to the college basketball scene.After playing on the freshman team under then NCAA rules, Alcindor dominated at the varsity level as a sophomore, leading UCLA to an undefeated 30–0 record while averaging 29.0 points and 15.5 rebounds.
The road jersey worn by legendary center Lew Alcindor — now known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — during the Bucks’ championship-clinching win over the Baltimore Bullets in the 1971 NBA Finals is ...