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.
Yamiche Léone Alcindor (/ j æ ˈ m iː ʃ æ l ˈ s ɪ n d ər / yam-EESH al-SIN-dər; [2] born November 1, 1986) [3] is an American journalist who is a Washington correspondent for NBC News. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In the past, she has worked as the host of Washington Week on PBS and as a reporter for PBS NewsHour , USA Today , and The New York ...
Grier met basketball player Ferdinand Lewis (Lew) Alcindor in 1969. [24] Early in their relationship, he converted to Islam and changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Abdul-Jabbar proposed to Grier on the condition that she immediately convert to Islam. [25] Grier refused, and he married a different woman that day. [26] [27]
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 ...
Dick Raphael/NBAE via Getty Images circa 1977 Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has a fascinating piece at Esquire.com this week in which he shares some of the advice he wishes he could give ...
Abdul-Jabbar sang along with the Transfer again backstage, this time with Take 6 also, at a “Summit” show uniting those two vocal groups in 2015.
Alcindor is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Aurelie Alcindor (born 1994), Mauritian sprinter; Barbara Alcindor, French singer and lead singer of the pop band French Affair; John Alcindor (1873–1924), Trinidadian physician; Lew Alcindor or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947), American basketball player
Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of President-elect Donald Trump, has been spotted holding hands with Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson, though he has not publicly called off his engagement to ...