Basketball legend: Terrorists using Islam as a 'mask'
Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said Sunday that terrorists are "using religion as a mask" to advance their "political motives," and compared the attacks on the Islamic faith in the U.S. to the...
View ArticleKareem Abdul-Jabbar: Trump is ISIS’s ‘greatest triumph’
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said Wednesday that Donald Trump spreads fear much like the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).“Trump is ISIS’s greatest triumph,” he wrote in an op-ed for Time...
View ArticleKareem Abdul-Jabbar: Trump won’t speak well of a ‘person of color’
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said late Thursday that Donald Trump is critical of President Obama because he is black.“It seems to me that he doesn’t want to say anything positive about a person of...
View ArticleKareem Abdul-Jabbar: Trump the ‘Milli Vanilli of politics’
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is urging Americans not to vote for Donald Trump, saying the GOP front-runner can't follow through on his promises.“Trump’s dominance reflects your disgust and...
View ArticleKareem Abdul-Jabbar: Tubman on $20 'a great switch'
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Thursday said that Harriet Tubman replacing President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill is the right move.“I think it’s great,” he said on Fox Business Network's...
View ArticleKareem Abdul-Jabbar auctioning off four NBA championship rings for his nonprofit
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is auctioning off four of his six NBA championship rings to raise money for his nonprofit focused on STEM education.“It’s nice having a great sports legacy,” he said in...
View ArticleKareem Abdul-Jabbar reveals he had prostate cancer in essay calling for...
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar revealed that he has had prostate cancer in a new essay calling for equality in health care.The essay, titled “Black Lives Matter,” was published Thursday by WebMD. The...
View ArticleNBA creating Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion Award
The NBA is creating a new social justice-oriented award in basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's name, honoring players for their work in fighting racial injustice. The league announced the news on a...
View ArticleVaccine 'resisters' are a real problem
As the country grapples to achieve sufficient vaccinations to produce a large degree of immunity from the Delta virus and possibly even more lethal versions, it's essential to call out the resisters,...
View ArticleAbdul-Jabbar says Stockton vaccine comments make athletes look like...
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in a CNN interview defended the use of COVID-19 vaccines and said fellow Hall-of-Famer John Stockton’s comments about 150 athletes dying from them make other athletes...
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