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This Day In Sports History (April 5th) – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
It was on this day in 1984 that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar broke Wilt Chamberlain’s record for total career regular season points. Kareem would score his 31,420th point by hitting one of his trademark sky-hooks in a 129-115 victory over the Jazz during a game played in Las Vegas. Chamberlain’s record stood for over 18 years as [...]
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Diagnosed With Leukemia
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has leukemia, although he claims his long-term outlook is good. Abdul-Jabbar in an interview on Monday revealed that he has Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow that produces cancerous blood cells. The disease was diagnosed in December, and he has been treating it with a variety [...]
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Forgets His Line On Jeopardy
Total Pro Sports – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had a moment on Jeopardy that could have come right out of Saturday Night Live’s “Celebrity Jeopardy” sketch. If you don’t remember the sketch, basically it was a bunch of celebrities playing Jeopardy and they were all complete morons. This doesn’t rise to the level of idiocy we saw [...]
