By the time Patrick Ewing entered the NBA as the top overall pick of the New York Knicks in 1985, Los Angeles Lakers legend ...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, played 21 seasons in the NBA, retiring as the league’s all-time leading scorer with 38,387 points. To this day, that record still stands, his ...

Jabbar's life-long advocacy for justice helped inspire the NBA’s Social Justice Champion Award. Branson Brooks, for NBA.com ...

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo was named the 2025-26 NBA Social Justice champion, named after Los Angeles Lakers legend Kareem ...

Few people understand the weight of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s legacy better than the man who spent 842 games feeding him the ball. Magic Johnson remains the definitive voice on his teammate’s legacy. On ...

The Los Angeles Lakers are gifting Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar a special custom-made ring with 578 diamonds, modified to fit white diamonds set in yellow gold. Jason Arasheben, also known as ...

LOS ANGELES, California -- NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been hospitalized after suffering a broken hip when he fell at a concert in Los Angeles, his representative Deborah Morales told multiple ...

That was exactly the perception surrounding Kareem Abdul-Jabbar during the final stretch of his career, especially ...

He joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Hakeem Olajuwon as ...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar arrived at UCLA in 1966 as a highly touted prospect expected to develop into an elite center. But the future NBA superstar also carried real anger shaped by race, something he ...

The NBA announced Thursday that Minnesota Timberwolves center-forward Karl-Anthony Towns has been named the 2023-24 NBA Social Justice Champion and will receive the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Trophy for his ...