Kareem Abdul-Jabbar turns 79 on April 16, 2026, and while most people know the 7’2″ athlete as a basketball legend with the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers, he has also formed a pretty ...

(CNN) — Here is a look at the life of philanthropist, best-selling author and NBA Hall of Fame center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Member of three UCLA Bruins national championship teams, 1967, 1968 and 1969.

Stop me if you've heard this one before: LeBron James has set a new NBA record. On Tuesday night, James and the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers, 127-113. Between the regular season ...

Nicknames have become few and far between in hoops, aside from the ones Basketball Reference lists and no one actually uses -- apologies to those who call Julius Randle "Don Julio," "Goosebumps" or ...

NCAA Tournament viewers had a hard time taking their eyes off the guy with the goggles on Thursday night, March 19, when Georgia basketball played the Saint Louis Billikens in the first round of March ...

No. 9 seed Saint Louis men's basketball crushed No. 8 seed Georgia 102-77 in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday evening. Saint Louis center Robbie Avila was a jack-of-all-trades with ...

Robbie Avila will make his NCAA Tournament debut Friday for Saint Louis against Georgia. Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Among the many nicknames given to Saint Louis big man Robbie Avila, coach Josh ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (March 5, 2026)— Save the Children US today announced the appointment of Abdul Jabbar Ghayoor as its new Chief Financial Officer. In this role, he leads the organization’s financial ...

After he broke yet another NBA record, the Los Angeles Lakers honored LeBron James on Sunday. Ahead of the team's matchup against the New York Knicks, the Lakers played a highlight video for James to ...

The arena buzzed with anticipation on Thursday night as LeBron James once again surpassed Los Angeles Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the history books. James hit a turnaround fadeaway jumper on ...

LeBron James has broken yet another NBA record held by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. In the final seconds of the first quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers' game against the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night, ...

DENVER — One Laker has passed another for an NBA career record – again. LeBron James surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most regular-season field goals in NBA history on Thursday, but his night ...