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Harlem’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar With Snooki And JWoww Backstage on “Conan”

Posted on February 23, 2013 by | 1 Comment

 

KareemAbdul-Jabbar-Twitter-jpg_203859At 4’8″, Snooki already looks pretty short next to her “Jersey Shore” co-star JWoww, but when she recently bumped into 7’2″ basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, she looked downright tiny! Continue reading →

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U.S. Drafts Abdul-Jabbar as a Cultural Ambassador from Harlem

Posted on January 19, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s life has been a case study in the art of the possible, from his humble Harlem roots to N.B.A. fame and through his life after basketball as a historian and scholar. His next endeavor will draw on all of it. Continue reading →

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NBA star and Harlemite Abdul-Jabbar has leukemia

Posted on November 11, 2009 by | 1 Comment

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and the basketball great said his prognosis is encouraging.

The NBA’s all-time leading scorer was diagnosed last December with chronic myeloid leukemia, he told The Associated Press on Monday.

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