It was 1969, and the stakes were huge. UCLA center Lew Alcindor, soon to become Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, was the prize. Erickson, now an assistant commissioner for the Big Eight Conference ...

Lew Alcindor publicly announced in 1971 that he ... In a pivotal, 85-82 win against Drake in the 1969 Final Four, Alcindor had 25 points and 21 rebounds as he scored almost a third of his team's ...

With the NBA's 2024-25 season opening night less than one week ... He looks like goddamn Zach Alcindor out there motherfuc****. That motherfuc*** looked like Yao out there." The two-time National ...

A: "I would have to believe so." April 25: From Journal reporter Chuck Johnson — "The Milwaukee Bucks, with 7 foot Lew Alcindor as the principal attraction, already have had requests for 6,000 ...

It’s been five decades since Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ... Back then, players were fined $25 per technical foul. McGlocklin remembers contacting NBA Commissioner Walter Kennedy ...

During the time he was playing in high school, he first faced off against one of the greatest athletes in the sport's history, Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), in a game that would go down in ...

Donation Options Search Search Search The NCAA banned the dunk in 1967 because UCLA’s Lew Alcindor was dominating the game. AP Share A friend recently mentioned something was a ‘‘game ...

A sports card featuring the iconic basketball players Wilt Chamberlain, Lew Alcindor (later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), and Johnny Green is currently available on the secondary market.