The transfer portal and NIL deals have made it even more difficult. The ability to transfer from a school without having to ...

“I was born Lew Alcindor. Now I’m Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,” he wrote in a blog post on his website in March 2015. “The transition from Lew to Kareem was not merely a change in celebrity brand ...

After converting to Islam in 1971, he changed his name from Lew Alcindor Jr. to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. In Arabic, his name means a noble and powerful servant of Allah. Wearing number 33, the seven ...

“Because we went to all the games growing up. Lew Alcindor and Kevin Johnson and Jason Kidd . . we watched ‘em all. It was pretty cool. He was a great dad.” Andy Jr. said his dad never ...

John Wooden won 10 national championships at the helm for UCLA. While Lew Alcindor was pretty clearly his best player (and arguably the best college basketball player ever), another center of his ...

1986-89), 308 Lew Alcindor (UCLA, 1967-69), 304 Bill Bradley (Princeton, 1963-65), 303 Corliss Williamson (Arkansas, 1993-95), 303 Drew Timme (Gonzaga, 2021-23), 301 Juan Dixon (Maryland ...

UCLA's 7'3 big man Aday Mara impressed NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with his signature move when the Bruins took on Ohio State on Sunday. Mara pulled out an old-fashioned hook shot, which Kareem ...

When the Bruins, led by Lew Alcindor (later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), played Purdue in the first game at Mackey Arena, it was not the first time the two schools met in men's basketball.

After failing to make the NCAA tournament the following season, Wooden and the Bruins retooled -- adding players such as Lew Alcindor, who later changed name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Bill ...