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Jack Olsen

Sports Religion

My Story

“My name is Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr., and my name is also Abdul Kareem, but I’ll explain about that much later.” A three-part personal essay on basketball, family, race and religion.

  1. Part 1: My Story

  2. Part 2: UCLA Was a Mistake

  3. Part 3: A Year of Turmoil and Decision

Jack Olsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Sports Illustrated Nov 1969 1h30min Permalink

Sports

Koufax on Koufax

An interview with Sandy Koufax on “the management of excellence.”

Jack Olsen, Sandy Koufax Sports Illustrated Dec 1965 30min Permalink