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March 25, 2011

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