Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Basketball Player
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Abdul-Jabbar surprised by reax to leukemia news...a low-profile presence since retiring in 1989 despite his stellar basketball accomplishments at UCLA and in the NBA. Abdul-Jabbar said he's in good spirits about his future because the chronic myeloid leukemia is in remission. He was... In this article: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA, Leukemia, Phil Jackson, Los Angeles Lakers, UCLA, Myeloid leukemia, and Los Angeles |
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Yahoo! News | November 15, 2009
Abdul-Jabbar surprised by reax to leukemia news (AP)
...… By BETH HARRIS, AP Sports Writer Beth Harris, Ap Sports Writer - 12 mins ago LOS ANGELES - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is glad he went public about being treated for a rare form of leukemia because it has given him a chance to reconnect...
In this article: NBA, Leukemia, Phil Jackson, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles, UCLA, Myeloid leukemia, and Staples Center
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Deseret News | November 15, 2009
NBA: Abdul-Jabbar surprised by reaction to leukemia news
...to the recipient. Otherwise, it is considered private information; see Privacy policy. LOS ANGELES - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is glad he went public about being treated for a rare form of leukemia because it has given him a chance to...
In this article: NBA, Leukemia, Phil Jackson, Los Angeles Lakers, E mail, UCLA, Myeloid leukemia, and Los Angeles
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L.A. Times - Basketball | November 11, 2009
Lakers at 50 : Abdul-Jabbar hits the jackpot with sky hook in Vegas
...feet with 8:53 remaining in the fourth quarter of a 129-115 victory over the Utah Jazz. The points, his last of the night, gave him 22, one more than he needed to surpass the NBA's previous all-time regular-season scoring record of 31,419 held...
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Chicago Sun-Times | November 10, 2009
Abdul-Jabbar has rare form of leukemia
In this article: Leukemia, Los Angeles Lakers, Thai food, UCLA, Surgery, Cancer, and NCAA
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USATODAY.com | November 10, 2009
Abdul-Jabbar encouraged despite leukemia diagnosis
...is that Abdul-Jabbar's prognosis is promising. Diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in December, Abdul-Jabbar, 62, said doctors have told him he can manage and live with this condition. Normally private, he said he had no qualms about...
In this article: Bill Walton, Leukemia, Cancer, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA, UCLA, Derek Fisher, Milwaukee Bucks, and MVP
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Reuters | November 10, 2009
Abdul-Jabbar says being treated for leukemia, prognosis good
...long-term prognosis is very good, the NBA Hall of Famer was quoted as saying on Tuesday. The 62-year-old Abdul-Jabbar told the Los Angeles Times he had chronic myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. He said the disease was...
In this article: Leukemia, NBA, Cancer, Myeloid leukemia, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Lakers, and Milwaukee Bucks
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NPR | November 10, 2009
NBA Great Abdul-Jabbar Has Rare Form Of Leukemia
...that treats the illness. Citing the way Los Angeles Lakers teammate Magic Johnson brought awareness to HIV, Abdul-Jabbar said he wants to do the same for his form of blood cancer, which can be fatal if left untreated. "I've never been...
In this article: Leukemia, NBA, Los Angeles Lakers, Thai food, UCLA, Cancer, NCAA, Myeloid leukemia, and HIV
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis 'Lew' Alcindor on April 16, 1947) is an American retired basketball player, coach, actor and author. During his 20-year professional career in the NBA, from 1969 to 1989, he scored the highest points total of any player in league history (38,387), in addition to winning a record six Most Valuable Player Awards and six NBA championships. He was known for his "skyhook" shot, which was famously difficult to block because it put his 7'2" body between the basket and the ball. Abdul-Jabbar's success began well before his professional career; in college at UCLA, he played on three championship teams, and his high school team won 71 consecutive games. In his NBA career, he played for the Milwaukee Bucks for six seasons and then with the Los Angeles Lakers for fourteen seasons.
Abdul-Jabbar (Alcindor at the time) grew up in the neighborhood of Inwood at the northern end of Manhattan, New York City, the son of Cora Lillian, a department store price checker, and Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Sr., a police officer and jazz musician. In 1971, several years after converting to Islam, he changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Arabic:
كريم عبد الجبار Karīm ‘Abd al-Jabbār). Since retiring from basketball, he has been known as an author, coach and actor.
- Birth Date:
- April 16, 1947
- Birthplace:
- Harlem, New York
- Weight (lbs):
- 225
- University Attended:
- UCLA
- Number:
- 33
- Position:
- Center
- Draft pick:
- 1
- Draft round:
- 1
- Draft Year:
- 1969
- Draft team:
- Milwaukee Bucks
- Debut Date:
- 1969
- Career Highlights:
- * 6× NBA Champion (1971, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)
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