Kareem Abdul-Jabbar News

Note: There is language in this excerpt that some readers may find offensive. Chapter Ten "That's what's up" Chappelle's Show catapulted me into a rare state of popularity and name recognition.

In very sad news, basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar announced this week he had an incurable form of cancer.

This one goes out to Kareem Abdul Jabbar, the sky hook progenitor and worthy foe to Moses Malone back in the day born Lew Alcindor who announced on Tuesday he's suffering from a rare form of leukemia that, strangely, is known as Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia.

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 with people.

This is actually one of the last moments in Spectrum history. From Pearl Jam's Spectrum-closing Halloween gig, a musical tribute to Kareem Abdul Jabbar called "Sweet Lew" sung by PJ's bassist and hoops junkie Jeff Ament.

Posted By 2sidestoeverything 5 hours, 30 minutes ago in Sports Damn! Excuse the language, but that was my one-word response when I learned that basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was suffering from leukemia.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, known for his unblockable signature "skyhook" shot, was diagnosed late last year with a rare type of blood cancer known as Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia .

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of basketball's all-time greatest players, announced Tuesday morning that he has cancer.

Basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar flubbed a question about something he said while a player at UCLA, thinking the question was about himself.

Suddenly SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy doesn't seem that farfetched. The idiotic Sean Connery looking at the category "Therapists" and shouting "It looks like this is my lucky day.

Epic fail for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, but a fun one. The Hall-of-Fame NBA center bricks a Celebrity Jeopardy question seemingly gift-wrapped for him.

Cashing in on celebrity from one industry in another is not a new concept, and athletes are no exception.

The 69th Regiment Armory, in Manhattan's Murray Hill neighborhood, is dark and musty and pumping with history.

A treasure trove of unique art. Updated 8:07 PM EDT, Fri, Sep 18, 2009 Self-portraits scribbled by Truman Capote , Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and other famous writers, athletes and artists that were collected by a Manhattan bookseller are going on the auction block next week.

Scribbled self-portraits by famous artists, writers and athletes including Kurt Vonnegut, Lauren Bacall and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are going on the auction block.

TATTLE HAS always thought there was a problem with basketball players in movies - basketball players are vertical; movie screens are horizontal.

Addict - Poet - Hustler - Punk Jim Carroll died yesterday in New York City . He played high school ball with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; partied with Andy Warhol, and had his cab stolen by Salvador Dali.

A series of silk-screen paintings, made by Andy Warhol and mainly depicting '70s-era athletes such as Dorothy Hamill and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, has allegedly been stolen from collector Richard L. Weisman's home on Los Angeles' Westside.

Carolina Theatre, Greensboro will present Airplane! as part of New Comedy Classics series.

Carolina Theatre, Greensboro will present Airplane! as part of New Comedy Classics series.