Word: jabbar
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Almost at the moment that Strange was getting up and down out of a sand trap, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was doing much the same thing under a basket, to extend both ordeals an extra day. "I don't object to a longer season," ! Abdul-Jabbar says reasonably. "But I don't think we should be competing with Wimbledon...
...months, Abdul-Jabbar at 41 is the league's oldest player, and has already re-enlisted. After he made two free throws at the end of Game 6, the 7-ft. 2-in. center was asked about those familiar butterflies that infest stomachs. His, he explained, had long since expired of old age. When he first arrived at UCLA as Lew Alcindor, Abdul-Jabbar was a sculpture of pipe cleaners, all connected at right angles, that later became high-tension wires. Now he is the most serene mobile in sports...
...remains a stubborn man: since some hairs won't grow on his head, he mows all of them off. But in ignoring recent calls to vacate the stage -- the loudest coming from Wilt Chamberlain in the bleachers -- Abdul-Jabbar has showed both wisdom and a sense of history. Nobody will have any trouble remembering him at the top of his game, because that's where...
...depending on the type of racquet you want. Price for tennis racquet, ball and sneakers: $150-$300, depending on whether you chose Pro-Keds over Reebok super-insolated Andres Jarryd hard-surface court shoes. Price for basketball and sneakers: $40-$100, depending on whether you buy a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar galvanized rubber ball or a Greg Kite reinforced-brick ball...
...Crimson has not lost a match since February 6, 1982, when Princeton slipped past Harvard, 5-4, in Cambridge. The racquetmen's 58-game winning streak represents the fourth-longest streak in college history. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then known as Lew Alcindor) and Bill Walton led UCLA to 88 straight victories between 1971-'74, and that record still stands...