Word: jabbar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...maximize their marketability. We really need not look beyond Shaquille O'Neal. Here is a larger-than-life figure that has moved beyond the basketball court into acting and rapping and without being able to shoot free-throws or win a championship or MVP. I mean, when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was starring in "Airplane!", he had some success under his belt...
...failed conversion, Barber pitched out to back Jabbar Craigwell, who then attempted a forward pass. But the Harvard defense swarmed him, and he launched a dying quail that didn't reach the line of scrimmage. That was key, for now Harvard needed only to get the ball back and maintain possession to seal the deal, as time was running out on the clock...
...Harvard defense also scored the game winner. Junior defensive linemen Tim Fleiszer and Brendan Bibro ganged up on Yale tailback Jabbar Craigwell in the end zone for a safety at the start of the fourth quarter...
Similarly, Yale (1-1, 1-0) came back to earth with a thud as Skip Holtz's Connecticut team bounced them, 42-6. Yale's number one rusher and receiver, junior back Jabbar Craigwell, sprained a knee ligament, and his status for this week is uncertain...
...this tulmultuous off-season has been on the Lakers run at Shaq. Los Angeles has made no secret of their desire to bring the 24-year-old superstar to the west coast, unloading players to clear room under the salary cap. O'Neal follows Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as great centers who came to the Lakers in the middle of their careers. Ironically, O'Neal and his Orlando teammate Anfernee Hardaway were often compared with Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson, as the next great center-point guard combination in the NBA. But now that O'Neal has left...